troublesome creek

 "There are moments here as telling and memorable as those in Hoop Dreams and Paris Is Burning--equally fine films with more marketable subjects. Nominated for an Oscar for Best Documentary, this is recommended."
- Video Librarian

"Two thumbs up! Stunning!" 
- Siskel & Ebert  

"As beautiful as it is heartbreaking, suspenseful and finally affirming." 
- Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times

"Fascinating...Beautifully shaped...As personal as a diary, as engrossing as a novel."
- Godfrey Chesire, New York Press 

"Filmmaking at its finest." 
- Betsy Sherman, Boston Globe

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GENRE: Documentary, Cultural Studies, Family, Economics, American Studies

SYNOPSIS:
High Noon, Gunsmoke -- Westerns, where bad guys threatened but never prevailed. Troublesome Creek, a Midwestern, is the Oscar-nominated story of the Jordan family's gamble to save their Iowa farm. From fighting the Crooked Creek Gang in 1867 to fighting off the bank today, a Sundance Grand Jury Prize winning cliffhanger about history, humor and the settling and unsettling of America. 

FILM INFORMATION:
Director: Jeanne Jordan & Steven Ascher
Production Year: 1996
Rating: NR
DVDCAT#: PRDVD2789
Runtime: 88 minutes
Pre-book: 4/7/2015
Street: 5/5/2015
SRP: $24.95
UPC: 013964695021