FREE LOAN PROGRAM Northeast Historic Film FREE LOAN PROGRAM Videos of Life in New England Length Title Category Year Format (min.) Description PERF Purchase Little Tree is a Native American from Connecticut, now a resident of Pittsford, Vermont. He says, "I am a Namante, one who heals by spiritual power, and a Matenu, one who heals by use of plants . Part of an Earth Medicine (1&2) American Indians 1975 DVD 56 eight part series on the use of plants and trees in health . PERF No Little Tree is a Native American from Connecticut, now a resident of Pittsford, Vermont. He says, "I am a Namante, one who heals by spiritual power, and a Matenu, one who heals by use of plants . Part of an Earth Medicine (3&4) American Indians 1975 DVD 56 eight part series on the use of plants and trees in health . PERF No Little Tree is a Native American from Connecticut, now a resident of Pittsford, Vermont. He says, "I am a Namante, one who heals by spiritual power, and a Matenu, one who heals by use of plants . Part of an Earth Medicine (5&6) American Indians 1975 DVD 56 eight part series on the use of plants and trees in health . PERF No Little Tree is a Native American from Connecticut, now a resident of Pittsford, Vermont. He says, "I am a Namante, one who heals by spiritual power, and a Matenu, one who heals by use of plants . Part of an Earth Medicine (7&8) American Indians 1975 DVD 56 eight part series on the use of plants and trees in health . PERF No Mary Gabriel, born in 1908 on the Passamaquoddy Reservation in Indian Township, Maine, and honored as a National Heritage Fellow in 1994, tells the inspiring story of learning the centuries-old basketmaking tradition from her grandmother, and of passing the tradition on to her two daughters, Sylvia and Clare. Gabriel Women: Passamaquoddy The three women illustrate their commitment to cultural values and how they have served as mentors Basketmakers American Indians 1999 DVD 28 to others. No This film examines some of the history of the relations between the white and the Indian communities in Maine. Through individual voices, it looks at underlying reasons for the racism so deeply embedded in white American culture and how that culture continues to shape Native American reality today. Includes Invisible American Indians 2005 DVD 59 83 minutes of supplemental interviews. No 25 edited natural conversations in Passamaquoddy-Maliseet recorded between 2006 and 2008 in Maine and New Brunswick that evoke the knowledge and values of Passamaquoddy-Maliseet community life. These exchanges range from humorous storytelling, oral history, and personal reminiscence to conversations about everyday experiences, past and present. The Soctomah Sisters, Natuwisine: Let’s Yes. $99.95 or Go Pick Berries, Nmihqelsultipon etolamotultiyek: Cards and Memories, Sitomok: On the Shore, Kcihkuk: $19.95 each Language Keepers (box set) American Indians 2009 7 DVD Set 180 In the Woods, Elatkuhkalkiyiq: How Our Stories Are Told and Etucintuhtiyek: We Sing So Strongly. individual title. Yes/Special Order/Not retail-ready Mystery of the Lost Red Paint People American Indians 1987 DVD 60 Archaeology of the circumpolar region, including coastal New England. packaging. $25 Micmac Indian basketmaking cooperative in northern Maine. Sponsored by the Aroostook Micmac Our Lives in Our Hands American Indians 1988 DVD 50 Council and produced by Jarred Carter and Harold Prins. Yes. $24.95 Penobscot Basketmaker--Barbara Francis American Indians 2002 DVD 52 The life and basketry work of Barbara Francis, a Penobscot who lived on Indian Island, Maine. Yes. $19.95 In Maine, the Native Americans began carving images into stone ledges beginning about 3,000 years ago. These petroglyphs, probably the work of shamans, were used as metaphors of the spirit quest or to help memorize chants. Because the petroglyphs had powerful spiritual qualities, they were avoided by Song of the Drum: The Petroglyphs of the uninitiated. This film presents explanations and ideas about what the images mean and how they Maine American Indians 2004 DVD 47 changed as the ideas of the people who made them changed. Yes. $24.95 Wabanaki Film & Video of Northeast Historic Film: A Selection American Indians 2009 DVD 42 A bibliography compiled by Micah A. Pawling Yes. $5.00 1 of 19 FREE LOAN PROGRAM Northeast Historic Film FREE LOAN PROGRAM Videos of Life in New England Length Title Category Year Format (min.) Description PERF Purchase Cultural survival and revival of Wabanaki of Maine and Maritime Canada. Interviews, music, dance. Wabanaki: A New Dawn American Indians 1995 DVD 28 Produced on behalf of Maine Indian Tribal-State Commission. Yes. $19.95 Simpson’s subjects included the pioneering families and workers living in woods camps and on farms. He photographed the crews constructing and