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The Cariboo Regional District Library & the Cariboo Friendship Society  will present a documentary screening of 'The Honor For All' - Part I on Wednesday, September 1at 7:00pm at Williams Lake Longhouse.  Admission is free.

This Williams Lake documentary screening is presented by the Cariboo Regional District Library, Williams Lake Branch, and the Cariboo Friendship Society. It began with their seven-year-old daughter telling them she didn't want to live with them any more. Using interviews and dramatic reenactments, this 1986 documentary tells the story of how alcoholics Phyllis Chelsea and her husband Andy Chelsea stopped drinking and then led the Alkali Lake Indian Band on a years-long, but ultimately successful struggle out of alcoholism that had been devastating the community of the Shuswap Reserve in British Columbia.

For further information contact Caroline Derksen, Area Librarian at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 250-392-2331 Ext 220

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