Ben Proudfoot, a Haligonian and independent filmmaker living in LA has announced his lofty goal to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Halifax Explosion: He wants to bring the story of the heroism of the people in the aftermath to the big screen by the anniversary in 2017. The endeavor is expected to cost $30 million dollars but the passionate Proudfoot has not be dissuaded.
The story he proposes to tell would center around a young nurse helping the victims in the aftermath and her love interest on relief train on its way from Boston. Proudfoot is working hard to stir up interest and already has a local novelist, Stephen Laffoley, working on a literary adaptation of the screenplay. Proudfoot is also assisting a Boston Documentary Film director on another project relating to the Explosion which he hopes will raise awareness of and interest in the disaster south of the border.
In addition to the central story, Proudfoot is hoping to use his film as a platform to tell some of the untold heroism of the disasters aftermath. He has been investigating stories of women in Africville and their actions after the explosion. He is also hoping to hear from Nova Scotians whose families have stories of the explosion that have not yet been recorded.
You can follow Proudfoot at breakwaterstudios.com or on twitter at @breakwatermp.
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