Ben Severance

Client: Swarovski & Varsity Spirit Production Company: Timber + Frame

Client: United Nations Agency: VML NYC Production Company: Timber + Frame

Client: Country Crock Agency: Story Worldwide Production Company: Timber + Frame

Client: New Balance Agency: VML NYC Production Company: Timber + Frame Music: "Put it Down" by Anderson .Paak Krane, TOKiMONSTA

Wayne is a 3rd generation lobsterman who has to choose between preserving his family's heritage or becoming a millionaire overnight. Wayne's father and grandfather sacrificed for their land. The lobstering wharf he inherited is one of the last family owned wharfs in Maine and is at risk of being sold. The landscape of Maine is changing rapidly as dozens of family owned wharfs are being bought up to make room for ocean front vacation homes. The allure of making millions is too tempting for most families who make their living off the uncertain and ever changing price of lobster. There was one thing Wayne said that has stuck with us long after we left his wharf: "There are still a few of us family fisherman who remember what our father's did for us." This is what conservation looks like. client: The Nature Conservancy and Maine Coast Heritage Trust production company: Timber + Frame

This is a podcast where we root for each other. Client: Millennial Podcast, Radiotopia, PRX Production Company: Timber + Frame Director/Editor: Ben Severance Composer: Micah Tewers Sound Mix: Red Vault

When you sell yourself as a place for people to visit, you risk losing your community. And there is no place like Maine. To donate please visit www.thefirstcoast.org/donate production company: Timber & Frame director: Ben Severance producer: Alexandra Morrow dp: Ben Severance gaffer: Alex Sutula composer: Sam Kyzivat editor: Ben Severance, Alexandra Morrrow tow specialist: Aaron McPike visual FX: Adam Maurer color: Alex Sutula sound design & mix: Pete Morse, Red Vault title design: RJ Condon, Rob Ragonese of Rugged Coastal archival courtesy of Galen Koch, Gene Koch & Northeast Film Archive consulting editors: Sean Mewshaw, Dillon Ward, Adam Severance, Jon Courtney featuring: Galen Koch, Gene Koch, Bill Coppersmith, Briana Holt, Max Brooks, Kendall Mackey and Seth Brayton special thanks: Justin Levesque, Jack Rohner, Joe Gardner, David Weiss Support for The First Coast is provided by SPACE Gallery through The Kindling Fund. Funded in part by the Maine Arts Commission, an independent state agency supported by the National Endowment for the Arts. The First Coast is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Contributions for the charitable purposes of The First Coast must be made payable to Fractured Atlas only and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.