Troublesome Creek - A Midwestern

UPC: 720917548326

Studio: Fox Lorber

MPAA Rating: NR   Contains:null

Summary: This documentary highlights the demise of the American family farm by focusing on the misfortunes of one family. Husband-and-wife filmmakers Jeanne Jordan and Steven Ascher returned from their home in Massachusetts to record a crisis involving the Jordan family's Iowa farm. The family has owned the farm since 1867. In recent generations, the Jordans have borrowed money from the local bank to work the farm. Now, Russell and Mary Jane Jordan owe $200,000, and the bank wants the money repaid. They are adamant that the farm must remain in the family, however, and they sell all of their belongings to pay off the bank so that they can give the land to their son Jim. After their home is stripped and their precious belongings are auctioned off, the Jordans move to a tiny house in a nearby town, but Jim keeps the farm -- at least for the time being. ~ Michael Betzold, Rovi

Category: Culture & Society

Awards: Grand Jury Prize - Documentary – Sundance Film Festival Audience Award – Sundance Film Festival Best Documentary Feature – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Truer Than Fiction Award – Independent Spirit Awards Truer Than Fiction Award – Independent Spirit Awards Best Documentary Feature – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Features: 4x3 full frame
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Troublesome Creek - A Midwestern

Format: Digital Video Disc (DVD)

Release Date: 02/14/2006

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Pre-1954 Standard

Audio: DD2 Dolby Digital Stereo

Runtime: 88 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Troublesome Creek - A Midwestern
1. Family [7:19]
2. Risk Rating [6:14]
3. Real Crisis [6:41]
4. Daddy's Date [6:51]
5. UFO's [7:08]
6. Keep, Sell, Throw [7:10]
7. Cows [6:41]
8. Auction Day [8:40]
9. Big Machinery [6:59]
10. Uncertainty [7:30]
11. Decisions [2:24]
12. End Credits [:00]

Cast and Crew: Dean Elias  Actor 
Marge Harold  Actor 
Steven Ascher  Director 
Steven Ascher  Producer 
Steven Ascher  Screenwriter 
Jeanne Jordan  Director 
Jeanne Jordan  Producer 
Jeanne Jordan  Screenwriter 
Sheldon Mirowitz  Composer (Music Score) 

Country: USA