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Portland, Maine
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Forecasterjack.com
Year
2015
At only 13 years old, Jack Sillin wakes up every morning to update his meteorology blog with a new forecast. Daniel Rosinsky-Larsson profiles Sillin's love for delivering and tracking the weather.
Type
Multimedia
Title
Like Father, Like Son: Dan's More Than a Shoe Repairman
Year
2015
Despite all of the change in Portland, Dan Lentz's shop, Roy's Shoes, has stayed the same. Emma Nobel profiles the work Lentz does as a cobbler.
Type
Multimedia
Title
It's All Energy
Year
2015
Struggling with various health issues, both Albert Melanson and his daughter Jennifer McAllister turned to alternative healing methods. Genevieve Pedulla documents how Albert and Jennifer chose a holistic path for healing themselves and others.
Type
Multimedia
Title
Away to That Other World
Year
2015
Starting as a hobby and becoming a business, Dana Perkins builds model ships in bottles. Genevieve Pedulla profiles how Perkins' craft is a practice in problem solving for him.
Type
Multimedia
Title
Life on the Hill
Year
2015
For the Freeport Flag Ladies, the American flag is more than just a symbol, but an entire lifestyle. James Colombo highlights how this group has made it their life's work to keep alive a sense of true Americanism.
Type
Multimedia
Title
Maine's Food Sovereignty Movement
Year
2015
In response to big agribusiness, Heather Retberg is helping to lead a grassroots movement that declares access to food of our choice is a legal right. Jenn Corey documents how thirteen towns in Maine have passed laws declaring a right to sell food to their neighbors without government intervention.
Type
Multimedia
Title
Quality of Community: Open Bench Project
Year
2015
Founded by Jake Ryan, the Open Bench Project in Portland is a shared makerspace. Julia Whyel profiles how the makerspace is open to all community members as a tool and resource library to cultivate skill building.
Type
Multimedia
Title
Linear Perspective
Year
2015
For two individuals from different backgrounds, their lives converged in the 1950s. Kalila Holt profiles the stories of Rolf, who grew up in Nazi Germany, and Lovye, who grew up in segregated South Carolina.
Type
Multimedia
Title
Bodies
Year
2015
As a mortician in training, Mark Cevoli spends a lot of time with dead bodies. Kalila Holt profiles Cevoli's time in training, and what it is like being young and working so closely with death.
Type
Multimedia
Title
Merely Existing
Year
2015
With little left to live for, Andrew started to think about how his life impacts everything around him. Kelsey Nichols documents how Andrew places himself within the time and space he occupies, applying theory into his recovery.
Type
Multimedia
Title
Shifting
Year
2015
Repairing lamps for over 30 years, Brian Allen believes it's hard to convince the younger generation to pay a little extra to get a lamp repaired. Kelsey Nichols profiles Allen's work as a repairman in South Portland.
Type
Multimedia
Title
The Green Crab War
Year
2015
Green crabs are devastating the Maine Coast, and clammers are divided over how to respond. Lila Cherneff documents one clammer is trying to deal with how the green crabs left nothing for the clammers.
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