Screening of Two Films to Celebrate June Leaf, Robert Frank and Bobby MacMillan

July 6th, 2025 - 2 screenings - 2pm and 6pm

Admission by donation

Join us for a special screening of ‘Another Light on the Road’ a film portrait of Robert Frank and June Leaf and their creative life together in Mabou, Nova Scotia.

In 2021, 92-year-old artist June Leaf invited friends and neighbours from around Mabou to come

sit in her kitchen and remember her late husband, the photographer and filmmaker Robert

Frank. Over the course of this informal wake, we learn the extent to which the couple’s artwork

was fuelled by their adopted home of 50 years, the ways their presence as artists inspired the

community around them, and most importantly how storytelling helps June to process her grief

and continue on her own artistic journey.

Directed by Kathryn Whalen and John Parlante

Runtime: 78 minutes

Also showing, a rarely seen film by legendary photographer and filmmaker Robert Frank,

‘Paper Route’.

In Paper Route (2002), legendary photographer Robert Frank captures the quiet dignity of rural

life through the eyes of newspaper carrier Bobby MacMillan in Mabou, Nova Scotia.

Riding shotgun on Bobby’s early-morning delivery route, Frank films a vanishing ritual-

community, connection, and routine, in soft, pre-dawn light. It’s not just a documentary; its a

meditation on memory, aging, and the rhythms that shape us.

Directed by Robert Frank Featuring Bobby MacMillan Filmed in Mabou, Nova Scotia

Runtime:22 minutes

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Inverness County Centre for The Arts - 16080 Hwy. 19, Inverness, NS B0E 1N0