The Maine Story of Isaac Walton Simpson Screens
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March 29, 2015 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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The poster from the film “The Maine Frontier: Through the lens of Isaac Walton Simpson.”
The Grand’s film program concentrating on subjects of interest to the Maine community continues on Sunday, March 29th at 2 pm with the “The Maine Frontier: Through the lens of Isaac Walton Simpson.” This multimedia event is presented in partnership with the Maine Forest and Logging Museum. Tickets are available at The Grand box office (667-9500) or online at www.grandonline.org. Adults are $10 and seniors and students (12 and under) are $9. Members of The Grand or the Maine Forest and Logging Museum are $8.
This documentary illustrates life, work, family and culture in Northern Maine at the turn of the century, eulogizing the exemplary photography of Isaac Simpson. “The Maine Frontier” features the exemplary documentary photography of Isaac Simpson, complimented by archived and current films, interviews of Simpson family members, and a compelling, live musical soundtrack composed and performed by the director, Wiscasset filmmaker Sumner McKane.
McKane’s film is a vivid and authentic illustration of northern Maine at the turn-of-the-century and will transport you back to the region’s pioneering frontier culture. Isaac Simpson, his photographic subjects, his wife Effie, their friends, family, and workmates exemplify the character and condition prevalent in northern Maine at that time.
For more information on this or other Grand events, including on March 31st at 7:30 pm the last Winter CineGrand 2015 selection – “Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles,” a great new documentary from the Academy Award®-winning documentarian Chuck Workman, which looks at the remarkable genius of Orson Welles on the eve of his centenary. The film features new and classic interviews featuring Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Peter Bogdanovich, Anthony Perkins and, of course, Welles himself– please call the box office at 207-667-9500 or visit The Grand website at www.grandonline.org or follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Grand-Auditorium/112755987339