Youth: In Search of Morality

Directed by Beryl Fox

Canada, 1966 (documentary, English)

Also known as "Youth"

Film Description:
"The topic of sex and teenagers is looked at from the point of view of the teenager and of the clergy. University students discuss attitude towards premarital sex. Included are: the forms of teenage entertainment; the proclamation of sex in the media and in contemporary music; the manner in which morality and sex, from the Christian point of view, is explained to young children."
-- Library and Archives Canada (source)

Film Description [in French] :
"Les adolescents et la sexualité dans les années soixante."
-- Jana Vosikovska (source)

Film Credits (partial):
Produced by:	Douglas Leiterman
Narrator:	John Drainie
Film Editing:	Henry Fiks, Don Haig
Production Company:	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

(sources)

Quote about Youth: In Search of Morality

"With little fuss—and virtually no fanfare—producer Douglas Leiterman last night aired his hour-long documentary, 'Youth: In Search of Morality.' This was the program that had more than its share of woe over a period of nearly two years in the making. The climax occurred three weeks ago when a story broke that director Beryl Fox got carried away shooting one sequence and had kept the cameras rolling when her crew found two boys in bed with a girl. In the silly outrage that followed, Leiterman and his staff worked around the clock editing the film, hoping to show it as the next-to-last offering in the period occupied by 'This Hour Has Seven Days.' But CBC management said no to that idea. Last night during the same time period, on a summer documentary series called 'The Human Camera,' the film was at last put on public view. Significantly, the executive producer of the series is Beryl Fox."
-- Toronto Star (source)

Bibliography for Youth: In Search of Morality

Articles from Newspapers, Magazines, or News Websites

Adilman, Sid. "Bedroom scene with cast of 3 stirs new tempest in Canada." Variety, May 11, 1966.
Globe and Mail. "No charges laid in case of girl filmed by CBC." Globe and Mail, May 12, 1966.
Globe and Mail. "Yes, girl filmed in bed with two youths, Fox says." Globe and Mail, May 3, 1966.
Toronto Star. "Youth and sex film candid, meandering." Review of Youth: In Search of Morality. Toronto Star, May 30, 1966.
Variety. "CBC prod.'s boudoir caper sparks flock of libel suits; Cops shy away." Variety, May 18, 1966.

Web Sites about Youth: In Search of Morality

"IMDb: Youth: In Search of Morality." Internet Movie Database, Inc. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2294961/combined.