Controversial Belfast documentary returns to local screens

When it came out in 1999, renowned filmmaker Frederick Wiseman's documentary "Belfast, Maine," was greeted with great anticipation by the residents of Belfast, eager to see how their quiet seaside town would be portrayed in the film. Wiseman, who for decades has resided in the summers in nearby Northport, spent several years in the late 1990s filming everything from workers in the Stinson sardine cannery to students in Belfast Area High School.