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A film crew from Sweden made their way through Maine's bitter cold and the worst ice storm in Maine's history to capture on film some of Maine's lighthouses for an upcoming documentary on lighthouses of the world.
Maine lighthouses are the only United States Lighthouses to be included on the documentary, expected to air on Swedish TV this fall.
The main reason for their visit to the United States, however, was to document why Americans are so fascinated with lighthouses. They spent nearly two full days at Lighthouse Depot, not only filming the store, but interviewing me about the story behind how we got started and the amazing success of Lighthouse Digest and Lighthouse Depot.
The documentary is not about the actual lighthouses, said Kristian Petri, one of the producers, "It's about the stories behind them and the people that kept them."
The film crew has already visited lighthouses in Japan, Italy, France, and Germany. In a few weeks they will be off to Brazil and Argentina.
The only Maine lighthouses visited by the crew were Rockland Breakwater Light, Portland Head Light and Cape Neddick's Nubble Light. Of course, they spent an entire day filming at the Shore Village Lighthouse Museum in Rockland and interviewing Ken Black, the museum's founder.
Once completed, the film will air in a cinema in Stockholm, then on television, followed by international distribution. It is expected to be available in five different languages.
This story appeared in the March 1998 edition of Lighthouse Digest Magazine. For subscription information about the print edition, click here.
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