“Gorgeous & engrossing.”
— The Boston Globe
“Remarkable. With gorgeous cinematography, this film is an intimate journey into periwinkle harvesting, eel fishing, seaweed growing, and so much more.”
- chef & author Dan Barber
ABOUT THE FILM
In a series of lyrical portraits, THE LONG COAST illuminates the stories of Maine's seafolk, those whose lives and livelihoods are inextricably connected to the ocean. This atmospheric film shows the beauty, intimacy, and uncertainty that coastal dwellers face in rooting their lives in the ocean, particularly as human actions — from overfishing, to aquaculture, to warming seas — confront Maine and its people with profound change.
THE LONG COAST premiered at the 2020 Camden International Film Festival. For inquiries and to learn more, visit our host a screening page
THE FILMMAKERS
Executive Producer Robyn Metcalfe is a Lecturer at The University of Texas at Austin. She founded Food+City, an innovative project that explores the future of our food system and Kelmscott Rare Breeds Farm where she conserved heritage livestock for ten years. Mostly, Robyn is a photographer, author, and producer of stories about urban food systems. The New Wizard War, Meat, Commerce and the City, Food Routes, and Humans in Our Food are among her publications. She also writes for The Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, Wired, and Science Magazine and participates in podcasts and conferences. She received her BA in American Studies from The University of Michigan and a MA and PhD from Boston University in History, with a concentration in Modern European food history.
Director Ian Cheney is an Emmy-nominated & Peabody Award-winning documentary filmmaker. He has completed ten feature documentaries, including King Corn (2007), The Greening of Southie (2008), The City Dark (2011), The Search for General Tso (2014), Bluespace (2015), The Most Unknown (2018), The Emoji Story (2019), Thirteen Ways (2019), and The Long Coast (2020). He received bachelor’s & master’s degrees from Yale University, and an MFA in Film from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. A former MacDowell Fellow & Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT, he lives in Maine.