The Rockland Public Library and Bartlett Woods Retirement Community present a screening of Shelf Life from Executive Producer Robyn Metcalfe, directed by Ian Cheney.

The screening will take place Thursday, June 12, at 5:30 p.m. This event is free and open to all.

Shelf Life launches with an unusual premise: might spending time among people who age cheese yield insights about what it's like for us humans to grow old? A peripatetic journey to unexpected locations – ranging from Japan to Tblisi – provides an immersive culinary and temporal experience. At the heart of the film are the people we meet along the way: cheese makers, mongers and librarians whose perspectives on decay and dissolution both charm and haunt.

Producer Manette Pottle will be present after the screening to answer questions and discuss the filmmaking process.

For more information, please email elewis@rocklandmaine.gov. The Rockland Public Library is located at 80 Union St.