Joseph L. Anderson

Spring Night, Summer Night

Joseph L. Anderson

John Crawford

Carl and Jessie are half siblings who feel trapped by the existential and economic pressures of living in the small mining town of Canaan, Ohio. Their shared rebellion soon takes on the form of an illicit love affair depicted in interwoven sequences of lusty poeticism and ethnographic vérité. When Jessie becomes pregnant, the tension between the couple’s youthful vitality and the dire realities of rural society leads to consequences both despairing and hopeful.

Football as It Is Played Today

Joseph L. Anderson

Football game day at The Ohio State University. Part of the 'Bluegrass Trilogy'.

Cheers

Joseph L. Anderson

A short film by Joseph L. Anderson. Part of the 'Bluegrass Trilogy'.

America First

Joseph L. Anderson

Richard M. Blumenberg, Patricia Estrin

A previously isolated Appalachian region is infiltrated by seven travelers, who seek to create a Utopian community with the residents. A television documentary crew films the fraught interactions.

How Swived

Joseph L. Anderson

A short film by Joseph L. Anderson. Part of the 'Bluegrass Trilogy'.