Documentary Film Showing of “La Frontière”

TheArchives acadiennes/Acadian Archives will sponsor a screening of La Frontière, a documentary film on theborder regions of Maine, at the University of Maine at Fort Kent on Friday,November 17^th at 7 p.m. in Nadeau Hall conference room.  The event is free and open to the public.

La Frontière is a documentary filmportraying slices of life in northern Maine’s borderlands. This beautifullyshot 35-minute film takes viewers on an intimate tour of the culture of the611-mile border between Maine and Canada. The film is a must-see for cinema connoisseurs and anyone hoping tosee northern Maine through a different lens. The film screened at last year’sCamden International Film Festival in Midcoast Maine.

La Frontière was produced by KatyHaas and Megan Ruffe. A graduate of Smith College, Haas attended the BurrenCollege of Art and the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies. She was aco-producer with Florentine Films, a creation of Ken Burns, on Benjamin Franklin (2022), as well as anassociate producer on the series CountryMusic (2019) and an apprentice editor on The Dust Bowl (2012). Ruffe studied film and geography at PennState University. She too has worked on a number of Florentine Films seriesand, with a small team, is developing UNUM, a new digital project that usesFlorentine’s library to bring historical context to current events. La Frontière also featurescinematography by Lindsay Taylor Jackson and Jared Ames.

“We’revery grateful for the filmmakers’ willingness to share their work with ourcommunity,” said Patrick Lacroix, director of the Acadian Archives. “Katy andMegan offer us new ways of seeing and understanding our borderland region.”

Aquestion-and-answer session with the producers will follow the screening.Snacks will be available for attendees.

Formore information, contact Patrick Lacroix at the Acadian Archives at (207)834-7536.