New documentary shines on lighthouse preservation

MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • December 27, 2020

Filmmaker Rob Apse learned that lighthouses all over the country – including most of the 60-plus in Maine – are owned by individuals or nonprofit groups nowadays instead of the federal government. This revelation led him to his next film, “The Last Lightkeepers,” an hourlong documentary that shines a light on the people and groups in New England who maintain lighthouses, which in Maine are iconic symbols of the state’s history and coastline as well as major tourist attractions.