Ethan Pogue is a writer, photographer, and documentary filmmaker from small-town Ontario. His visual storytelling uses domestic ethnography to explore themes of identity, family, and home.

His film, If a Flower Bloomed, is an experimental documentary that focuses on the cleanup of radioactive waste in his hometown, Port Hope, Ontario. Shot from a personal perspective, the film addresses the slow violence perpetuated by the nuclear industry while exploring themes of intergenerational memory, denial, and the paradox of salvation.

His film will screen as part of Doc Now 2026.

Film screening: June 17 at Paradise Theatre
1006 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON
Doors open at 6pm. Screening at 7pm.