HOME: THE STORY OF VALSETZ
NW EMERGING FEATURE WINNER!
Filmmaker
Ronan Feely
in attendance

Film hosted by
Jeff Hart
& Barbara Wigginton

Directed by Ronan Feely
United States, 78 minutes
Documentary
SUN OCT 16 @ 5:45PM
The Grand

This is the story of a lumber town, set deep in Oregon’s coastal range. Like so many other logging towns, it grew from humble roots to hold a special place in the hearts of all who lived there. For the children who lived there, life was idyllic, playing with friends and neighbors in the safety of the forest. For the adults, the old growth trees provided bounteous wood for the town’s mill, meaning steady, well paid work. This was a tight community. But unlike its contemporaries, Valsetz was a company town, leaving it as vulnerable to the forces of economics as it was to the nature which surrounded it. This is the story of that town and the people who lived and worked there. A town that was wiped from the face of the earth. Not by fire, wind or flood, but by the people who owned it. This is the story of Valsetz.

Filmography: First Feature