Nantucket - A Film by Ric Burns
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- Опубліковано 17 бер 2020
- Nantucket, a film by documentary filmmaker Ric Burns, captures the unparalleled beauty of the island and explores Nantucket’s global significance in this remarkable gateway film. Created exclusively for the Nantucket Historical Association, it serves as a transformative gateway experience for today's island visitor. It chronicles the vibrancy of Nantucket's history, from its original Wampanoag Native American population and early Quaker culture to its international significance as the whaling capital of the world and eventual rebirth as an art and resort colony.
The film includes commentary by historians, islanders, and writers including New York Times best-selling author Nathaniel Philbrick, all of whom share personal stories and unique island insight.
This film has been edited for exhibition at the Nantucket Whaling Museum. DVDs of the complete Nantucket film (55 minutes) are available at nha.org.
"Thank God for petroleum", said the whales.
It's truly an amazing place. I'm privileged enough that as just a kid, my family owns a property there. For me, it's kind of like a sanctuary that I love going to.
I worked 5 summers on Nantucket and stayed one fall through my college years and one year after -- It was great, this was in the late 1980's when you could do this -- I have been back over the years and it has gotten more and more commercialized and feels like the Hamptons/Cruise ship - in my day the staff was bright eyed tanned beautiful college kids -- now it is professionals from Bulgaria and the like --- don't think I will go back again. Rather remember the way it used to be.
The introduction was FAR TOO LONG!
Many historical buildings preserved, standing as monuments to a once thriving community. Yet, amidst all the waxing nostalgia, nothing stands in remembrance of the Wampanoag's once self-sufficient and dignified existence and the dispossession they suffered at the hands of these "Quakers with a vengeance".
My ancestors were Thomas and Robert Barnard...two of the original purchasers of the island
Born and raised. Grateful to have grown up in such a magical place 💙 🐳
Watching this documentary i can't help but think about Dorcas honorable, Abram quarry , and other wampanoag native language speakers whose presence on this island was real , they walked those streets, they were there . May they rest in peace.
I have a strong family tie to the island. My 2x great uncle Capt. William T. Swain bought Macy pier and I heard it was called at one point Swain wharf. Also my family were among the 6 founding families, Swain or Swaine
Like the narrator stated, "Nantucket is a microcosm of America." Indeed, having lived & worked there, I now find it a place where billionaires rule in this place that has become, sadly for me, merely an extension of The Hamptons of eastern Long Island.
I lived on Martha’s Vineyard from 1974 - 1985 - I moved to Dallas, TX from Harwich, MA in Cape Cod in 1990 and have been landlocked ever since! I have very dear friends on Nantucket! Although I would love to go up there to visit, I believe we’re going to meet up at their timeshare in Sedona Arizona this February… Burrr! At this stage of my life I wanna be a Snowbird, living on Martha’s Vineyard, or Cape Cod from May to early October, then somewhere south without much humidity like somewhere between Phoenix and Sedona! My next Destiination! This was wonderful thank you for the walk down memory lane!
I was stationed at NAVFAC Nantucket @ Tom Nevers Head for two years, 1969-1970. Loved every minute of it.
The right voice for this program...thank you !
While writing my novel AHAB'S WIFE, I visited Nantucket many times, often staying at 'Sconset, where Una chose to live. For her, it was a place where the meeting of sand and sea and sky created a union of being, a place where one was always recreating the self and joining/dissolving into the universe, the joy of being and the wonder of unbeing and beyond.
Yes,
A wonderful film. I love that place.
How is it I feel homesick watching this, yet I’ve never been there???
I grew up and live on the south shore, it's a beautiful spot, the coast is lined with rocky beaches and some sandy ones as well, if you look at aerial views of capecod, Martha's vineyard and Nantucket you can see how the ocean's currents have effectively shaped the land, the sands constantly shift through weather and tides, after major storms I've seen the sandy beach turn into rocky beaches in one storm, taking away rocks and sand and literally changing the coastline in one day.
Y'ALL A BIG TY for doing
Today's UA-cam video's of such natural beauty and history are written so well.