FARMINGTON — The Maine-made film “The Way We Get By” will be shown on Veterans Day at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Lincoln Auditorium of Roberts Learning Center at the University of Maine at Farmington.
Warren Cook, the film’s executive producer and CEO of Saddleback Resort in Rangeley, will personally introduce the film as UMF shares the story with the community.
Saddleback will also hold a special event Wednesday, Saddleback Veterans Day, when veterans and members of the Armed Forces can ski free.
Other special programs planned for Saddleback, including a lift ticket program for deployed soldiers and their families and one for veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, will be announced Tuesday by Cook during a news conference in Augusta.
“We wanted to do something special to commemorate Veterans Day,” said Theodora J. Kalikow, UMF president, who called Cook, to secure the screening. “The movie is getting a lot of play and it seemed appropriate to bring it here,” she said.
A movie that has played to sold-out audiences across the country was started by Maine filmmakers on a tiny budget, according to a UMF release. The film describes the work of three elderly volunteer greeters as they gather daily at the Bangor Airport to thank American soldiers, departing to and returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, for their service.
The three greeters, when not at the airport, wrestle with their own problems of failing health, depression and mounting debt. Their story unfolds conveying a celebration of these three unsung heroes and a mediation on patriotism, aging and giving to others.
The movie has also won several awards across the country.
Cook served in the Marines during Vietnam. His son, a career Marine officer who has served five tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, has been greeted by the volunteers when he traveled through Bangor, the release states.
The movie screening is free and open to the public. Sponsored by the UMF President’s Office, more information is available at http://www.thewaywegetbymovie.com.
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