The rest of the people in Vermont were already sorry for a lot of time at home because of the pandemic, and now that the weather has dropped, there are even more reasons to move in and broadcast a movie or two.
Why stream a movie or two (or three) with Vermont connections?Here’s a trio of recent Vermont filmmaker movies that can come on a streaming device near you.
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Catherine Eaton, an Essex resident who now lives in St. Albans directed, produced, co-wrote and starred in the drama “The Sounding”, which has been re-had in October on broadcast services. “The Sounding” debuted as an exhibition for a woman in 2012 and adapted into a short film in 2015 before placing a film.
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The film stars Eaton, who teaches script writing at Harvard, as a young woman who never spoke and grew up on a remote island through her grandfather. When her voice fails to read her a Shakespeare book, the woman creates a new language in Shakespeare’s words. She is admitted to a psychiatric hospital and begins a fight for her freedom.
Read more: www. thesoundingfilm. com
Colin Thompson, originally from Shelburne, directed the film, which premiered on November 17. “Light Years” produced through the corporate production of actor Channing Tatum, Free Association.
The story of Thompson’s film begins in 1999 and, as discussed in a recent article about Deadline entertainment, “follows a thirty-something guy as he embarks on a quest for cosmic vision. “”Light Years” features familiar faces for The inhabitants of Vermont, adding the resident of Williston. Ryan Miller of Guster, as well as songs by Burlington music veterans ranging from The Pants to Bill Mullins.
Read more: www. lightyearsmovie. com
Jon Portman directed, illustrated and encouraged this short film in Vermont, which was shown online in November. “Malady of Mine” is “the story of a painter with problems in the clutches of a mysterious disease,” Portman told Burlington Free Press in a recent email.
“Most of the film’s artists met while running at the Karma Birdhouse, which was and remains a breeding ground for artistic talent,” Portman wrote of Burlington’s art space. “There are only a handful of animators running in the Burlington area, so it was pretty fortuitous for us all to work at Birdhouse.
Read more: www. jonportman. com/maladyofmine
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