The Blue Hill Public Library is sponsoring a screening of the documentary film a Peace of Forest on Wednesday, March 18 at 7PM in the library's Pearson Room. A Peace of Forest is the first-ever feature length wildlife movie filmed and produced in Maine.

Created in Whitefield, Maine, a Peace of Forest is a grand 87 minute film, described by audience members as, “The most beautiful film I have ever seen, exhibiting our natural world,” and “This film is a gift; it is so rich.”  

Touted as a quiet film, a Peace of Forest is a one-of-a-kind cinematic adventure, allowing viewers to experience a wild, peaceful and mysterious world that is filled with complex relationships and ways of wonder. A Peace of Forest celebrates the beauty and intimacy of wildlife in Maine with surprising, tender, and exquisite interactions of wildlife during undisturbed moments in Maine’s natural world. The film makers and producers, Lee Ann and Thomas Szelog, will host a Q&A with the audience immediately following the movie.

The film has a runtime of 87 minutes, and is free and open to all as part of the Robert K. and Linda B. Slaven Events Series, which began in 2020 in recognition of gifts made to the Blue Hill Public Library’s Campaign for Endowment from the Anahata Foundation. The goal of the series is to bring diverse and previously inaccessible events on a variety of topics to the Blue Hill Peninsula. 

For more information, please contact the library at 374-5515 or email Assistant Director Kayleigh Thomas at kayleigh.thomas@bhpl.net.