//UPCOMING EVENTS
[ August 20 ]
Portland, Maine International Film Festival
5 pm » Reception and panel discussion: the Future of Filmmaking in Maine
7:30 pm » Screening of Erasing David (80 min)
ABOUT THE MOVIE
David Bond lives in one of the most intrusive surveillance states in the world. He decides to find out how much private companies and the government know about him by putting himself under surveillance and attempting to disappear, a decision that changes his life forever. Leaving his pregnant wife and young child behind, he is tracked across the database state on a chilling journey that forces him to contemplate the meaning of privacy and the loss of it.
Learn more about the film festival: www.pmiff.com
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//PAST EVENTS
[ March 22, 23 & 24 ]
Maine Jewish Film Festival @ Salt
March 22 // 5:30-6:30 pm » Behind the Scenes:
A conversation with independent filmmaker and director Erik Kesten
Don't miss this opportunity to hear what it takes to create an award-winning documentary and be part of an intimate conversation with the director of Holy Land Hardball (2009). This event is free and open to the public. Make sure to purchase a ticket for the 7:00 PM screening of the film!
March 23 // 5:30-6:30 pm » LGBT Film Forum Reception
We invite you to a public reception prior to the screening of The Secrets. Come celebrate the GLBT Film Forum! Join us for appetizers, drinks and good company. This event is free and open to the public.
March 24 // 9:00 pm » Artist Reception: Canvasman
MJFF invites you to a reception to celebrate the premiere event of Canvasman. Come mingle with director and Portland resident Gary Robinov, as well as Rob Elowitch, star of Canvasman. Appetizers and drinks provided. This event is free and open to the public.
What's Maine Jewish Film Festival?
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September 17 // 7-8:30pm »
DO1Thing.org: An evening with the creators
In celebration of the current exhibit at Salt, Do1Thing.org: Young Faces of Homelessness, please join us for an evening with one of the creators of the project. We're pleased to welcome Do1Thing.org co-founder, former Newsweek photographer Najlah Feanny Hicks to speak about Do1Thing.org, which sheds light on young adult homelessness in Maine and around the country. Several powerful and uplifting multimedia pieces will also be screened.
In addition, we are excited to premiere Lulu's Story, a multimedia piece produced by Mainers: photographer Alexandra Daley-Clark, Director of Photography for Do1Thing.org, and audio and multimedia producer Suzi Piker, an alum of the Salt radio program. Their intimate portrait tells the story of a young woman who is currently experiencing homelessness in Portland, Maine.
DONATIONS »
This event will also act as a fundraiser for Do1Thing.org and Portland's Preble Street Teen Center in order to continue the wonderful and necessary services for homeless youth. Photographic prints from the exhibit, as well as other related items will be for sale. Monetary donations are welcome.
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[ August 7 - September 23 ]
DO1THING.org » YOUNG FACES OF HOMELESSNESS Do1Thing.org is a collaborative effort by award-winning photographers, journalists, editors, designers, writers, and who have come to together for one mission: To use the power of storytelling to shine an "ongoing" light into the many dark places that affect our most vulnerable children and teens.
Inspired by the success of the Heart Gallery, the co-founders, Najlah Hicks and Pim Van Hemmen, started thinking big: "What if we use this same approach to shine the light on multiple issues impacting children and teens? Not all at the same time. But one at a time, so each issue gets the attention and awareness it deserves." "And what if we partner with organizations that support a particular cause, and then reach out to people and corporations to follow our lead and do one thing to help make a difference?" The "what ifs" turned into "Why not?" And do1thing was born.
This exhibit showcases some of the most powerful work coming out of their first cause, youth homelessness.
OPENING NIGHT» 1st Friday // August 7th // 5-9
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[ May 21 - July 24 ]
inside out there »
radio + writing + photography by Salt spring 2009 graduates
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[ May 14 // 6-9 pm ]
UNBUILT Architecture AWARDS 2009 » Presented by the Portland Society of Architects
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[ May 12 // 7 pm ]
Overlap » Experimental Multimedia in images+sound+words by Salt Spring 09 students
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[ May 11 // doors open @ 6:30 + conversation starts at 7 pm ]
Creative Conversations » An arts discussion sponsored by PACA.
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[ April 3 - May 15 ]
FUTUREpast » Current Work from Salt Alums + their Work from the Archive
&rarr Check it out MAY 1st for Portland's 1st Friday Art Walk or M-F // 9-4:30 [ 561 Congress ]
For over 35 years, we have been dedicated to teaching the craft of storytelling to high school, undergraduate, and graduate students from nearly all 50 states and almost a dozen countries throughout the world. Those years have produced over 2 million images, 7,000+ hours of recorded interviews, and, most importantly, over 1500 finished stories in images, sound, and the written word. The Mildred H. McEvoy Memorial Archive, located in this very building, will continue to preserve this rich Maine history.
Our 35th year marked the most tremendous change Salt has seen. We moved from our former location at 110 Exchange Street and settled into this new home, in the heart of Portland's Arts District. This location was custom designed and built to suit our every need. For the first time, our space hosts state of the art technology, enabling us to make the move from black and white film to digital color.
