Vermont Commons School Film Screening of Northern Borders
Followed by Q&A Session with Director Jay Craven
May 12, 6:30pm, Free to the Public
Vermont Commons School is hosting a screening of award-winning indie director Jay Craven’s film, Northern Borders. Craven will introduce the film and lead a post-screening discussion. Northern Borders is based on the award-winning Howard Frank Mosher novel and was shot entirely in Vermont. It tells the story of ten-year-old Austen Kittredge, who is sent to live on his grandparents’ Kingdom County Vermont farm, where he has wild adventures and uncovers long-festering family secrets. Set in 1956, Northern Borders is a humorous and sometimes startling coming-of-age story, evoking Vermont’s wildness, its sublime beauty, a haunting past, and an aura of enchantment.
Northern Borders stars Academy Award nominees Bruce Dern (Nebraska) and Geneviève Bujold (Anne of a Thousand Days, King of Hearts), and Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick (Moonrise Kingdom, Before Midnight). It also features 2010 Tony Award nominee Jessica Hecht (Sideways, Friends), John Shea, Jay O. Sanders, Mark Margolis, Tom Bodett, Rusty Dewees, and John Rothman. The musical score was composed and performed by Judy Hyman and Jeff Claus of the musical group The Horse Flies.
Northern Borders was produced as the result of a unique partnership between Jay Craven’s non-profit Kingdom County Productions and Marlboro College, where Craven teaches film. The picture was made during a semester-long film intensive, Movies from Marlboro, where 20 young professionals worked with 34 students from 15 colleges.