Maine filmmaker living with muscular dystrophy to premiere nature film, proceeds benefiting research

ELLSWORTH, Maine (WABI) – On Saturday, November 22, those who head to The Grand Theater in Ellsworth will get a chance to see the state of Maine in a way they’ve likely never seen before.

“Seasons of Maine” is a 48-minute film showcasing Maine’s natural beauty, and it was made by local filmmaker Evan Procko.

“Maine is such a unique, beautiful place, and I wanted to really make a special film to just show how beautiful it is, because I’ve seen videos of Iceland and Norway with just really relaxing music on it. And I just wanted to create something really special for Maine,” said Procko.

Evan is a 21-year old filmmaker who lives with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, and he poured his love of the outdoors into this film.

“Evan is an amazing young man, very artistic. He’s always been into anything creative, anything he can do on canvas, on film, culinary.

Of course, he has a disability that’s rather destructive with his muscles and his use of his legs and his arms. So a lot of the time, I’ve helped him out with anything that needs to be lifted or moved, or if he’s creating art on canvas, I’ll hold his arm. He calls me Ratatouille, just like in the kitchen, you know? He’s conducting the orchestra, but it’s all him, I’m just the hands. But with this film, this was completely his project,” said Bill Procko, Evan’s father.

The film took two years to make, and on Wednesday Evan finally got to see it on the big screen.

“It means a lot, just to see something I created on the big screen, it’s pretty crazy to think,” said Procko.

General admission is $15 with all proceeds being donated to research for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.

“For me, it’s, I get more joy out of helping people out. It means more to me to help people that are struggling with similar condition, of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, instead of just getting more money for myself, it just means so much more to me,” said Procko.

You can purchase tickets for the showing of “Seasons of Maine” by clicking here and you can view the full trailer by clicking here.

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