New crowdfunding campaign launched for Dresden disaster documentary

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

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

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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, a media release says.

The 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 disappeared.

Director Eric Philpott learned of the story when he discovered that his late father was the site engine