LEWISTON
ABOUT
LEWISTON is an intimate portrait of an American experiment of living. A crowd of Muslim worshippers prays in an ice hockey rink. An aging Mainer reflects on his unlikely neighbors. Somali women in vibrant colors frolic at a wedding feast in a conference center. These scenes of cultural collision explore the precarious balance between two radically different communities—one Somali, one white—that coexist in Lewiston, Maine.
David Shayne is a filmmaker based in Los Angeles, originally from Nashville. He recently produced and edited THE PARADISE NEXT DOOR (2021), a New York Times Op-Doc directed by Lance Oppenheim and produced by Darren Aronofsky. Previously, he assistant-edited SOME KIND OF HEAVEN (2021). As an undergraduate at Harvard College, he was an Artist Development Fellow and co-authored "Hasty Pudding Theatricals 169: Casino Evil" with Jacob Roberts. LEWISTON is his first non-fiction film. Jacob Roberts is a writer and director based in Los Angeles. His short film Half was an official selection at Austin Film Festival 2022, Outfest LA 2022, and over 40 other film festivals across the world. He recently received Outfest's Colin Higgins Youth Filmmaker Grant, a 15k award to support the career of an emerging LGBTQ+ filmmaker of exceptional promise, and Austin Film Festival’s Blackmagic Collective Emerging Filmmaker Fellowship Award.
CREDITS
Jacob Roberts
David Shayne
David Shayne
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