'' Shattered City : The Halifax Explosion '' is a two-part miniseries produced in 2003 by CBC Television . It presents a fictionalized version of the Halifax Explosion , a 1917 catastrophe that destroyed much of the Canadian city of Halifax . It was directed by Bruce Pittman and written by Keith Ross Leckie . The Film Stars Vincent Walsh , Tamara Hope , Clare Stone , Zachary Bennett , Shauna MacDonald and Ted Dykstra
Halifax Explosion
Halifax Explosion
Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion