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Lebanon shop owner Mel McMahon recounts role in Emmy-winning documentary and outlines expansion plans for Indiana Gifts
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Mel McMahon, owner of Indiana Gifts and founder of Indiana Owned, described her appearance in the Emmy-winning documentary about artist Nancy Noel and detailed plans to expand her downtown Lebanon shop into a larger community marketplace with classroom and commercial kitchen space.
Mel McMahon, owner of Indiana Gifts and founder of Indiana Owned, described her role in the Emmy-winning documentary "Art and Soul, A Portrait of Nancy Noel" and outlined plans to expand her downtown Lebanon shop during the City of Lebanon podcast "Love and Lebanon." The documentary screened at film festivals including the Heartland Film Festival in October 2023 and was later honored with a regional Emmy; McMahon said, "I got to hold that 9 pound Emmy trophy, and it was incredible."
McMahon told host Joe LePage, the City of Lebanon communications and community development director, that she appears in the film as herself and that sharing a personal story of grief helped shape her involvement. She said her contribution to the documentary preserved the legacy of her daughter; "this documentary...my daughter's legacy will live forever in this documentary," she said on the podcast. The film, McMahon…
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