For years, it has been a goal of ours to create a space, for the local and global communities alike, to share the wonderful documentary work that is being done at this very moment all around the world.
We could think of no better way to begin this journey than show the great work our of very own alumni. From Nashville to Berkeley, from Montreal to Zurich, and from the South Pole to Asia, they continue the work that they humbly began here at Salt, carrying on the tradition of telling real stories of real people, with grace, integrity, and great skill.
Meet five talented Salt Alumni >> Alex Cohn :: Andres Gonzalez :: Kiersten Hanna :: David Y. Lee :: Holly Wilmeth ::
We hope that their work makes as much of an impact on you as it does us.
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[ February 27 - March 27 ]
Malaga Island » A story best left untold
A Documentary Radio + Photograpy + construted imagery Exhibition by Rob Rosenthal & Kate Philbrick
Click here to view the Malaga Island slideshow.
For more info, check out » malagaislandmaine.org
In 1912, the state of Maine evicted about forty-five people from Malaga Island off the coast of Phippsburg. The island residents were poor, black, white, and mixed race. The eviction is typically viewed as a shameful moment in the state's history.
"This is one of those stories where people say 'That happened in Maine?!' or 'The state did what?!' Then they say 'Tell me more,'" said Rob Rosenthal, radio producer for project.
During the process of evicting the Malaga community, the state committed eight islanders to the Maine School for the Feebleminded in New Gloucester, Maine. The remaining residents left the island taking their homes with them. Once the community was removed, the state relocated the island school. Then, the state dug up the island cemetery and reburied the remains in the graveyard at the Maine School for the Feebleminded (now known as the Pineland Center).
"The Malaga story has been a bit of a secret, a kind of skeleton in Maine's history closet," says Kate Philbrick, the project photographer. "Few people have wanted to speak publicly about this dark moment over the years. This is especially true for descendents because of a local stigma attached to people with a connection to the island." "The silence about this incident is what informed the name of the documentary Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold," adds Rosenthal. "But, now, about one hundred years after the eviction, descendents are talking publicly and we interviewed and photographed several. They speak frankly and passionately about their family history and living in Phippsburg."
Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold features a one-hour documentary radio program by producer Rob Rosenthal and photography and constructed imagery using historic documents and photographs by Kate Philbrick.
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February 23 - April 4 » Salt student show travels to Frontier Cafe+Gallery
Meet Me Anywhere
[ fall 2008 writing + radio + photography ]
Head up to Brunswick, Maine to witness the beautiful and intimate work of some of the most talented documentarians we know: our own Salt students. The fall 2008 semester takes us all over the state of Maine, to bring us wonderful works of storytelling.
[ August 20 ]
Portland, Maine International Film Festival
5 pm » Reception and panel discussion: the Future of Filmmaking in Maine
7:30 pm » Screening of Erasing David (80 min)
ABOUT THE MOVIE
David Bond lives in one of the most intrusive surveillance states in the world. He decides to find out how much private companies and the government know about him by putting himself under surveillance and attempting to disappear, a decision that changes his life forever. Leaving his pregnant wife and young child behind, he is tracked across the database state on a chilling journey that forces him to contemplate the meaning of privacy and the loss of it.
Learn more about the film festival: www.pmiff.com
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//PAST EVENTS
Maine Jewish Film Festival @ Salt
March 22 // 5:30-6:30 pm » Behind the Scenes:
A conversation with independent filmmaker and director Erik Kesten
Don't miss this opportunity to hear what it takes to create an award-winning documentary and be part of an intimate conversation with the director of Holy Land Hardball (2009). This event is free and open to the public. Make sure to purchase a ticket for the 7:00 PM screening of the film!
March 23 // 5:30-6:30 pm » LGBT Film Forum Reception
We invite you to a public reception prior to the screening of The Secrets. Come celebrate the GLBT Film Forum! Join us for appetizers, drinks and good company. This event is free and open to the public.
March 24 // 9:00 pm » Artist Reception: Canvasman
MJFF invites you to a reception to celebrate the premiere event of Canvasman. Come mingle with director and Portland resident Gary Robinov, as well as Rob Elowitch, star of Canvasman. Appetizers and drinks provided. This event is free and open to the public.
What's Maine Jewish Film Festival?
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DO1Thing.org: An evening with the creators
In celebration of the current exhibit at Salt, Do1Thing.org: Young Faces of Homelessness, please join us for an evening with one of the creators of the project. We're pleased to welcome Do1Thing.org co-founder, former Newsweek photographer Najlah Feanny Hicks to speak about Do1Thing.org, which sheds light on young adult homelessness in Maine and around the country. Several powerful and uplifting multimedia pieces will also be screened.
In addition, we are excited to premiere Lulu's Story, a multimedia piece produced by Mainers: photographer Alexandra Daley-Clark, Director of Photography for Do1Thing.org, and audio and multimedia producer Suzi Piker, an alum of the Salt radio program. Their intimate portrait tells the story of a young woman who is currently experiencing homelessness in Portland, Maine.
