Ben's Mill
{{short description|1982 film}}
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| director = Michel Chalufour
John Karol
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Michel Chalufour
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Ben's Mill is a 1982 American documentary film directed by Michel Chalufour and John Karol.
Summary
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. The film was produced as an episode of the PBS series Odyssey.
Reception
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."{{Cite journal| doi = 10.1525/aa.1983.85.2.02a00810| issn = 1548-1433| volume = 85| issue = 2| pages = 492–494| last = Hicks| first = George L.| title = 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| journal = American Anthropologist| access-date = 2021-04-19| date = 1983| url = http://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1525/aa.1983.85.2.02a00810| doi-access = free}}
Accolades
It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1983 |title=The 55th Academy Awards (1983) Nominees and Winners |access-date=October 9, 2011|work=oscars.org}}{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/300470/Ben-s-Mill/details |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014120753/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/300470/Ben-s-Mill/details |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 14, 2012 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |publisher=Baseline & All Movie Guide |title=NY Times: Ben's Mill |access-date=November 16, 2008}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0083638|title=Ben's Mill}}
- Watch part of [http://www.folkstreams.net/film-detail.php?id=187 Ben's Mill] on Folkstreams
- [https://store.der.org/bens-mill-p193.aspx Ben's Mill] at Documentary Educational Resources
Category:1982 television films
Category:1980s English-language films
Category:American documentary television films
Category:1982 documentary films