Dir. Seth Gillis / Prod. Halcyon post Library + Additional Music: Thee.la 2024
In 2011, Steve Matthews had a bright idea—with his kids completely hooked on snowboarding, he rallied a few friends and set out to build Yellowknife’s first and only rope tow. Without city permission or permits, the team went to work on the abandoned gravel mine on the outskirts of town, creating what would eventually become the epicenter of community and snow-sliding in the Northwest Territories. Welcome to the Pit.
The pit utilizes 2 original pieces of music throughout the short. The first taken from a batch of Library work to open the film and the second an original composition created specifically for a scene with Steve @ 6:35min.