Jay Craven
CommentatorJay Craven is a filmmaker who teaches at Sarah Lawrence College and directs Kingdom County Productions
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The first time I saw Rip Torn, he was wearing flippers, a facemask and snorkel. I'd written to him in January 1992 – and sent him the script for my first… -
Roz Payne was fearless. And she made a difference. In fact, much of the culture we value in Vermont today was influenced by her passions. She contributed… -
The theater world woke up recently to the surprising news that Anais Mitchell's innovative and powerful musical play, Hadestown, won fourteen 2019 Tony… -
Documentaries stood out at this year’s Sundance Festival – like John Chester’s Biggest Little Farm, with its detailed look at the withering challenges… -
Memorial Day began more than one hundred and fifty years ago, first in the southern United States when families took time in the spring to decorate the…
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George Kempton’s passing marks the end of an era here in Peacham.He was a successful farmer - even as fluctuating milk prices and always escalating costs… -
I remember a conversation I had, one August afternoon forty years ago, with my part-time neighbor, the late Richard Barnet, who worked in JFK’s State… -
The sudden burgeoning of high school-driven youth activism, focused on issues of gun violence, reminds me of the 1963 Birmingham Alabama Children’s…
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The late attorney Bob Gensburg was a tireless champion against injustice, even when it was difficult and unpopular.Gensburg recently fought and won the…
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Women are speaking out and things are changing. Much of this shift can be traced to New York Times and New Yorker allegations that movie mogul Harvey…
