Trainwreck

This film was directed by three directors. Alex Balch is a filmmaker and community organizer from Hamilton, Ontario. Emily Power is a first-time filmmaker and community-based researcher from Hamilton, Ontario. Taras Hemon is a Hamilton based filmmaker, whose work focuses on community, human rights, and challenging oppression.

‍Trainwreck weaves together the first-hand accounts of tenants, small business owners, cultural organizations, community activists, and researchers affected by transit-induced gentrification. This film shines a spotlight on Metrolinx and exposes the destructive effects of ‘new urbanist’ policies such as transit-oriented development, intensification, and ‘regeneration’ of working-class neighbourhoods. Trainwreck is a sobering call to action, and a damning account of the collateral damage and social destruction wrought by Metrolinx and the City of Hamilton in the name of progress. And it is a celebration and rallying call to support those who have refused to abandon their homes without a fight.