Cassidy Waring

Music as a healing tool: A review of Teresa Alfeld’s Hearse Chasing

By: Nejdana Houshyar, Peak Associate Content warning: brief mention of domestic violence and substance use. Music can transport one into a completely different world. In Hearse Chasing, a harrowing documentary by SFU alum Teresa Alfeld, music serves as the central thread that sustains hope and ambition. The film follows Cassidy Waring, an indie folk musician, who, through a life of viewing and experiencing abuse, substance use, and the death of her mother, has been diagnosed with complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) and travels back to her hometown of Calgary to uncover some truths about her family.  The film offers a…

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