CBQM

This screening took place on Saturday, October 25, 2014 at 4:30 pmYukon Arts Centre

This vérité documentary pays tribute to the community radio station in Fort McPherson. Allen crafts a nuanced portrait of the ‘Moccasin Telegraph,’ a pillar of local identity and pride in this lively northern community of 800 souls. The airwaves over the Mackenzie Delta resonate with the wild and joyous sounds of a northern fiddle tune. CBQM’s far-flung listeners – solitary trappers in their cabins, Gwich’in ladies busy with their beadwork, truckers heading north on the Dempster Highway – take comfort in the presence of an old friend. For them CBQM is more than a simple radio station. It’s radio station – a dependable pal, a beacon in the storm of life, a resilient expression of identity and pride. Whether it’s reporting wolf sightings or broadcasting bingo games, airing debates on uranium mining or dedicating a hurtin’ country ballad to some heart-broken local, the citizen-run station has served the people of Fort McPherson for almost three decades. Tickets: $11 YFS members&seniors/ $12 non-members/$6 youth/ $26 family of up to 5 for child and youth appropriate films