Profile: “Remnants of a War,” directed by Jawad Metni

During the 2006 Israeli-Hezbollah War, Israeli forces dropped more than four million cluster munitions on Southern Lebanon. By conservative estimates, these bombs fail to detonate 30 percent of the time. This rate, when coupled with a 2009 stall in the funding process, has left more than 12 million square meters (2,965 acres) of land threatening the safety and lives of local residents. Responding to this danger, Director Jawad Metni uses his film,“Remnants of a War,” to document the trained, local deminers of Southern Lebanon as they diligently work to remove the remaining munitions more than three years after the war̵s conclusion. Examining the long-standing devastation caused by weapons of war through both historical accounts and personal perspectives, “Remnants of a War”provides a first-hand look into the issues surrounding cluster bombs and the importance of cluster-munitions removal

Minada America

Minada America, produced by photojournalists Vinicius Souza and Maria Eugênia Sá, is a book and film package documenting the lives of Latin Americans devastated by landmines and other explosive remnants of war. Dismayed by the lack of media attention to the problem of landmines and ERW, the producers\u27 main goal is to expose the problem to a world that is largely oblivious to the tragedies they caus

SALT, Vol. 13, No. 2

SALT. Published by the Salt Center for Documentary Field Studies. Number 50. Four Dollars. “Yelana and Mohammed go to school with children from 25 countries learning a new language in Maine.” Contents 2 Nineteen Pine Street Around the corner from Salt waited a compelling story about a school. We tell it in this issue, challenging negative press about Reiche. 4 Myrtle Myrtle Lowell left home at age 13 to go to work. That was more than 70 years ago. She’s never had time for needlework. “Course not! God almighty! Only the Southern ladies could do that. Not us old crows.” 18 Multilingual School Children Portland’s Reiche Middle School has 120 students in five multilingual classes who speak 22 languages. Some are just learning to say ice cream in English, others are ready for mainstream groups. 33 Working on the Scotia Prince It takes 200 people to keep the Scotia Prince cruising with its 1,300 passengers from Portland to Nova Scotia. Photo essay. 40 Comeback of the Boxers Amateur boxing gains a foothold in Portland as young contenders sweep the Northeast Regional championship tournament. 50 A Home for Wandering Volvos Volvos, babies, dogs. All much at home at Alan Auto in Portland, where wounded cars revive a spotless environment. Photo essay. 58 One Island, Two Worlds At one end, Great Diamond Island has a growing upscale resort community moving into revamped Fort McKinley. At the other end, but a world apart, are the year round cottagers.https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/salt_magazine/1046/thumbnail.jp

SALT, Vol. 9, No. 2

The magazine about the really important people of Maine. Special Issue: Rural Poverty in Maine — What Does It Mean? One in every five rural Mainers is poor. Like Monica, struggling to get by. Christmas rubs in the difference between having plenty and little. Content 5 View from Pier Road 8 Being Poor in Rural Maine One in every five Mainers is poor. The numbers are growing even in today’s job market. Salt tells the story of the rural poor in Maine through their words and lives. 10 Portraits Lauretta Elie and Emily Kinney have two things in common. They were labeled “dumb” as children and never learned to read. Now as adults they know they are not dumb. 16 Piecing Together a Year: the Bubiers The Bubier family of Perry in Washington County piece together a year of income from seasonal work. They are among the fastest growing group of poor in Maine, adults between the ages of 18 and 44 who can’t get by on what they make. 33 Monica A photographic esaay by Pam Berry. Monica lives in a schoolbus with her daughter while she builds a house for the future. And a baby is born. 42 Making the Rounds Salt follows a social worker, Maurice Geoffroy on his rounds to the elderly, to welfare mothers, to families with handicapped children, to people laid off from work and to an AID’s victim. 56 Kristin’s Schools Kristin Myers is at risk of dropping out from school systems that started flunking her in kindergarten. Will she stay or will she get too discouraged? 62 Eating in Maine Where can you eat in Maine without feeling overwhelmed by outsiders or worrying about the size of your wallet? Here\u27s where.https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/salt_magazine/1031/thumbnail.jp

