Events - Feb 10 22

Flee at Frontier
Directed by Jonas Poher Rasmussen
Cast: Rashid Aitouganov
Genre: Animation | Documentary
PG-13
1hr 30mins

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Wed Feb 9 | 1pm, 4pm, 7pm
Thurs Feb 10 | 1pm, 4pm, 7pm
Fri Feb 11 | 1pm, 4pm, 7pm
Sat Feb 12 | 1pm, 4pm, 7pm

In FLEE, the Grand Jury Prize winner at this year’s Sundance Festival, filmmaker Jonas Poher Rasmussen tells a poignant story of belonging and the search for identity. Amin’s life has been defined by his past and a secret he’s kept for over 20 years. Forced to leave his home country of Afghanistan as a young child with his mother and siblings, Amin now grapples with how his past will affect his future in Denmark and the life he is building with his soon-to-be husband. Told brilliantly through the use of animation to protect his identity, Amin looks back over his life, opening up for the first time about his past, his trauma, the truth about his family, and his acceptance of his own sexuality.

Continuing Pejepscot History Center’s 2022 focus of Immigration in the Midcoast region, PHC presents Dear Maine: The Trials and Triumphs of Maine’s 21st Century Immigrants with speaker and author Reza Jalali, Executive Director of Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center.

Published in December by Islandport Press, the book Dear Maine recounts the experiences of twenty immigrants who have arrived in Maine over the past few decades. Compiled by Jalali, an Iranian Kurd and former refugee, and Morgan Rielly, a Bowdoin College graduate who worked abroad with Syrian and Iraqi refugees while a student, the stories featured in the book highlight how much recent immigrants to Maine have enriched their communities.

Jalali will share some of the stories from the book and talk about we can embrace and support the New Mainers that have arrived in the Greater Brunswick area over the past couple of years, thereby weaving them into the historical narrative of immigration to the Pejepscot region. The book features black and white photographic portraits by Lilit Danielyan, originally from Armenia and Kazakhstan.

This event is via Zoom. To register today, visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/dear-maine-the-trials-and-triumphs-of-maines-21st-century-immigrants-tickets

Join Cathance River Education Alliance and Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust for a a six-part weekly series on climate in January and February.

Please join us for all or some of this virtual series and learn how YOU can make a difference on this urgent issue. Start the new year off with resolve and action!

We welcome Tim Glidden as our Moderator for the entire series! All events are free and will be hosted via zoom.

Click here to see the line up of topics, resources, and registration links!