BUNKER TIME!

A short film by Justin Miller, starring Pearle Harbour.

In the early 60s - the height of the Cold War - TV personality 'Auntie Pearle' wrote, directed and starred in a public-access show that aimed to prepare children for the nuclear apocalypse.

Deemed too disturbing to air, the show was buried for years; only now, in even MORE disturbing times, is Bunker Time! fit to be unleashed on the public.

Co-starring comedy icon Colin Mochrie, theatre legends Karen Hines and Jonathan Wilson, and puppets!

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EPISODE 1056 (approx:)

Pearle and her best pal, Cheese Louise the rat, have been waiting out Doomsday for who knows how long? But when Cheese discovers a crack in the Bunker, they can't decide: is it letting in toxic fumes, or fresh air? Pearle and Cheese declare war, as their disagreement threatens to crack the Bunker apart!

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SCREENINGS

2025 Blood In the Snow Festival, Toronto ON

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TEAM

Justin Miller / director
Justin Miller + Sandra Balcovske / screenplay
Sonja Rainey / production design
Wayne Burns + Justin Miller / producers

starring:
Pearle Harbour
Karen Hines
Alexander Mantia
Colin Mochrie
Jonathan Wilson

Gayle Ye / director of photography
Alaine Hutton / assistant director
Chris Holtcamp / 2nd AD
Lauren Gillis / continuity

Val Bonifaz / camera assistant
Aidan Sweeney / camera trainee
Danny Oh / key grip
Gaelen Cook / gaffer
Ian Reynolds / boom operator
Jonah Blaser + Nathaniel Barker / sound recordist

Justin Miller / wardrobe
Benjamin Toner / stitcher
Spencer Wilson / lead makeup artist
Akira Lane / makeup assistant

Lauren Gills / props
Marni Marriott / portraiture
Dina Meschkuleit / puppet
Jess Byiers / puppet concept art

Chareese McLaughlin / set dresser
Cotey Pope / set painter
Chris Rouleau, Luke Norrad, Justin Miller / graphic design
Andy Blau, Max Chandler, Syd Greenberg / carpenters

Alaine Hutton / editor
Filip Vukcevic / assistant editor + special effects
AJ McLauchlin / colorist
Dani De Guzman + Raphael Santiago / animation

Greg Morrison / music
Quinn S Hoodless / sound design

The producers gratefully acknowledge the assistance of:

Archipelago Prod.
Assembly Theatre
Eyesore Cinema
Grande Camera
Infinite Loop Music & Sound
Kingpin Men’s Vintage
Kuhl Muzik
The Prelinger Archives
REDLAB
Trak Fve Inc.
The Victory Girl Collection
William F White

made possible with the support the
THE CANADA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS