The historic Pantages Theatre in the heart of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside is no more.

It was the oldest remaining vaudeville theatre in Western Canada, fallen into complete disrepair – even then, you could see the building’s former beauty. But as this early July article in the Vancouver Sun explains, restoration efforts have been called off. The Pantages can’t be salvaged.

No Light at Midnight captures that hope, before time and neglect sealed the Pantages’ fate for good. This excellent documentary by VFS Film Production students – including Director Jay Macmillan and Producer Cullen Jones – now serves as an elegy of sorts, a moment in time when the non-profit Pantages Theatre Society was still fighting to restore the theatre and save this part of Vancouver’s history.