‘The Maine Frontier’ screening Friday

    DOVER FOXCROFT — The Center Theatre is proud to welcome “The Maine Frontier” to the theatre for its official premiere on Friday, Sept. 19 at 7 p.m.

    “During the Bike Maine tour last year, we were fortunate enough to show the film ‘Into The Blood,’ which was a documentary about the history of lumbermen in Northern Maine,” says Executive Director Angela Bonacasa. “Because the response to the film was so positive, when we found out that Sumner McKane was coming out with another feature, we knew we needed to bring it to the Center Theatre. We are very excited to be the official premiere of the film, and are looking forward to bringing such a unique theatrical experience to Piscataquis County.”
    “The Maine Frontier: Through The Lens of Isaac Walton Simpson”, combines the scarcely seen turn-of-the-century photography of Isaac Simpson with both archived and current films, oral histories and a compelling musical soundtrack. “The Maine Frontier” is an illustration of family, work, community and culture in northern Maine at the turn-of-the-century, exemplified via Isaac Simpson’s extensive photographic collection of logging camps, farms, “Shack Hill and “Little Italy” in Millinocket, railroad tie camps, shoe-last camps and of the pioneering families who sustained a life on the Maine Frontier. Employing Simpson’s exemplifying photographs, “The Maine Frontier” investigates the unique geographical circumstances of a pioneering people in a region virtually disconnected from the rest of the state and country.
    As a “docu-exhibit”, “The Maine Frontier” combines the projection of archived film and photography with authentic sound design, oral histories and a live musical soundtrack to tell this historical story via an innovative live presentation.
    To purchase tickets or to learn more about upcoming events at Center Theatre, please call the box office at 564-8943 or visit the theatre’s website at www.centertheatre.org. The Center Theatre is a non-profit performing arts center dedicated to making the arts a part of life in the Maine Highlands.