For generations, one building held a town's first days of school, its game nights, its graduations. Then it came down. This is the story of what a community keeps.
When Arlington Local Schools prepared to demolish the building where three generations of the town had grown up, this film set out to record what was about to disappear — not the bricks, but the memories inside them. Across a year of filming, students, parents, teachers, and alumni sat down and remembered out loud: first days, game nights under the lights, hallway friendships, last walks out the door.
We'll Remember Thee premiered to two packed screenings in Arlington on August 1, 2026, following the dedication of the district's new building. It is shared here, free, with the permission of Arlington Local Schools — with gratitude to the district, the board of education, and every person who trusted this film with their story.
Directed, filmed, and edited by Gideon Fisher.
Schools, churches, family farms, main-street businesses — I make films that record them before they're gone. The window closes without warning.
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