excavating-by-hand- the railroad and the Great Northern Paper Company mill in East Millinocket, workers and families living in tarpaper shacks on “Shack Hill” in 48 Hour Music Festival Artists & Authors 2009 DVD 81 Millinocket, shanties, as well as the homes of the well-to-do. No A film by Huey, Portland filmmaker. A documentary about the photographer as told through the stories Honest Vision: A Portrait of Todd Webb Artists & Authors 1996 DVD 55 of Webb himself. Yes. $19.95 Yes/Special Order/Not retail-ready In the Spirit of Haystack Artists & Authors 1979 DVD 10 Noted craft school in Deer Isle, Maine. PERF packaging. $25 Maine Frontier: Through the Lens of Isaac Jack of all trades, Isaac Walton’s photographs together with film, oral histories and a compelling musical Walton, The Artists & Authors 2014 DVD 55 soundtrack represent northern Maine at the turn-of-the-century. Yes. $19.95 Cushing-based painter and printmaker Alan Magee (born 1946) is a modern master painter and printmaker. His paintings invite wonder at the inherent dignity and beauty of simple objects, such as letters, tools and stones. His monotypes offer haunting images of faces scarred by the world. The Maine Masters Project is an ongoing series of portraits of some of Maine’s most compelling yet under- No (see recognized artists. The series was conceived in 1999 by Robert Shetterly and Deb Vendetti of the Union mainemasters. Maine Masters Project - Alan Magee Artists & Authors 2002 DVD 30 of Maine Visual Artists as an archive of interviews with Maine artists. com) Olive Pierce from Rockland, ME is in her early 80s. Her gritty, documentary black and white photographs have focused on community: a Maine fishing community; high school; and the children of Iraq. She is an unflinching truth teller;The Maine Masters Project is an ongoing series of portraits of some of Maine’s most compelling yet under-recognized artists. The series was conceived in 1999 by No (see Maine Masters Project - Children of Iraq Robert Shetterly and Deb Vendetti of the Union of Maine Visual Artists as an archive of interviews with mainemasters. (Olive Pierce) and Olive Pierce Artists & Authors 2002 DVD 30 Maine artists. com) Sculptor Clark FitzGerald (1917-2004) moved to Castine in the 1950s. Having fallen in love with Maine, he decided to see if he could survive on his art in the place he found inspirational. He became one of Maine's most successful sculptors, a master in wood, metal, and stone. His large-scale sculptures are found around the world. The Maine Masters Project is an ongoing series of portraits of some of Maine’s most compelling yet No (see under-recognized artists. The series was conceived in 1999 by Robert Shetterly and Deb Vendetti of the mainemasters. Maine Masters Project - Clark Fitz-Gerald Artists & Authors 2005 DVD 30 Union of Maine Visual Artists as an archive of interviews with Maine artists. com) A New Englander by birth, Dahlov Ipcar (born 1917) was introduced to Maine by her parents, artists William and Marguerite Zorach. Ipcar, whose first solo show took place at the Museum of Modern Art, has gained wide recognition through her marvelous paintings of animals and her many children’s books. The Maine Masters Project is an ongoing series of portraits of some of Maine’s most compelling yet No (see under-recognized artists. The series was conceived in 1999 by Robert Shetterly and Deb Vendetti of the mainemasters. Maine Masters Project - Dahlov Ipcar Artists & Authors 2003 DVD 30 Union of Maine Visual Artists as an archive of interviews with Maine artists. com) 2 of 19 FREE LOAN PROGRAM Northeast Historic Film FREE LOAN PROGRAM Videos of Life in New England Length Title Category Year Format (min.) Description PERF Purchase David Larson said his mission was to “articulate the mystery.” His paintings make no judgments as they explore issues of belief, doubt, angst, suffering, identity, and love. He worked from a place of rigorous integrity, loving the quest, agonizing in the unknown. His paintings investigating the story of Moby Dick and the politics of the Last Supper, are central to this documentary. A deeply felt tribute to a great American artist directed by his son, Soren Larson, a television news producer and filmmaker in New York City. The Maine Masters Project is an ongoing series of portraits of some of Maine’s most compelling yet No (see under-recognized artists. The series was conceived in 1999 by Robert Shetterly and Deb Vendetti of the mainemasters. Maine Masters Project - David Larson Artists & Authors 2010 DVD 30 Union of Maine Visual Artists as an archive of interviews with Maine artists. com) Harold Garde (born 1923) taught for many years before retiring to Maine in 1984. His energy and artistic vigor have had an enormous impact on the community of Maine artists.