Champlain: The Lake Between explores the founding of America and Canada through a rare lens. History is told through the daily lives of all men and women, not just powerbrokers. Based on extensive research with Abenaki, Mohawk, Seneca, and French-Canadian culture bearers as well as academic historians, filmmaker Caro Thompson reveals complex relationships among people of Native and European nations. Jay Craven, Burlington Free Press: “The Lake Between is beautifully filmed and painstakingly re-creates an authentic panorama of the Champlain Valley during the 17th and 18th centuries.” Thompson is primary videographer/editor, as well as writer, and received the 2009 Emmy Award for cultural/historical film in the Boston/New England region. Champlain: The Lake Between received the 2009 Richard O. Hathaway Award for an outstanding contribution to Vermont History.
Q & A with Caro Thompson after the screening. Listen to an interview with Caro Thompson on VPR or read an article in the Press Republican.
Note: Champlain: The Lake Between will be shown together with Life in Washington County and Four Friends. Total length of program 105 minutes.
Community Partner: Vermont Historical Society.
Category: 2010 Films & Events
