New crowdfunding campaign launched for Dresden disaster documentary

Those behind the Dresden 1957 project have launched a new crowdfunding campaign.

The documentary aims to tell the story of a Dresden excavation collapse that killed six Dutch immigrant workers that year.

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With a goal of $60,000, funds raised will allow post-production to start this year, much sooner than would be possible if filmmakers relied solely on traditional film funding sources, stated a media release.

The fatal collapse occurred during construction of a pumping station in the North Kent community.

It ranked as Ontario’s worst workplace tragedy in terms of deaths at the time, but public memory of the event quickly disappeared.

Director Eric Philpott learned of the story when he recently discovered that his late father had been the site engineer during the con