Independent Lens · SEASON 4

On This Island

Episode 3 · 2003-02-18

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Episode overview

On an isolated Maine island of 350 people, a clash over arts education spins out of control into vandalism and death threats, tearing apart friends and neighbors. Sigourney Weaver narrates this program following a former Broadway producer as he creates a musical to help the community heal its wounds through songs about lobstering, loneliness and the beauty of the sea.

60 minutes

Season 4 episodes

1. Maggie Growls2003-02-04 2. Off the Charts: The Song-Poem Story2003-02-11 3. On This Island2003-02-18 4. Downside Up2003-02-25 5. Los Trabajadores/The Workers2003-03-25 6. Chiefs2003-04-01 7. Strange Fruit2003-04-08 8. Bird by Bird with Annie: A Portrait of Anne Lamott2003-04-22 9. Sisters in Resistance2003-04-29 10. Heart of the Sea: Kapolioka'ehukai2003-05-06 11. Guns and Mothers2003-05-13 12. Razing Appalachia2003-05-20 13. Hansel Mieth: Vagabond Photographer2003-05-27 14. Daddy & Papa2003-06-03