SALT, Vol. 5, No. 3

Contents 2 Mount Desert Island: ‘They Were Rich and We Weren’t’ Through the eyes of native Mainers, we see what happens to an island dominated by millionaires. 4 The Theater in Bar Harbor’s Changing World Showplace of the ’30s, Bar Harbor’s art deco theater is a witness to changing times, from the chauffeur-driven limousines of the Rockefellers, Fords and Vanderbilts to the campers of today. 18 ‘Livin’ Where You Want to Live’ Draper Liscomb of Mount Desert Island tells how to make a living in Maine — “so you can live where you want to live.” 34 The Search (A Story about Evelyn Turner) A modern fairy tale about a woman on Swan’s Island that will make you smile. As Evelyn sees the world, “S’lovely, darlin’.” 44 ‘I Don\u27t Feel Color’ Clarence Roberts, son of a slave, is the eloquent spokesman for the elderly in the all-white Maine Yankee town of Old Orchard Beach. 60 ‘White As the Driven Snow’ Maurice Gordon of West Kennebunk, Maine, comes out of retirement to demonstrate the finer points of plastering. 68 A Thousand Shapes in One: Pottery Making Lou and Bob Lipkin of Kennebunkport, Maine, take us step by step through the throwing and firing of pottery.https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/salt_magazine/1017/thumbnail.jp

Salt, Vol. 7, No. 2

Hot clouds clamp a lid over the wild blueberry barrens of Maine. A bumper crop ripens too fast, 45 million pounds in a vast oven. Two tousand rakers race the heat. “Beat the sun. Ya gotta beat that sun, cause she’ll wear it right outta ya...” Content Hot clouds clamp a lid over the wild blueberry barrens of Maine. A bumper crop ripens too fast, 45 million pounds in a vast oven. Two tousand rakers race the heat. “Beat the sun. Ya gotta beat that sun, cause she’ll wear it right outta ya...” 2 Short Takes From Alberta Redmond’s 100th birthday to letters to the editor in this issue’s “short takes.” 3 Change on the Barrens Tradition and change vie on the wild blueberry barrens of Maine. The end of the old hand harvest is near. 4 Quilting-Patchwork Art Quilters of Maine are reviving an old art form. Young and old quilters meet to work together. 12 Salt Marsh Dikes Dikes in Maine like in Holland? Yes, says Professor David C. Smith. They were built to farm the salt marshes. 16 Wild Blueberry Harvest Voices from the blueberry barrens speak in this major article about the 1985 bumper crop. Rakers, field bosses, truckers, migrant workers, locals, Indians, managers and owners tell what the harvest means to them and what they see for the future. 29 Rakers A photographic essay about hand rakers on the wild blueberry barrens by Lynn Kippax, Jr. 50 Toots Makes Music Toots Bouthot makes music for the French Canadian community of Biddeford. 62 Indian Summer Columnist Thomas Bradbury spins his own theories about why Indian summer is called Indian summer.https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/salt_magazine/1023/thumbnail.jp

Salt, Vol. 7, No. 1

“When Saint Peter says to me, ‘You ready?’ I’ll say, ‘Wait ’til I git my tray.’ ...Seems to me I grew right up in that hotel racket. I don’t hardly know what ’tis to be tired. One day a fellow at Shawmut said, ‘Gladys, you don’t look like yourself. Are you well?’ I said, ‘What the hell are you talkin’ about? I can outwork any three people you have.’” — Gladys Hutchins McLean Content 2 Locals in a Resort Town Living in a resort town wears down your sense of humor. Locals concoct pranks and jokes to restore it. 4 Captain and the Parking Lot George Harriman (the Captain) presides over the first pay parking lot in Kennebunkport, the town’s most controversial “hot spot.” 10 Born in “That Hotel Racket” When Saint Peter calls Gladys McLean, she has her answer ready: “Wait ’til I git my tray!” 20 Jenny, Island Shepherdess Jenny Cirone raises 250 sheep on three islands off the coast of Maine. She also lobsterfishes. 29 Island Sheep Salt’s new photographic center section is a study of island sheep raising by Lynn Kippax, Jr. 37 The Sweep Driving sheep on Maine’s islands dates back to the 1600s and continues today. Jenny Cirone and her crew show how it is done. 54 Casey at the Wheel Fishing with Casey Stender is far from dull. “Mother Ocean,” he roars, “I heard you call...” 61 My Yard Sale Television Set Thomas Bradbury’s column, “Deacon’s Bench,” deals with a summer tradition in Maine. 63 Short Takeshttps://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/salt_magazine/1022/thumbnail.jp

