Joseph L. Anderson

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.

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.

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

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

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