FR Scott Rhyme and Reason

This absorbing documentary looks at the multifaceted career of FR Scott a truly remarkable Canadian whose work and vision of social justice spanned and influenced an entire era as Canada evolved during the 20th century The film looks at Scotts role in the founding of the CCF Party in the 1930s his years as a teacher of constitutional law as a modernist poet and as a champion of civil liberties Appearing also are eminent figures from the fields in which Scott excelled among them David Lewis and Eugene Forsey Highlights include Scotts courtroom challenges of the Duplessis regime in the 1950s his controversial support of the War Measures Act during the 1970 October Crisis in Québec and readings from his poetry