Episode Fifty-Four: Kevin Eastwood

Jan 20

Jan 20 Episode Fifty-Four: Kevin Eastwood

Kevin Eastwood is a documentary filmmaker and producer who elevates and amplifies the true stories of people who have endured harrowing situations. Kevin was the director and executive producer of Emergency Room: Life + Death at VGH, an award-winning documentary series about the public healthcare system. He directed After the Sirens, a documentary about the epidemic of PTSD among paramedics, and The Death Debate, a film about the landmark Carter versus Canada Supreme Court case on physician-assisted dying. He spent a year traveling through rural Saskatchewan for Humboldt: The New Season, about the aftermath of the April 2018 bus crash that killed 16 junior hockey players and injured 13. He’s currently at work on a four-part documentary series that tells the early history of British Columbia. Some of Kevin’s work is difficult to watch. All of it is handled with sensitivity and leaves the viewer changed in some way. In this thoughtful and fascinating conversation with Sabrina Furminger, Kevin reflects on his projects, the joys and challenges of creating documentary in Canada, and the responsibility that he feels towards his documentary subjects.

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CREDITS
Host and executive producer: Sabrina Furminger
Editor: Simon Furminger
Producer: Paul Furminger
Ad reader: Mariana Furminger
Technical support: Tyson Bradock
Original music: Dane Deviller