Why Bangor?

It is the “Last City in the Northeast,” a Frontier City between Civilization and Wilderness, both Unique and Universal. This is not a Film about Homelessness but of a Crisis of Humanity. Systemic Failure, Housing Instability, Behavioral, Mental, and Physical Health, Poverty, Untreated Trauma, and Stigma collide when systems fail. These are not Bangor’s alone; they are the same struggles unfolding in towns and cities across America. InhuMAINE fuses advocacy and narrative healing into a gut-level call to action. Bangor becomes a LENS—tells a story that mirrors communities across America, a MICROCOSM.

InhuMAINE challenges the viewer to look closer and to remember that all important matters are invisible until we learn to see them.

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    MIFF

    Film Overview

    Title InhuMAINE

    Runtime 78 minutes

    Location Bangor, Maine

    Documentarian Rogan O’Donnell MS

    Produced by Common Ground Friends, 501 ©(3) nonprofit

    Genre Documentary /’ Social Impact / Human Interest

    Reel Recovery
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Its InhuMaine
Its InhuMaine

World-Premiered at MIFF, Featured at RRFF, and Presented at the MEMHCA Conference, InhuMAINE offers a clinically relevant, immersive examination of homelessness as a complex biopsychosocial crisis. Moving beyond datasets and policy frameworks, the film restores visibility and narrative agency to individuals whose experiences are often excluded from clinical discourse.


Endorsed by Husson University’s Graduate Counseling Program (NBCC ACEP #4537) and approved for 3 CEUs, InhuMAINE serves as a practice-enhancing educational tool—bridging assessment, empathy, and ethical responsibility across the behavioral and mental health professions.

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