The soundtrack of pot pirates
(Image courtesy of Rakontur) BY DAN GRECH AND ALICIA ZUCKERMAN Miami filmmaker Billy Corben not only directed Square Grouper, the latest documentary from the Miami Beach-based Rakontur production...
View ArticleFilmmakers spotlight South Florida’s pot smuggling past
BY DAN GRECH AND ALICIA ZUCKERMAN Miami filmmakers Alfred Spellman and Billy Corben’s latest film, Square Grouper, follows three stories of marijuana smuggling in South Florida in the 1980s. One of...
View ArticleA man, a plan, a canal
BY TASNIM SHAMMA Sean Rowe dragged a 70-pound, 17-foot-Grumman aluminum canoe through busy city streets during parts of his journey. As Under the Sun on WLRN contributor Terence Cantarella prepares to...
View ArticleInterview: Jim Mullin on Sean Rowe’s Miami-Dade Canal Adventure
BY TASNIM SHAMMA Sean Rowe was hired by Miami New Times in June 1990 by Jim Mullin. Rowe was the first person we know of who circumnavigated Miami’s canals. We asked Mullin, who is now the publisher...
View ArticleTell Us Your Hurricane Andrew Stories
BY ANAIS ALEXANDRE Satellite image of Hurricane Andrew 20 years ago. Courtesy of Florida Memory Project. WLRN is planning special coverage of the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Andrew. We want to hear...
View ArticleRemembering Andrew: Richard McCormick
BY KENNY MALONE Richard McCormick holding up an image of the wreckage Andrew left behind. (Photo by Luc Cohen) Under the Sun tells the stories of South Florida, and there’s no bigger South Florida...
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