Made Here

Learn about the outstanding conservation efforts of Vermont farmers and how they are protecting and improving soil and water quality. This film profiles the dedicated community of conservation partners, who offer technical and financial assistance to Vermont’s stewards of the land.

Follow ultrarunner Zak’s intensive training regimen and its impact on his relationships as he attempts to run The Vermont 100 Endurance Race. Filmed on the race’s 25th anniversary, the film records the stories of handlers, pacers, and crew members while exploring the friendships that motivate their preparation for this grueling race over 100 miles of Vermont’s paved streets, gravel back roads.

In September of 2016, the band Madaila shut down Main Street in downtown Burlington and brought 1,000 people out for its inaugural Madaila on Main Festival. Check out their high energy performance and learn more about what brought the band together in this new documentary by award-winning filmmaker, Michael Mooney.

The extraordinary story of the June 18, 1864 charge of the 1st Maine Heavy Artillery Regiment at Petersburg, Virginia, leading up to their fateful charge, and the perspectives of the men who participated in the battle and its aftermath.

An intimate look at the lives of four local artists who seek different approaches to addressing environmental challenges through their work. The film was Peter VanderWilden's senior thesis project at the University of Vermont, and it explores the commonalities and differences in the artists’ approach to process, content, participation, and materiality.

At the prestigious Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference a diverse group of accomplished poets, novelists, and essayists recall the turning points in their lives when the power of language first took hold of them. They remember their influences and mentors, share their struggles as well as the successes that formed their craft and style.

Follow a group of Americans who traveled to Israel and Palestine in 2016 seeking to understand what life is like for Palestinians living in the Occupied Territories and in East Jerusalem. The journey became an intense encounter not only with the people they met, but also with their own preconceptions, an experience that for many of the travelers was transformative.