(855)912-8130 M AY 2 0 1 8 6 1 try was poor. We were poor. I grew up in a largely white community and had mainly white American friends.” Harry and Stel- la, meanwhile, leave the vast metropoles of Guangzhou and Shanghai for the quiet of rural Maine at a very different moment in history. The rapidly changing identity and economics of China seep into the film, where parents will pay $48,000 per year for their child’s high school education and ex- pect killer grades in return. Harry and Stel- la navigate the usual terrain of adolescence while coming to terms with their family’s expectations, a changing understanding of American society, and their own identi- ties. “Since the recession, the past ten years in China have been about financial growth,” says Wang. “Stella’s family owns a home electronics factory in Shanghai. She had to consider her family’s desire for her to take over the family business against her grow- ing awareness of the notion of individualis- tic thinking–this very American notion of fulfilment beyond making money.” The film has had its theatrical release at select theaters across the country. The mov- ie is also readily available for school and ed- ucational programs. Wang hopes Maine- land will be available on Amazon “by June or July of this year.” To Keep The Light “I recently came across these stories of New England women who worked as lighthouse keepers in the 19th century, and I couldn’t believe I’d never heard about them before,” Newbury native Erica Fae says from her home in New York City, her new baby asleep To keep the light What:Alighthouse keeper’s wife struggles with her work and her sanity as she cares for her sick husband on an island in 19th-century Maine. When:Available onAmazon. Where: Moose Peak Island; Machiasport; Lubec Who: Erica Fae (Boardwalk Empire);Jarlath Conroy (True Grit); David Patrick Kelly (Twin Peaks) courtesy to keep the light; Maineland