Vermont Movies? Why? And How?

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Jay Craven with Gary Farmer (left) and Kris Kristofferson (center) on the set of Disappearances. Image provided by Jay Craven.

For five decades Jay Craven has written, produced, and directed character-driven films deeply rooted in Vermont and New England, including five films based on the works of Howard Frank Mosher. His latest film, Lost Nation, digs into the parallel stories of Ethan Allen and the pioneering Black Guilford poet Lucy Terry Prince.

In this talk, Craven will describe working with actors such as Rip Torn, Tantoo Cardinal, Kris Kristofferson and Michael J. Fox, and share the satisfactions and challenges that come from a deep immersion into place-based narrative.

Additional Costs

$100
Mileage

Questions?

Contact Jacob Pelletier at jpelletier@vermonthumanities.org.

About the Presenter

Jay P Craven sitting on a stone staircase outside

Jay Craven

By Ryan Newswanger | January 17, 2025

Kingdom County Productions co-founder, Jay Craven, is an award-winning director, writer, and producer, whose narrative films include High Water (1989); Where the Rivers Flow North (1993); A Stranger in the Kingdom (1997); In Jest (1999); The Year that Trembled (2003); Disappearances (2006); Northern Borders (2012); Wetware (2018); and Blood Brothers (2021), and Martin Eden (2023). He is currently touring Lost Nation, a new film set during the turbulent period of the American Revolution in Vermont. Craven writes regular arts and public issue commentaries and is also writing a memoir.

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