Ben's Mill
Ben's Mill | |
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Directed by | |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producers | Michael Ambrosino Michel Chalufour John Karol |
Running time | 59 minutes |
Production company | Public Broadcasting Associates |
Distributor | PBS |
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Ben's Mill is a 1982 American documentary film directed by and . The film, set in Barnet, Vermont, details the workings of the Thresher Mill on the Stevens River, including how energy from the river is used to drive a multitude of leather belts and various machines. The film focuses on the steps one man, Ben, uses to make one of his white pine watering tanks, and then a horse-drawn sled for different members of the Barnet community. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.[1][2] The film was produced as an episode of the PBS series Odyssey.
Reaction[]
Writing in American Anthropologist, George L. Hicks stated that "Ben's Mill exercises tight control on its nostalgia, while using specific detail to demonstrate its point."[3]
References[]
- ^ "The 55th Academy Awards (1983) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved October 9, 2011.
- ^ "NY Times: Ben's Mill". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on October 14, 2012. Retrieved November 16, 2008.
- ^ Hicks, George L. (1983). "Ben's Mill. 1981. A film by Michel Chalufour and John Karol. Color, 59 minutes. Root Hog or Die. 1978. A film by Rawn Fulton and Newbold Noyes. B/w, 59 minutes. Morris Family Old Time Music Festival. 1980. A film by Robert Gates. B/w, 30 minutes". American Anthropologist. 85 (2): 492–494. doi:10.1525/aa.1983.85.2.02a00810. ISSN 1548-1433. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
External links[]
- Ben's Mill at IMDb
- Watch part of Ben's Mill on Folkstreams
- Ben's Mill at Documentary Educational Resources
- 1982 television films
- 1982 films
- American television films
- 1980s English-language films
- American documentary films
- American films
- Hydropower
- 1982 documentary films
- Documentary films about technology
- Barnet, Vermont
- Films set in Vermont
- Science documentary film stubs