Camera Trap + Old Crow 1978 (free screening)

This screening took place on Wednesday, April 15, 2026 at 12:00 pmYukon Theatre

Creating strong connections through a photograph. Free admission for National Canadian Film Day!

Camera Trap, Dir. M. O'Brien, 2017, Yukon, 26 min 

Marty O'Brien's intimate portrait about aspiring wilderness photographer Peter Mather and the lengths he will go to capture the one perfect shot to tell the story of the Porcupine Caribou herd and the greatest land migration on earth. The Porcupine Caribou Herd migrate each year through Alaska and Yukon to get to their incredibly sensitive calving grounds which are threatened by oil and gas development. Peter Mather is on a mission to show the world why this place is worth protecting, and he's willing go to extraordinary lengths to do so. Directed by Whitehorse-based filmmaker, Marty O'Brien. Produced by Shot in the Dark Productions.

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Sounds From Our People: Old Crow, Dir. Alanis Obomsawin, 1978, YT/QC, 28 min

A rarely seen or screened NFB film by acclaimed studio filmmaker, Obomsawin, this documentary captures life in the village at a time when Edith Josie's syndicated column Here Are the News was read around the world and Gwich'in folks still used sled dogs for transportation but Father Moucet was teaching the youth cross country skiing and some of these athletes were competing in the Olympics and the Canadian National ski team... 

From the NFB site: This original programme was made for young children. It is one of a six-part television series on the traditions of Indigenous people in Canada created especially for younger children by Alanis Obomsawin to celebrate UNESCO's International Year of the Child (1979).

Old Crow: This 30 minute film is about the village of Old Crow and the people from the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation located on the banks of the Porcupine River 80 miles inside the Arctic Circle. The film shows the lifestyles and spirit of the people of Old Crow, reflected in the writings of Gwich'in Edith Josie and the stories told by Elder Kenneth Nukon. Alanis Obomsawin wanted to document life in the community before the proposed Mackenzie Valley Pipe line was to go through. "Everything will be changed -- it will never be the same again". Featuring: Kenneth Nukon, Edith Josie, Catherine Hamann, Sara Lefrançois, Bernadine Hamann, Alfred Charlie