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Filmmaker Rob Apse was born and raised in Reading, Massachusetts, but he spent summers on the coast of Maine and at Great East Lake in New Hampshire, boating, fishing, and exploring. After graduating from Ithaca College with a degree in Cinema Production, he\u2019s worked almost 10 years in creative marketing. After realizing he had a passion for documentary storytelling, he opened his own marketing studio, Wandergroove, helping small businesses and nonprofits\xa0tell their story.\xa0\n\n\n\nRob Apse, right, with crew member John Dickson on the left and Ford Reiche, owner of Halfway Rock Lighthouse in Maine, in the center. Courtesy of Wandergroove.\n\n\n\nHe\u2019s spent five years working on his new documentary, The Last Lightkeepers. It focuses on a number of people in the world of lighthouse preservation \u2013 members of nonprofit organizations, historians, lighthouse owners, and others. The film is now available for viewing on Amazon. \n\n\n\nA portion of the proceeds from the film are going to Friends of Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouses for the preservation of Whaleback Lighthouse in Kittery, Maine.\n\n\n\nDave Waller, owner of Graves Light in Boston Harbor. Courtesy of Wandergroove.\n\n\n\n\u201cThe film is gorgeous and important, in that it gives visual voice to an extremely powerful and essential act of preservation \u2014 making sure that lighthouses are still there for future generations to not only see, but also learn about their history.\u201d - Best selling author Eric Jay Dolin\n\n\n\nTrailer for The Last Lightkeepers:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Last Lightkeepers // Feature Launch Introduction from wandergroove on Vimeo.\n\n\n\nDwight Berry\n\n\n\nAlso in this episode is a discussion with lighthouse aficionado Dwight Berry about the lighthouses of the Outer Banks in North Carolina. \n\n\n\nDwight offers tips for visiting the lighthouses and for other things to do in the area.\n\n\n\nBodie Island Lighthouse, NC. U.S. Lighthouse Society photo.\n\n\n\nListen to the podcast: