See Hillsdale as it was in the 1930's! ~ Watch it Right here on YouTube!
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After a week of highly successful live premiere-screenings at HIllsdale's Town Hall and at Steve and Kathy Bluestone's, Roe Jan Brewery, now you can view this important and fascinating historic film in your home on YouTube! Click the YouTube video player above, or click "More Info" button to read all about the historic 'home movie' that has taken a whole town by storm!
It's 1990, and amid many ominous signs, the last 25 functioning farms in Copake — farms that have been the backbone of the regional farming industry in the region for over one hundred years — are struggling to survive, and to adapt to rapidly changing conditions, and ever-shrinking profits.
And no one knows how this story will end!
Watch this unique and important documentary A Changing Scene: Farming in Copake Circa 1990, created and produced with enormous foresight, by Elinor Mettler and Polly Langdon, on Youtube (link here) . 31 minutes.
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