Yukon film 'Underdog' reaches wider audience online

Two Yukon filmmakers are happy their work is reaching a new audience.

Vivian Belik and Naomi Mark's short film Underdogwas featured on CBC's ShortDocs site, and now it's also featured on the popular"Short of the Week" website a curated site featuring films from around the world.

Underdogfollows Yukon dog musher Yuka Honda for several months as she prepares for and completes the famous Yukon Quest sled dog race.

"I think particularly, our character is a really unique woman. She is Japanese, she lives alone, she's in her 40s and lives in a tiny cabin without running water or electricity, with 30 dogs," Belik said.

Co-director NaomiMark saysthe film is very personal the filmmakers ended up following Honda through her grief asher mother died of cancer.One of themother's last wishes was for her daughter to finish the Yukon Quest.

"I think that the story of Yuka's commitment to her motherto finish the Quest is reallywhat resonates with people. It's a very emotional story," Mark said.

"The dogs are also a great appeal for people to be watching it."

The 10 minute documentarycan be seenhere.