04/08 @ 5:30 PM

Peterson Hall 108

Synopsis:

Eagle Plains (2024) is a feature length observational film about the remote Eagle Plains Hotel and service station, in Yukon Territory, Canada. Located at the midpoint of the Dempster Highway, 37 kilometres southwest of the Arctic Circle, it is the only gas pump along this 740-kilometer stretch of gravel road, with a year-round population of 8.

Bio:

Leah Byrne is a multidisciplinary artist and filmmaker, current PhD fellow in the Department of Anthropology at McGill University and research fellow with Leadership for the Ecozoic.