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Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern

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In debt $220,000 to the bank, married couple Russel and Mary Jane Jordan are facing the foreclosure of the farm that has been in their family for 125 years. When the news reaches their daughter, Jeanne Jordan, and her husband, Steven Ascher, both filmmakers, the two head from their home in Boston to Iowa, intending to chronicle the family crisis. The Jordans go to extreme lengths to appease the bank, from selling all their possessions to moving into a smaller house in another town.

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Stephen Holden New York Times 08/05/2003
The images of the land... exert a nostalgic tug for a Norman Rockwell dream of which this family, in better days, seemed to have found a piece. Go to Full Review Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times 01/01/2000
3/4
The underlying lesson is clear: Our state and federal farm policies do not really allow for family farms anymore. Go to Full Review Peter Stack San Francisco Chronicle 01/01/2000
3/4
Anybody with a feeling for the rural Midwest will find this visually engaging documentary a bittersweet reminder of how family farming, once a pillar of American life, is slowly vanishing. Go to Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 01/08/2007
B+
A deeply personal docu about the loss of a farm, the film premiered at Sudance Film Festival where it won major awards. Amazingly similar in plot and events to the Jessica Lange farm feature Country, it deseved serious Oscar considerations. Go to Full Review Christopher Null Filmcritic.com 03/12/2006
3/5
And on and on it goes until we're just about ready to give up corn if only so they don't make any more movies like this. Go to Full Review Frank Swietek One Guy's Opinion 03/22/2005
4/5
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01/17/2009 Realized I didn't know all that much about the financial hardships faced by modern farmers, despite growing up in rural Wisconsin. Personalizes the loss of both livelihood and lifestyle through one family's tale. See more Read all reviews
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Jeanne Jordan

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Steven Ascher

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Synopsis In debt $220,000 to the bank, married couple Russel and Mary Jane Jordan are facing the foreclosure of the farm that has been in their family for 125 years. When the news reaches their daughter, Jeanne Jordan, and her husband, Steven Ascher, both filmmakers, the two head from their home in Boston to Iowa, intending to chronicle the family crisis. The Jordans go to extreme lengths to appease the bank, from selling all their possessions to moving into a smaller house in another town.
Director
Jeanne Jordan, Steven Ascher
Producer
Jeanne Jordan, Steven Ascher
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 24, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$115.8K
Runtime
1h 28m
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