tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798183674533471188.post8211493141436324041..comments2023-07-04T07:13:01.924-04:00Comments on Maine Film: A Foster Care System for Maine FilmCameron Bonseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12274613297550986628noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798183674533471188.post-81134164293109210312007-11-08T16:28:00.000-05:002007-11-08T16:28:00.000-05:00What an amazingly well written, well constructed p...What an amazingly well written, well constructed piece. It certainly emphasizes some of the many difficulties which plague Maine. I have a passion for film in Maine as well as a passion for children in the foster care system. Having a spouse who works for a non profit agency, who has spent many years trying to salvage the lives of children placed in foster care, I have become aware of the losses these children experience and their need for change within the system. Not only do they lack the comfort of a biological family, they lack introduction to the arts, to cultural opportunities which are open to them if they only knew how to access them and had the encouragement and support to find the road to success as Victoria Rowell has. No matter how hard an agency or foster family tries, foster children are most often the underdog. Not everyone succeeds as Victoria Rowell has. She is aware of this and is sensitive to it; thus, her continued efforts to bring the arts to foster children everywhere, especially Maine . It is encouraging that a child of the foster care system has had the success of Victoria Rowell. The timing of this post, also coincides with Maine as an underdog in the film industry. The leaders, of the State of Maine, appear unaware of the many opportunities which lie ahead. They should see filmmaking as a viable option to promote the states tourism industry, to offer jobs for everyone from blue collar to white collar professions. The jobs are endless, as shooting a film requires every type of person to make a successful movie, not to leave out the job openings for Maine's already well represented professional film crew. If we open the doors for filmmakers, by offering incentives and tax credits, making Maine a serious contender for productions to shoot here, we will, at the same time, open doors for children in our foster care system. The open doors may provide us with the next great actor, producer or director. Tax credits and incentives can be the foster parents of Maine's Film Industry. The guiding force for success, the same kind of success Victoria Rowell has enjoyed as a working actor and child of Maine's foster system. The people of Maine deserve this chance to drive down taxes, bring new, exciting jobs to the communities of Maine and offer Maine's children a chance to find career opportunities right in their own backyard. Keep our children in Maine, find a way to bring tax credits and incentives to life for the sake of Maine's future.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com