Watching the home video clips of Cassidy Waring and her younger brother Cooper in their childhood home in 1990’s Calgary there is a happy family flow which rapidly deteriorated into misery after Cassidy’s parents joined a dart club and quickly fell victim to the bottle.
The misery extended beyond Cassidy and Cooper to neighbours and family members revealing on screen their tales when Cassidy and Cooper return the “scene of the crime” in Calgary. Heart wrenching treachery of a mother and father.
Cassidy suffers from CPTSD (Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) which occurs over a long period involving people you have had a trusting relationship with. Faced with a period of blackout drinking Cassidy is currently in therapy.
Cassidy has found some degree of healing in her songwriting and performing all intertwined in the documentary along with archival home movies and discussions with family members and friends.
Some, but not all of us, have seen with various levels of tragedy what damage the bottle has done but “Hearse Chasing” is an upfront and personal glimpse effectively replacing platitudes describing the damage with in your face reality.
You may watch the trailer here https://vimeo.com/1134113626?fl=pl&fe=sh “Hearse Chasing” is a TELUS original documentary from award-winning director Teresa Alfeld (Doug and the Slugs and Me), is set to release in Vancouver at the VIFF Centre on May 10th, 2026. The special event screening will include an intimate musical performance with the film’s subject Cassidy Waring and her band as a part of the VIFF Live series.
“Hearse Chasing” will premiere on May 13th, 2026 on TELUS Optik TV Video on Demand channel 8 and TELUS Stream+. Simultaneously, the film will premiere on the TELUS originals YouTube channel at 7:00pm PT / 8:00pm MT on the same day and be available until May 31, 2026, in honour of Canadian Mental Health Awareness Month.
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