Screenings at 2:00 PM and 6:00 PM | Admission by Donation
Join us for a special screening of two rarely seen short films by legendary photographer and filmmaker Robert Frank — Another Light in the Road and Paper Route.
With his unmistakable style and quiet intensity, Frank turns his lens inward in these deeply personal works. Another Light in the Road captures fleeting moments of life, light, and memory with poetic immediacy, while Paper Route documents the small rituals and subtle beauty of a rural delivery route in Nova Scotia — a tribute to place, routine, and the people within it.
Both films reflect Frank’s enduring fascination with the overlooked and the everyday, revealing the world not through spectacle, but through intimacy and detail.
"So we made the circle."
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; it's a meditation on memory, aging, and the rhythms that shape us.
With Bobby’s voice guiding the journey and Frank’s lens capturing the soul of a place, Paper Route is a poetic tribute to the simple acts that hold life together.
Directed by Robert Frank
Featuring Bobby MacMillan
Filmed in Mabou, Nova Scotia
A quiet gem in Frank’s later filmography
Runtime: 22 minutes
"So we gather at home, in the light on the road."
Another Light in the Road is a tender portrait of artists and life in Mabou, Nova Scotia. Directed by Kathryn Whalen and John Parlante, the film follows 92-year-old sculptor and painter June Leaf as she returns to her Cape Breton home two years after the death of her husband, legendary photographer and filmmaker Robert Frank.
Set in their windswept, seaside farmhouse, the documentary captures neighbors and friends gathering in June’s kitchen, sharing stories, and reflecting on a shared creative life. It’s a meditation on memory, place, and the quiet rituals of everyday beauty—wood gathering, hanging laundry, making art. Even in grief, June continues creating, saying she’s "happy to have this" film documenting their lives.
Directed by Kathryn Whalen & John Parlante
Featuring June Leaf
Filmed in Mabou, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
Runtime: 78 minutes