The Arts Station

Indie Film Fernie at the Vogue Theatre, 321 2nd Ave.

In the spring of 1992, after vagabonding around the country for two years, Christopher McCandless, a 24-year-old Virginian and Emory graduate, hitchhiked to Alaska and set off into the wilderness with little more than a .22-caliber rifle and a 10-pound sack of rice. He lived there for four months, before finally starving to death. When his body was discovered he weighed only 67 pounds. Directed by Sean Penn, the film adaptation of Jon Krakauer’s bestselling book is as much about the insatiable yearning for family, home, and connection, as it is about the search for the truth of McCandless’ demise.

Tickets at the Door. FDAC Member: $9/adult; $8/youth. Non-member: $10/adult; $9/youth.

Special thanks to our sponsors: Rio Tinto; Vogue Theatre; City of Fernie; BC Arts Council