HEARSE CHASING

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HEARSE CHASING follows singer-songwriter Cassidy Waring as she returns to her hometown of Calgary, seeking answers about her family’s tragic breakdown.

Cassidy Waring is a soulful singer-songwriter whose music carries warmth, wit, and raw honesty. Originally from Calgary and now based in East Vancouver, she has spent years using her art to understand the lasting impact of childhood trauma and, more recently, a diagnosis of Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. When Cassidy was 12, her family life was shattered by alcohol addiction, abuse, and domestic violence, culminating in the sudden death of her mother. As an adult, she has struggled with panic, substance use, and emotional upheaval, experiences that her diagnosis has helped contextualize. In this impactful documentary, Cassidy returns to Calgary with her younger brother, Cooper, to confront their shared past. Through intimate conversations, home videos, and Cassidy’s deeply felt music, the film explores grief, memory, and the difficult, courageous work of healing.

DIRECTOR'S BIO
Teresa Alfeld (she/her) is an award-winning writer/director from Vancouver, BC, with over ten years’ experience writing and directing both documentary and scripted films. Feature directing credits include the documentaries DOUG AND THE SLUGS AND ME (CBC 2022), and THE RANKIN FILE: LEGACY OF A RADICAL (Knowledge Network 2019). Recent short film directing credits include the Crazy 8s dramedy TOE PICK (Whistler Film Fest. 2024), the dramedy BOSSBABE (Cinema Spectacular 2023), the comedy DAVID FOSTER’S EGGGPAA starring David Foster and Katharine McPhee (NFB 2022), and the documentary JEAN SWANSON: WE NEED A NEW MAP (Hot Docs 2021, VIFF 2021).