A Place in the Land (1998)

Directed by

Charles Guggenheim

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

32 min

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This short documentary tells the story of conservation in America through three men who owned the same Vermont property. It shows how each person contributed to protecting the land and a historic dairy farm.

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What happens

A Place in the Land is a 1998 American short documentary film directed by Charles Guggenheim with field director Judith Dwan Hallet. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. A Place in the Land considers the history of conservation stewardship in America as reflected in the property of Billings Farm, an operating dairy farm in Woodstock, Vermont first established in 1871, and the 555-acre (2.25 km2) Mount Tom, as well as through the work of George Perkins Marsh, Frederick Billings, and Laurance Rockefeller, who were successive residents of the estate. The documentary is shown daily at the visitor center for the Billings Farm & Museum and the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park. The National Park Service and the American Memory project of the Library of Congress served as advisers to the Woodstock Foundation in the production of the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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