Theater Film & Shorts

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poetry helped shape early American national identity and are still preserved in phrases we use today. Working closely with the National Park Service, we produced an interpretive film about the history of the home and Longfellow's life. Excerpts from his poetry come to life through playful animation by award-winning animator Pat Bradley and an evocative score by composer Mark Orton. An additional short film follows a local family as they explore their connections to the home and other Cambridge historic sites through their ties to enslaved ancestors. A separate educational short celebrates the Charles River’s beauty, pairing Longfellow’s poem “To the River Charles” with a responsive poem written by a Boston Youth Poet, inviting reflection on landscape, history, and voices from the past.