SUMMER OF WALTER HACKS

The film discussion began a few years ago, in the milking parlor of the Woodard Farm during evening chores. George Woodard (film director and co-writer) began to discuss a story idea with Gerianne Smart (film producer and co-writer) while the two worked between the cows. The story, which had lived for a while in George's head and was loosely written on various paper towels in the barn (used to wipe "teat dip" off of the udders the cows), suddenly began to take shape... The rural world of the early 1950s represented hard work and hard lives for many. In the Northeast, there were tens of thousands of working farms. Each remote community featured a singularly unique cast of characters; and as roads were mostly dirt and narrow (and personal wealth was nearly non existent) access to and from distant places was severely limited. Though rural electrification was slow to come into many areas, radio was the primary source of news and music and the local movie theater provided WESTERNS.....

Primary location: Waterbury Center United States