HARBOR WORKSEvents Calendar
| Holidays in Harpswell
Gathering Remnants
and other stories from the Gallery’s collection
Saturday and Sunday
December 3-4 and 10-11
10:00 a.m. — 4:00 p.m.
Gallery talk, 2:00 p.m., each day
The second annual Holidays in Harpswell is a local celebration of the arts, including hand-thrown stoneware, wood carvings, hand-made baskets, papers and more. Harbor Works features a haunting collection of black and white silver gelatin prints, documenting the latter years of America’s earliest industries, with a gallery talk by curator and photographer, Guy Saldanha. Light refreshments served.
Sponsored by the Harpswell Art and Craft Guild
Stay for the Christmas Fair at the Cundy’s Harbor Community Center on Saturday, December 3, 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., and join the tree lighting procession from Holbrook’s Wharf, followed by a community pot-luck dinner on Sunday, December 4, beginning at 5:00 p.m. Enjoy views of Cundy’s Harbor in early winter, as lobstermen are pulling their traps and the shrimping season is getting underway.
The exhibits at Harbor Works have been food for thought and the subject of several conversations around our household for the past few days. Truly, we thank you for your efforts to present thought-provoking material in a beautiful environment.
—Paul Galin, Deming, New Mexico
| The Fish Belong to the People | Director: William Hyler
Followed by Panel Discussion with
Ted Ames, fisherman and chairman,
Penobscot East Resource Center
Glen Libby, fisherman and chairman,
Midcoast Fishermen’s Association
Justin Libby, fisherman and captain,
Captain Lee, Port Clyde
William Mangum, property manager and
former president, Holbrook Community Foundation / Holbrook Working Waterfront
Jessica Winchenbach, business manager,
Port Clyde Fresh Catch
LOCATION:
SHOWTIME:
Thursday, April 14 | 7:00 p.m.
TICKETS:
$10.00
Come early for Port Clyde Fresh Catch appetizers generously provided by
the K2 Family Foundation
“Director Will Hyler tracks [the struggle of the fishermen] to keep their industry and way of life alive as it passes from generation to generation. It’s a world where science, economics, and politics intersect."
—Maddy Kadish, NewEnglandFilm.com
The Fish Belong to the People follows a group of family fishermen in Port Clyde, Maine, as they struggle to save their way of life from the government, the market and themselves. As each season passes their customary fishing grounds are depleted by old ways of doing business that favor individual competition and the indiscriminate use of technology without regard for the preservation of marine life. Increasing regulations in the name of conservation are allowing big business to effectively displace them. With nothing to lose, Port Clyde’s fishermen respond by forming a new kind of cooperative, reducing reliance upon modern equipment and marketing their own catch. Set against the rugged backdrop of the St. George Peninsula and recounted in their own words, The Fish Belong to the People is a testimony to the power of community and an alliance that has become a model for sustainable fishing.
William Hyler is a director and cinematographer of the award winning shorts, “Jumper” and “Speed Racer”. He has freelanced extensively as an editor and post production visual effects artist. The Fish Belong to the People, his feature debut, reacquainted him with the coastal Maine community where his family has lived for generations.
Sponsored by The Nature Conservancy and the Chewonki Foundation
| On Coal River
Directors: Francine Cavanaugh, Adams Wood
Followed by Q&A Discussion with
Adams Wood
LOCATION:
SHOWTIME:
Thursday, April 21 | 7:00 p.m.
TICKETS:
$10.00
“On Coal River is smart and patient, respectful of the residents who make it their mission to make you see what they see.”
—Cynthia Fuchs, PopMatters
Deep inside one of the oldest mountain ranges in the world—a region of breathtaking beauty and extraordinary biodiversity—is a modern-day struggle that speaks to the deepest emotions of every community. On Coal River takes viewers on a gripping journey into West Virginia’s Coal River Valley, where a former miner and his neighbors are fighting for the future of their environment, their children and life as they know it. Gathering evidence and galvanizing opinion, they focus attention on a method of steep-slope strip mining known as mountaintop removal, which uses explosives and heavy machinery to extract thin seams of coal, and fills in the streams and valleys with crushed rock. As livable land and conventional mining jobs disappear, the valley’s population is in sharp decline. Those who remain love their community, but are divided by their belief in the fossil fuel that generates nearly 50% of domestic electricity.
Francine Cavanaugh and Adams Wood are North Carolina filmmakers who co-directed and produced Boom—The Sound of Eviction (2002), a feature-length documentary about the social repercussions of San Francisco’s dot-com boom and bust, which screened at LA’s American Cinematheque, NYC’s Anthology Film Archives and at numerous film festivals worldwide.
Sponsored by The Nature Conservancy and the Chewonki Foundation
| Shelter in Place
Director: Zed Nelson; Producer: Hannah Patterson
Followed by Q&A Discussion with
Hannah Patterson
LOCATION:
SHOWTIME:
Thursday, April 28 | 7:00 p.m.
TICKETS:
$10.00
“A perfect example of an issue-driven documentary. It’s a combination of beautiful filmmaking [and] an important situation, that also maintains the importance of great storytelling.”
—The Frontline Club
Winner of Britdoc 08’s Short Film Pitch
In the heart of one of the wealthiest regional economies in the world some residents pay an extraordinarily high price: an environmental freedom that most U.S. citizens take for granted. Shelter in Place is an intimate portrait of a poor, African-American community struggling with toxic fumes and deadly illnesses on the fenceline of the largest refinery in the country. Each year the sprawling petrochemical plants of the Texas Gulf Coast are legally permitted to release millions of tons of pollutants into the air, plus thousands of tons more in “accidental” or “unscheduled” releases. When these incidents happen, local residents are advised to stay in their homes and tape up their windows and doors—an emergency procedure called “Shelter in Place.” Carefully documented from the perspective of the most vulnerable, Shelter in Place is an emotionally engaging and timely account of the human cost of the global oil industry.
Zed Nelson is an internationally renowned photojournalist-turned-filmmaker, who has won numerous documentary photography awards. He has photographed and written features for the Observer magazine, the Sunday Times magazine and Time magazine. From the war in Sierra Leone, to back-stage with the Rolling Stones, Zed’s work is challenging and diverse, but always about people and the world we have made for ourselves.
Hannah Patterson writes extensively on film and documentary practice for various outlets, including DOX, Sight & Sound, The Guardian, Time Out Guides and The International Film Guide, and regularly participates in panel discussions with documentary filmmakers. She is editor of, and contributor to, The Cinema of Terrence Malick: Poetic Visions of America, Contemporary North American Film Directors and Contemporary British and Irish Film Directors.
Sponsored by The Nature Conservancy and the Chewonki Foundation