Alex Czarnecki was a musician, composer, producer, director and film maker. In the 1960s, he played tenor saxophone with the Montreal Jazz ensemble, “The Island City Seven”. He landed a job as a teacher and moved to Yellowknife in 1972. A tour de force in the Yellowknife arts scene, Alex played with the bands “East Street” and “The Alley Cats” and directed more than 50 community theatre productions. As a film maker, he produced a legacy of insightful films about the north in cultural transition. Alex Czarnecki passed away in 2019.

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