Synopsis
In rural Vermont, aging sugarmakers honor a centuries-old tradition in this powerful meditation on family legacy, loss, and resilience. Through seven distinct portraits, the film forms a rich tapestry of stories about how we spend our time on this earth—and what we leave behind.
Jesse Kreitzer
Jesse Kreitzer is a filmmaker based in Vermont, USA, whose fiction and nonfiction work explores rural life, folk cultures, and traditions. His films have received Oscar-qualifying and New England Emmy awards and screened at galleries, museums, and festivals worldwide, including the National Gallery of Art, Museum of the Moving Image, Biografilm, Raindance, Rooftop, Big Sky, Camden, Woodstock, and Oldenburg. Kreitzer holds an MFA in Cinema and Comparative Literature from the University of Iowa and a BA in Visual & Media Arts from Emerson College. His work has been supported by Kodak, AARP, National Arts Strategies, the LEF Foundation, and state arts councils in Massachusetts and Vermont, with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Filmography
Lomax (2014), Black Canaries (2016), The Murder Ballad of James Jones (2016), Diena (2024), Sugarhouse (2025).
