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Title
Salt, the FSA, and the Documentary Tradition
Year
1995
James C. Curtis writes on the documentary tradition, comparing the work of Salt and the Farm Security Administration in Maine.
Type
Writing
Title
Between Fences and Freedom
Year
1999
Melissa Turner investigates how pre-release centers allow incarcerated individuals to develop a sense of self-esteem and to address the issues that got them in trouble. Turner speaks with former residents of the center to learn about their incarceration experience and how their lives have changed.
Type
Writing
Title
Uni Wars: This Delicacy Has a Thorn in its Side
Year
2009
For the sea urchin industry, a rough economy is causing tensions to grow between government regulators and sea urchin fishermen. Meghan Daniels explores how the Department of Marine Resources and sea urchin fishermen are encountering issues regarding regulations on how many days are set for urchin fishing a year.
Type
published content
Title
To Maine for Apples
Year
1989
At Tom Gyger's orchard near Bridgton, Jamaican apple pickers live a life between two worlds. Lisa Rathke follows around 13 pickers through the harvest and their daily lives.
Type
published content
Title
Fall of the Great North Woods
Year
1987
As Maine's largest myth, the Great North Woods provides questions about the Woods of today and tomorrow. Nancy Jesser explores which of these myths will survive over time.
Type
Multimedia
Title
Claws for Concern
Year
2024
What does it take to fight back against an invasive species? A waterman, a chef, a science educator - and plenty of advertisers - each have their own creative approach. This hybrid documentary flips through multiple TV channels to give a green crab community, each channel presenting a different strategy in the ongoing battle to save Maine’s coastlines. PLEASE NOTE: Viewers with photosensitive epilepsy are advised that this film “changes channels” suddenly and often with an analog TV test pattern.
Type
Radio
Title
My Expectation Is That You Will Be Comfortable
Year
2021
How gynecologists learn to do a pelvic exam remains a mystery for many people. Behind the scenes is a community of trained lay people called Gynecological Teaching Associates (GTAs.) These individuals instruct medical students on how to give breast and pelvic exams with a patient-centered approach. However, numerous teaching hospitals still violate patient consent supposedly in the service of medical education. Hear directly from GTAs as they show students how to locate a cervix while interrogating the medical system.
Type
published content
Title
Fire!
Year
1979
October 1947 was the year of the great fire in Maine. Dottie O'Keefe speaks to residents in Maine about their experiences when sixty fires raged for a week.
Type
Writing
Title
Days at Sea
Year
1995
Paul Harrison highlights the work of groundfisherman in Maine, documenting their histories, daily lives, and the groundfishing industry.
Type
published content
Title
Salt 2006-2007 Magazine, Alumni Interviews
Year
2007
Short interviews with Salt alumni.
Type
published content
Title
What are Cows For?
Year
1995
Tim Hughes investigates the controversy over rBST and discusses how cattle farming in Maine plays a role in the dialogue regarding the bovine growth hormone.
Type
Writing
Title
A Good Day in Prison
Year
2002
Within the Education Department of the Maine State Prison, inmates are offered an opportunity to join a program geared towards giving inmates a way to prepare in rejoin public society. Hilary Niles discusses the Pre-Release Exit Program and the experiences of inmates within the prison.
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