Jay Craven’s Martin Eden to Screen at Bennington Museum – September 29th

Jay Craven’s new narrative feature film, Jack London’s “Martin Eden,” will screen at 7pm, Friday, September 29^th at Bennington Museum in Bennington, VT.  The screening will include a Q&A with writer/director Jay Craven.

Popcorn snacks will be included in the price of admission!

Purchasing your tickets online will guarantee reserved seating.

Jack London’s “Martin Eden” received its world premiere at the Nantucket Film Festival and has won Best Film and Best Director awards at the Boston Film Festival and Best Narrative Feature at the Arlington International Film Festival.  Other festival dates include The Woods Hole Film Festival, St. Louis International Film Festival, Sonoma International Film Festival, Berkshire International Film Festival and a special screening at the biennial symposium for Jack London scholars.  In her Provincetown Magazine review, film critic Lee Roscoe calls the film, “ a gem” that “should be counted amongst the classics of American cinema.”

Jack London’s “Martin Eden” is based on the celebrated writer’s autobiographical novel.  Set in 1909, it tells the story of a poor and unschooled sailor who unexpectedly meets Ruth Morse, a magnetic young woman of means and education. Their unconventional attraction upends both lives and propels timely themes of impossible love, dogged individualism in pursuit of the American Dream, and the quest for a comfortable place in an inconstant world.

Jack London was America’s most popular writer at the turn of the 20^th century, having written stories including “Call of the Wild” and “White Fang.” His novel, “Martin Eden,” inspired Ernest Hemingway, Susan Sontag and Upton Sinclair, among others.

Jack London’s “Martin Eden” is Jay Craven’s ninth feature film.  His previous films include “Where the Rivers Flow North,” “A Stranger in the Kingdom,” “Disappearances,” and “Northern Borders,” based on the novels of Howard Frank Mosher.  Craven’s work has screened at Sundance, South By Southwest, Lincoln Center, Cinematheque Francaise and many others.  Awards and recognitions include The Producers Guild’s NOVA Award, a Gotham Award nomination, two National Endowment for the Arts production grants and selection to the American Film Institute’s first-ever AFI-20/20 international filmmakers showcase and exchange.