Films with: Craven, Jay

Gayleen

"Grass-roots artist Gayleen Aiken lives in Barre, Vermont, creating a world of people and places through her paintings. In August 1984 our crew traveled to the vacant Fox Hall mansion on Lake Willoughby to explore this world with Gayleen through her art"--opening screen.

DVD 11884

Northern borders

DVD 11885

Peter and John

Peter and John is based on the 19th century novel Pierre et Jean by Guy de Maupassant and set in 1872 Nantucket. The film tells the story of two brothers whose relationship strains when the younger one receives news of an unexpected inheritance--and boths brother become attracted to the same young woman who arrives on the island."--Container.

DVD 11067

Shout it out The Voices Project movie : based on the lives of Vermont teens /

"Shout it out is an original musical based on the lives of Vermont teens. The feature film is an adaptation of the ... original stage musical The Voices Project that toured ... across Vermont in 2005. [The film] tells the story of a group of teenagers making their way through high school ... [and] follows them through some of the more tumultuous moments of teenagehood: academic pressure, friction with peers, teachers, and parents; trying to fit in, trying to find one's self, fear of the future, nostalgia for the past, friendship, and first love" -- container.

DVD 6242

Stranger in the kingdom

The movie tells the true story of a black minister in a small Vermont town. Things go completely wrong for the minister when he becomes accused of the murder of a young woman to whom he had given shelter.

DVD 1063

Where the rivers flow north

The spectacular but unforgiving terrain of 1927 Vermont sets the stage for this collision between high-stakes progress and a frontier way of life. Legendary Yankee log-driver, Noel Lord defies power company boss, Clayton Farnsworth who orders Lord and his feisty American Indian mate off their soon-to-be flooded land. Farnsworth never met a man he couldn't buy ... but then, he'd never met Noel Lord.

DVD 7

Windy acres

A New York City marketing ace, Stephanie, comes to Vermont on a whim after being fired from her job. Her path crosses with Vermonter Lucien, owner of a flagging farm that Stepanie sets out to micro-manage in order to bring it fame and fortune. Everything that could go wrong does, as this offbeat ensemble of characters makes their way through this original Vermont-made comedy series.

DVD 12104

Year that trembled

A war chronicle and unconventional love story set in the shadow of Kent State's turbulent events, when passions ignited a nation and choices became a matter of life and death.

DVD 2720