Part Four - Doers and Shapers

The six-part series is a collaboration of over two dozen Vermont filmmakers, led by award-winning filmmaker Nora Jacobson. Filmmakers, politicians, scholars, artists and citizens probe under Vermont's bucolic surface to reveal stories of class, race, labor, education, culture, the environment, and much more, woven together in a lively tapestry of gorgeous images, voices and people.

Freedom & Unity: The Vermont Movie Episode 4 | 76m 45s | CC

Explore the people and institutions that push boundaries. Starting with education, we take a journey through the philosophy of John Dewey, the hands-on style of Goddard College and the Putney School. We explore other progressive movements: Vermont's famous Billboard law and Act 250, cultural movements such as Bread and Puppet Theater and finally Vermont's groundbreaking civil union law.

Freedom & Unity: The Vermont Movie