DONATIONS »
This event will also act as a fundraiser for Do1Thing.org and Portland's Preble Street Teen Center in order to continue the wonderful and necessary services for homeless youth. Photographic prints from the exhibit, as well as other related items will be for sale. Monetary donations are welcome.
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DO1THING.org » YOUNG FACES OF HOMELESSNESS Do1Thing.org is a collaborative effort by award-winning photographers, journalists, editors, designers, writers, and who have come to together for one mission: To use the power of storytelling to shine an "ongoing" light into the many dark places that affect our most vulnerable children and teens.
Inspired by the success of the Heart Gallery, the co-founders, Najlah Hicks and Pim Van Hemmen, started thinking big: "What if we use this same approach to shine the light on multiple issues impacting children and teens? Not all at the same time. But one at a time, so each issue gets the attention and awareness it deserves." "And what if we partner with organizations that support a particular cause, and then reach out to people and corporations to follow our lead and do one thing to help make a difference?" The "what ifs" turned into "Why not?" And do1thing was born.
This exhibit showcases some of the most powerful work coming out of their first cause, youth homelessness.
OPENING NIGHT» 1st Friday // August 7th // 5-9
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
inside out there »
radio + writing + photography by Salt spring 2009 graduates
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ May 14 // 6-9 pm ]
UNBUILT Architecture AWARDS 2009 » Presented by the Portland Society of Architects
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[ May 12 // 7 pm ]
Overlap » Experimental Multimedia in images+sound+words by Salt Spring 09 students
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[ May 11 // doors open @ 6:30 + conversation starts at 7 pm ]
Creative Conversations » An arts discussion sponsored by PACA.
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[ April 3 - May 15 ]
FUTUREpast » Current Work from Salt Alums + their Work from the Archive
&rarr Check it out MAY 1st for Portland's 1st Friday Art Walk or M-F // 9-4:30 [ 561 Congress ]
For over 35 years, we have been dedicated to teaching the craft of storytelling to high school, undergraduate, and graduate students from nearly all 50 states and almost a dozen countries throughout the world. Those years have produced over 2 million images, 7,000+ hours of recorded interviews, and, most importantly, over 1500 finished stories in images, sound, and the written word. The Mildred H. McEvoy Memorial Archive, located in this very building, will continue to preserve this rich Maine history.
Our 35th year marked the most tremendous change Salt has seen. We moved from our former location at 110 Exchange Street and settled into this new home, in the heart of Portland's Arts District. This location was custom designed and built to suit our every need. For the first time, our space hosts state of the art technology, enabling us to make the move from black and white film to digital color.
For years, it has been a goal of ours to create a space, for the local and global communities alike, to share the wonderful documentary work that is being done at this very moment all around the world.
We could think of no better way to begin this journey than show the great work our of very own alumni. From Nashville to Berkeley, from Montreal to Zurich, and from the South Pole to Asia, they continue the work that they humbly began here at Salt, carrying on the tradition of telling real stories of real people, with grace, integrity, and great skill.
Meet five talented Salt Alumni >> Alex Cohn :: Andres Gonzalez :: Kiersten Hanna :: David Y. Lee :: Holly Wilmeth ::
We hope that their work makes as much of an impact on you as it does us.
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[ February 27 - March 27 ]
Malaga Island » A story best left untold
A Documentary Radio + Photograpy + construted imagery Exhibition by Rob Rosenthal & Kate Philbrick
Click here to view the Malaga Island slideshow.
For more info, check out » malagaislandmaine.org
In 1912, the state of Maine evicted about forty-five people from Malaga Island off the coast of Phippsburg. The island residents were poor, black, white, and mixed race. The eviction is typically viewed as a shameful moment in the state's history.
"This is one of those stories where people say 'That happened in Maine?!' or 'The state did what?!' Then they say 'Tell me more,'" said Rob Rosenthal, radio producer for project.
During the process of evicting the Malaga community, the state committed eight islanders to the Maine School for the Feebleminded in New Gloucester, Maine. The remaining residents left the island taking their homes with them. Once the community was removed, the state relocated the island school. Then, the state dug up the island cemetery and reburied the remains in the graveyard at the Maine School for the Feebleminded (now known as the Pineland Center).
"The Malaga story has been a bit of a secret, a kind of skeleton in Maine's history closet," says Kate Philbrick, the project photographer. "Few people have wanted to speak publicly about this dark moment over the years. This is especially true for descendents because of a local stigma attached to people with a connection to the island." "The silence about this incident is what informed the name of the documentary Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold," adds Rosenthal. "But, now, about one hundred years after the eviction, descendents are talking publicly and we interviewed and photographed several. They speak frankly and passionately about their family history and living in Phippsburg."
Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold features a one-hour documentary radio program by producer Rob Rosenthal and photography and constructed imagery using historic documents and photographs by Kate Philbrick.
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Meet Me Anywhere
[ fall 2008 writing + radio + photography ]
Head up to Brunswick, Maine to witness the beautiful and intimate work of some of the most talented documentarians we know: our own Salt students. The fall 2008 semester takes us all over the state of Maine, to bring us wonderful works of storytelling.