Why This Road: Dan Portelance

Directed by Ben Proudfoot · 2016

After his dream restaurant fails, a Massachusetts chef from a family of fish fryers finds a new calling in teaching.

A warm, beautifully crafted profile about how failure can lead someone to their true purpose.

As the son and grandson of fish fryers in coastal Massachusetts, Dan Portelance dreamed of a life elsewhere as a famous chef. Just when his goal was within reach, his restaurant failed, leaving him penniless and struggli

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