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MPBN Community Films presents a diverse offering of independently produced films that showcase regional people, places, and topics. At times these films may deal with controversial issues that not everyone may agree with. The inclusion of any film in this series in no way should be interpreted that MPBN supports or endorses any opinions, or views on an issue that is portrayed in the film.

 

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Welcome to Lee Maine
Welcome to Lee Maine
Thursday, May 23 at 10:00 pm
Saturday, May 25 at 11:00 am

This is a film about a small close-knit community in rural Maine (pop. 845) that must deal with the devastating news that it has become the smallest community in America to lose two sons in the Iraqi War.

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Schoodic: Where Sea Meets Land
Thursday, May 30 at 10:00 pm

You can’t always predict when magic will happen. But there are places you can go with a reasonable expectation. This is a look at one of those places. It is about the communities of Gouldsboro, Prospect Harbor, Corea and Winter Harbor, Maine.

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Growing Up Bowdoinham
Growing up Bowdoinham
Thursday, June 13 at 10:00 pm
Saturday, June 15 at 11:00 am

Growing up Bowdoinham is a film by Jeff Fischer about childhood in Bowdoinham, Maine, as told in interviews of 16 people, ages 9 to 97.

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Maple Meadow Farm
Thursday, June 20 at 10:00 pm
Saturday, June 22 at 11:00 am

Maple Meadow Farm shows a year in the life of the Gregg family on a four hundred acre farm in Mapleton, Maine where three generations of Country folk still work the land and forest using workhorses.

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Portland Head Light and the Lighthouses of Maine's Casco Bay
A photograph of Halfway Rock Light in Harpswell
Thursday, June 27 at 10:00 pm
Saturday, June 29 at 11:00 am

This MPBN Community Films piece is about the unsung heroism of the Lighthouse Keepers and their courage and sacrifices to keep the lights burning. These sentinels mark the waters of southern Maine’s Casco Bay.

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Past MPBN Community Films
One Tuesday Morning
One Tuesday Morning
Saturday, May 18 at 11:00 am

Tragedy launches three ordinary women from Maine on a 10 year-patriotic mission that proves that sometimes darkness can bring out your true colors.

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Billy the Kid
Billy the Kid
Saturday, May 11 at 11:00 am

Jennifer Venditti’s debut film is a provocative coming-of-age story, an odyssey into the soul of an American teenager.

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Goranson Farm: An Uncertain Harvest
Jan Goranson and Rob Johanson
May 4, 2013

This film follows a small organic farm during its most difficult season in 25 years.

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Lilac Ridge: Life on a Family Farm
Lilac Ridge Farm
April 27, 2013

This is a compelling film about sustainable agriculture in Vermont through the lens of a single farm- Lilac Ridge, originally a traditional dairy operation, which has transitioned to organic and added organic vegetables and other products to become a truly diversified farm.

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Jules Olitski: Modern Master
Jules Olitski
April 27, 2013

Vermont abstract painter Jules Olitski discusses his artistic process and philosophy. His peers and art critics provide insight and observations about his work and his place in the art world.

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The Mountain Song
Mountain Song
April 20, 2013

This is a video journal of one man’s New England Appalachian Trail hike to start a conversation about the preservation of nature and the protection of resources.

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Saco River Indian Cellar
April 15, 2013

In 2007, the residents of Hollis, Maine were stunned to discover the historic Saco River Indian Cellar was being converted into a 12-lot subdivision. This inspiring local history documentary details the early days of the park and the long, difficult journey undertaken to preserve and protect this diverse riverfront property for future generations.

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RADICALLY simple
April 13, 2013

RADICALLY simple presents the work of Jim Merkel, author of Radical Simplicity and the Sustainability Director at Dartmouth College. The film shows Merkel at work on his homestead as well as doing public presentations and leading workshops on foot printing, permaculture, money and other topics related to sustainability.

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Big Horse
Big Horse
April 13, 2013

Two draft horses, Spike and Smitty, tell their own story about life on the farm and in the trenches.

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Walter Ungerer
Walter Ungerer
April 8, 2013

Maine artist Walter Ungerer is interviewed by College of the Atlantic students about his experimental film work, followed by his short 2012 film, Parva Sed Apta Mihi.

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