I was fascinated by Burd Sisler’s story since early 2025, even before he became the oldest living man in Canada. When 109-year-old Albert Middleton passed away in February 2025, Burd inherited that title.

 

I reached out to his daughter-in-law Marg and pitched the idea to preserve his life story through film. What followed was one of the most moving collaborations I’ve experienced. Four generations of the Sisler family opened their homes and their hearts to our team.

 

Since then, I’ve gotten to know them very well. They’ve been warm, generous and genuinely excited to tell this story. It’s rare to be given that kind of access to someone’s life, let alone be trusted with it.

 

BURD confronts the physical and cognitive toll of living to 110. As he reflects on war, love, and grief, larger questions become unavoidable.

 

What does it mean to outlive not only one's peers, but one's entire century? To become one of the last living witnesses to events that now exist only in history books?

 

What begins as a celebration of Burd's life became something deeperg: a final effort to understand a man who grew up in a largely disappearing era, and to preserve his story before it fades away.