In 2021, 92-year-old artist June Leaf invited friends and neighbors from rural Nova Scotia to come sit in her kitchen and remember her late husband, the photographer and filmmaker Robert Frank. Over the course of this informal wake, we learn the extent to which the couple's artwork was fueled by their adopted home of 50 years, the ways their presence as artists inspired the community around them, and most importantly how storytelling helps to process grief as June continues on with her own artistic journey.
A narrative documentary by co-directors Katrina Whalen and John Parlante, ALotR played as a work-in-progress at MoMA and the Addison Gallery, and had its premiere at Thessaloniki International Documentary Film Festival in March of 2025.
"This film is a blessing to life and art, when they are two sides of one coin.” - Arnaud Desplechin, filmmaker
"[The filmmakers] have made something true to its subject, not an easy thing.” - Ralph McKay, production consultant, FIRE IN THE EAST, A PORTRAIT OF ROBERT FRANK (1986)
