Fear. That’s the first word that comes to mind watching the trailer for Cassie Jaye’s documentary Daddy I Do. Not from the film itself but from the subject matter. Films about sexuality and birth control always seem to have that affect on me, likely because I’ve never felt sexual education is something that is well handled in schools and communities. It’s a topic which has garnered a fair bit of attention in Canada over the last few weeks and for that reason alone, Jaye’s documentary seems particularly well timed.

Daddy I Do is a documentary that looks at the Silver Ring movement (some may recall that Mitchell Lichtenstein’s Teeth (review) featured a similar group) and “examines the effects of Abstinence-Only Programs versus Comprehensive Sex Education in schools and what society can do to help lower teen pregnancies, abortions, and STDS, as well as poverty and sexual abuse.” The film has played a number of film festivals and was recently selected to screen at the Cannes Independent Film Festival in what I can only assume will be the beginning of a much wider release, even if only through the festival circuit, later in 2010.

It’s a promising trailer for a film that is bound to stir up some discussion and I can’t wait to see it.

Trailer tucked under the seats.