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"Lost Nation" showcases Vermont historical figures Ethan Allen and poet Lucy Terry Prince

By Mikaela Lefrak,
Andrea Laurion
Published July 3, 2024 at 4:03 PM EDT

The new historical film "Lost Nation" tells a fictionalized story of Vermont's founding father Ethan Allen and poet Lucy Terry Prince. Its director and writer, Jay Craven, is a filmmaker from the Northeast Kingdom with more than 10 feature movies to his name. He’s the founder of Kingdom County Productions, alongside his wife and fellow filmmaker, Bess O’Brien.

Broadcast live on Wednesday, July 3, 2024, at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

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Mikaela Lefrak
Mikaela Lefrak is the host and senior producer of Vermont Edition. Her stories have aired nationally on Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, Marketplace, The World and Here & Now. A seasoned local reporter, Mikaela has won two regional Edward R. Murrow awards and a Public Media Journalists Association award for her work.
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Andrea Laurion
Andrea Laurion joined Vermont Public as a news producer for Vermont Edition in December 2022. She is a native of Pittsburgh, Pa., and a graduate of the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in Portland, Maine. Before getting into audio, Andrea worked as an obituary writer, a lunch lady, a wedding photographer assistant, a children’s birthday party hostess, a haunted house actor, and an admin assistant many times over.
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