Local Director Ready For The Premiere Of New Docuseries 'We're All Gonna Die (Even Jay Baruchel)’

Director Victoria Lean, who was born in Peterborough and spent much of her childhood in Apsley, is gearing up for the world premiere of ‘We’re All Gonne Die (Even Jay Baruchel)’, a docuseries about the end of the world, on Friday.

Photo by Jess Hayes.

Lean, who’s family has lived in Apsley for over a century, grew up in Ottawa but came back to Apsley nearly every summer and throughout the year - so often she considers it home.

Growing up, her parents ran a field station for the National Water Research Institute on Jack Lake, which she says may have played a role in her interest in environmentalism.

“I grew up around a lot of scientists that were studying really complicated and important things affecting the planet,” she said. “I wanted to be a documentary film-maker because I felt that there was a really critical gap in what the general public knows about these issues and what experts were studying.”

Her new docuseries, We’re All Gonne Die (Even Jay Baruchel), takes a look at potential ‘world-ending’ catastrophes, and what effect they may have on the world.

Hosted by Canadian actor, director, and author Jay Baruchel, this series presents six episodes, with six different scenarios like alien invasion, volcanic cataclysm, a climate apocalypse and nuclear disaster.

While not every episode has a ‘solution’ Lean says there is something to learn from each of them.

“In creating this series we were mulling with the idea that every time you go to therapy you imagine the worst case scenario and that sometimes helps ease any fears you have.”

She says the idea is if the worst case scenario is imagined, maybe humans can move into a space where they’re able to do something rather than be paralyzed by fear.

Lean jokes that whenever her dad talks about the state of the planet, he brings up their family farm and how that may save them.

“There’s a narrative in my family that if things get really tough we can always go back to the farm,” she said. “I love Apsley, and I see myself going back there regardless of an apocalypse, but I am grateful that my family has some land if the worst case scenario ever happened.”

We’re All Gonna Die (Even Jay Baruchel) premieres at Hot Docs on Friday, and will be released on Crave on Saturday.

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Watch The Latest Trailer For The Peterborough Music Documentary "The Radius Project"

The long awaited documentary The Radius Project on how Peterborough's music scene has created so many international stars is getting closer to completion, its producers Michael Hurcomb and Ryan Lalonde tell PTBOCanada.

"We don't have a release date in mind yet, but we're planning on finishing shooting this summer," Lalonde tells PTBOCanada.

Lonely Parade

The Radius Project was born out of a simple question: “So which famous people would I know from your hometown?” The hometown in question was Peterborough and the answer was endless.

The Radius Project looks at the wealth of musicians that came from the radius around Peterborough and went on to national and international acclaim. A short list of people that grew up or relocated to the area are Serena Ryder, Royal Wood, Three Days Grace, Thousand Foot Krutch, The Silver Hearts, Ronnie Hawkins, The Leahys, producers Greg and Rob Wells, The Burning Hell and many more.

Three Days Grace

The documentary features an interview with Strombo, and a snippet of that is included in the trailer below...

Every famous musician started somewhere. This is a story about somewhere. The Radius Project was born out of a simple question: "So which famous people would I know from your hometown?" The hometown in question was Peterborough, Ontario and the answer was endless.

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A Powerful Short Film Has Been Made About The Peterborough Mosque

Peterborough-based filmmaker Matthew Hayes has made a powerful short film, "The Masjid", about the aftermath of the Peterborough Mosque arson hate crime that occured November 14th, 2015.

The community support—both financial and emotional—was amazing, and the story went viral around the world about how the city came together to show solidarity with the mosque. To show how inclusive we really are.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau—who visited the mosque earlier this year—lamented the attack, but praised the community’s and country's reaction to it: $110,000 was crowdfunded for the mosque in less than two days.

This film conveys the story of what happened in subsequent months, and how the mosque in turn gave back to the community.

Watch it below...

November 14, 2015: arson at the only mosque in Peterborough. The hate crime, on the heels of the Paris terrorist attacks, became a national tragedy, putting the Masjid Al-Salaam in the spotlight. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau lamented the attack, but praised the community’s and nation’s reaction to it: $110,000 was crowdfunded for the mosque in less than two days. But this film also tells the story of what happened after the media lost interest: most of the money was donated back to the community. This is a story of everyday racism, and the shared values needed to overcome it.


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Nourish Peterborough Documentary Raises Awareness About Need For Food In Community

Nourish Peterborough has a documentary to raise awareness around the need for food for so many in our community, and the organizations and food programs that are available to help out. The doc brings focus to ten of the organizations and community groups who advocate for food security within Peterborough, and addresses the need for healthy food for those living in poverty. You can rent the film free of charge at Have You Seen. I highly recommend it as it opened my eyes to how many are in need of assistance within our community and how many are here to offer help—including the likes of Our Space, Food Not Bombs, Collective Kitchens, YWCA and The Peterborough Gleaning Program. Watch the trailer below:

 

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