The Vitality of Poetry: Ruth Stone’s Life Story Featured in Vermont Filmmaker’s New Film  Director’s Cut Screening at Billings Farm & Museum January 7 & 8 at 3PM 

For the aspiring poet, writer, artist, or none of the above, Ruth Stone’s story, humor, and verse will entertain, enlighten, and inspire. The Woodstock Vermont Film Series will present Ruth Stone’s Vast Library of the Female Mind with showings on Saturday, January 7 and Sunday, January 8 at 3:00PM.   

This visually beautiful film uses a clever juxtaposition of archival footage and interviews with contemporaries along with animation by Ruth’s granddaughter to chronicle her life story as a poet, mother, and teacher.  The film captures Ruth in her own words – in her prime and in her later years – surrounded by her loving, creative family touched by tragedy.  

Saturday’s screening will be followed by a discussion with award-winning, Norwich, Vermont filmmaker, Nora Jacobson and the Film Series curator, Jay Craven. 

“Jacobson not only tells us who Ruth Stone was, but also why we should pay attention to her and her poetry.  She is an artist we are fortunate to have brought from the edge of obscurity to enrich a world that desperately needs her voice.”  – Marilyn Ferdinand, Alliance of Women Film Journalists. 

The Woodstock Vermont Film Series will screen documentary films weekly on Saturdays and Sundays at 3:00PM in the Billings Farm & Museum Visitor Center Theater through February 19. Tickets are $15 for all regular screenings, and $12 for Billings Farm & Museum members. For film listings, tickets, and more information, visit billingsfarm.org/filmseries or call 802-457-5303.   

The 2022-23 Woodstock Vermont Film Series will take viewers on a journey from Japan to remote Idaho, with stops in New York, New Orleans, and home to Vermont. Storytelling is at the heart of the Billings Farm & Museum mission. The Film Series, produced by Billings Farm & Museum, is dedicated to sharing place-based stories of people near and far, engaging audiences, and inspiring conversations that increase connections with each other and the world.   

The Woodstock Vermont Film Series is curated and directed by award-winning filmmaker Jay Craven, and produced by Billings Farm & Museum, with generous support from local sponsors. We gratefully acknowledge the Film Series season underwriter Mad Old Nut, and lead sponsors Farmhouse Pottery, Woodstock Inn & Resort, and Ellaway Property Management.