An Island Out of Time

This documentary about Smith Island features Mary Ada and Dwight Marshall whose lives personify the Chesapeake Bay's seafood-harvesting culture and history, and their four children who chose... Read allThis documentary about Smith Island features Mary Ada and Dwight Marshall whose lives personify the Chesapeake Bay's seafood-harvesting culture and history, and their four children who chose to break with that tradition. Like Tom Horton's 1996 book, the film is both a celebration... Read allThis documentary about Smith Island features Mary Ada and Dwight Marshall whose lives personify the Chesapeake Bay's seafood-harvesting culture and history, and their four children who chose to break with that tradition. Like Tom Horton's 1996 book, the film is both a celebration and elegy for a place beset with erosion, dwindling population and vanishing economic opp... Read all