Our Town
“Our Town” is a documentary project where neighbors and friends become filmmakers to tell the stories of their community, sharing the charm and character of Rhode Island’s towns and villages. Local storytellers and videographers are invited to choose their subjects, capturing a town’s unique history and culture from the perspective of those who know it best.
Heads up, Barrington! You’re our next stop for the “Our Town” documentary series. Learn more about the community project at our virtual, informational Town Meeting on Sept. 23. Register here for your Zoom link.
Neighbors and friends of South Kingstown, Rhode Island, share the local legends, history, and memoirs of the local community. Stories include the South Kingstown Library, the 300th Anniversary Celebration, Wakefield Village, Kinney Azalea Gardens, the South Kingstown Land Trust, and more.
Neighbors and friends of Little Compton, Rhode Island, share the local legends, history, and memoirs of the local community. Stories include Sakonnet Preservation, Sakonnet People, The Nature Conservancy, Hoo Hollow’s Horses, Olivia’s Rocks, and more.
Neighbors and friends of North Providence, Rhode Island, share the local legends, history, and memoirs of the local community. Stories include historic Fruit Hill, the North Providence Union Free Public Library, St. Mary’s Home for Children, Yacht Club Soda and more.
Neighbors and friends of East Greenwich, Rhode Island, share the local legends, history, and memoirs of the local community. Stories include a local Four Minute Man, a formerly enslaved person who fought in the American Revolutionary War, a town-wide celebration of East Greenwich’s 300th birthday, historic Town Hall, the East Greenwich Free Library, the Clement Weaver House, Main Street and more.
Neighbors and friends of Cumberland, Rhode Island, share the local legends, history, and memoirs of the local community. Stories include Cadillac Mills, the Arnold Mills Parade, Blackstone River, Phantom Farms, Franklin Farm, Geddes Family Farm, Diamond Hill boxing legends, Equi Evolution, the Valley Breeze, Lt. Robert Waugh, Ski Valley, the Cumberland Land Trust and the Cumberland Public Library.
Neighbors and friends of Scituate, Rhode Island, share the local legends, history, and memoirs of their local community. Stories include Dexter Pond, the Gentian Garden Club, Gleaner Gardens, Herbert Howard Merritt, Jr., Hope Village, Lawton Farm, Seagrave Memorial Observatory, the State Police Museum, the Round family, the Scituate Art Festival, the Scituate Reservoir and the town clock.
Neighbors and friends of Middletown, Rhode Island, share the local legends, history, and memoirs of their local community. Stories include St. George’s School, the Norman Bird Sanctuary, Prescott Farm, the Restmere House, Sachuest Point, St. Columba’s Chapel, Middletown High, Middletown Public Library, the Church of the Holy Cross, iconic tourist spots, and an early history of the town.