The United States provides refugee for many different cultures and peoples who are escaping war around the world. Lacey Andrews speaks to refugees from Somali to learn about their community in Portland as they seek stability in the United States.

With the resurgance of skateboarding, Mary Burgess explores the skateboarding culture in Portland. Burgess discusses the changes to the construction of the skateboard and speaks to skateboards about their experiences.

George Lewis, sociologist and Maine native, explains why we are creatures of the culture that we create and consume.

Cultural memory is important to retain through generations because it holds the history of a culture and of a people. Patrick Winkelman captures how the Passamaquoddy are working on regenerating their heritage.

The United States provides refuge for many different cultures and peoples who are escaping war around the world. Lacey Andrews speaks to refugees from Somalia to learn about their community in Portland as they seek stability in the United States.

At the Opportunity Farm for Boys, at-risk youths are able to receive help and education. Jill Smith discusses the programs offered at the farm to assist the youth's who live there.

Meet Dom. He’s 20 years old, and he spent three years of his childhood incarcerated at Maine’s last juvenile jail: Long Creek Youth Development Center. For years, there’s been a discussion within the Maine State Legislature about whether jail is the right place for kids who’ve committed a crime. But how do kids like Dom end up in Long Creek in the first place? And is there a world in which Maine can safely keep kids out of jail? CONTENT WARNING: Descriptions of violence, mentions of child abuse and incarceration, and profanity

William Ibelle explores how three generations of Penobscot Indians are searching through their experiences to define what it means to be a Penobscot living in today's work.

After three generations of family growing up in Portland, Mony Hang is trying to pass on the culture of Cambodia that he never knew. Erika Lantz documents the history of the Hang family, the challenges that they faced in Cambodia, and their struggles to maintain their cultural identity in Portland.

Spending most of his teenage years in jail, Zach Gregoire has found a way to turn around his life through the Maine Inside Out theater group. Allison Behringer documents how Gregoire and other formerly incarcerated youth are changing their lives by performing on stage.

Lydia Crafts highlights the work that Donna Brown and Nicky Johnson do in order to preserve the culture and traditions of the Penobscot tribe. Crafts speaks to Brown and Johnson about the women's group that they started to fix long periods of separation, where they make traditional crafts.

On Indian Island, there is a shaman who still represents the traditional Indian culture. Lynn Kippax Jr. and Pamela Wood speaks to Senabeh about what it means to be a medicine man and his other experiences.