Salt, Vol. 6, No. 4

Blarney and salami at Fitzhenry’s Store. Content 2 Junior Miller A salute to Junior Miller, who believed in hard work, persistence and optimism. This issue is dedicated to him. 4 The Deacon’s Bench Thomas Bradbury writes about Chester, the chicken plucker, in his column. 7 Letters to Salt 8 Center for Field Studies Salt’s Center hosts a series of visiting professors as part of its Semester-in-Maine program for college students. 10 Fitzhenry’s Store Fitzhenry’s is so little “there ain’t too much room to wrassle,” but it has everything from pickled eggs to shoe horns-and some back country conversation to boot. 18 Shaker Revival in Maine A decade ago, Maine’s Shaker community had dwindled to four elderly Sisters. As Maine Shakers adapt to a changing world, four converts have joined. This is a sensitive look at the Shakers by a Salt student who was their weekly guest for three months. 38 “I’m Singulah!” That’s how John Gaskill describes himself at 92. He tells the story of a black boy with a mind of his own growing up in Portland, his own singular story. 52 Black Child of Maine Geneva Sherrer is a native of Augusta, Maine, who has begun to document the untold story of Maine’s black people. 62 Rhythm of the Loom Bessie Swain of Exeter, New Hampshire, is the grandmother of weaving in northern New England. She has taught her art to generations of students.https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/salt_magazine/1021/thumbnail.jp

Salt, Vol. 6, No. 1 & 2

Eastport for Pride Contents 6 EASTPORT: THEN AND NOW 10 Water Street: From the Waco Diner to the Customs House 19 On the Waterfront: Johnny Craig 32 Causes: John Pike Grady 42 Home: Helen Huntley 48 The Border 52 The Fourth 59 SARDINES 60 Inside a Sardine Factory 67 “I Don\u27t Cut So Fast Now:” Frances Miller 70 Born with a Fish in My Mouth: Babe Baine 80 Running the Holmes Packing Plant: Moses Pike 86 POLITICS, PEOPLE, AND PITTSTON 87 Meeting 115 Anti-Pittston: Fred Soderstrom 119 Pro-Pittston: Roger Conti 121 Swing Vote: David Turner 124 Other Voices 127 REVIVAL OF THE WATERFRONT 131 Longshoreman: Ed Barnes 134 Return of the Young: Meg McGarvey 135 Hard Work and Persistence: Junior Miller 139 Salmon: Art Mackay 144 Epiloguehttps://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/salt_magazine/1019/thumbnail.jp

SALT, Vol. 9, No. 3

The magazine about the really important people of Maine. Folk Culture. Popular Culture. Bingo. Junkyards. Folk Music. Big Paul Bunyan, Maine “folk hero,” is an ad salesman’s product. His nemesis stands in the heart of the great North Woods. Content 3 Eating in Maine If you want to eat where the locals eat, this is where you’ll find them-where prices are right and the talk is familiar. 9 View from Pier Road 10 We Are What We Buy L.L. Bean and the Beans of Egypt) Maine have some things in common) says George Lewis) a sociologist and Maine native. We are creatures of the culture we create and consume. 12 Will the Real Statue Please Stand Up Two monuments celebrate the feats of Maine woodsmen. One is Bangor’s Paul Bunyan) dreamed up by an ad salesman. The other was put up by woodsmen themselves. 25 Inner Maine A photographic essay by Dave Read. Small town Maine. Its people, its places, its habits, as seen by one who grew up there. 33 Folk That’s Show Biz Schooner fare is a folk group that gives a new beat to old songs that were almost forgotten. Their mission: to give the songs back to the people in a contemporary setting. 44 Bingo Fever On a hot July day, almost 700 people converged on Indian Island to play Bingo for twelve solid hours. They brought good luck charms and Bingo Fever! 54 The Junkyards of Manicured Maine New middle class Maine wants old rural Maine to clean up its act. Get rid of the junk in their yards. It’s a battle between social classes, and between city and country values.https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/salt_magazine/1032/thumbnail.jp