| Director: | Michel Chalufour John Karol |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Producer: | Michael Ambrosino Michel Chalufour John Karol |
| Runtime: | 59 minutes |
| Company: | Public Broadcasting Associates |
Ben's Mill is a 1982 American documentary film directed by Michel Chalufour and John Karol.
The film, set in Barnet, Vermont, details the workings of the Thresher Mill on the Stevens River, including how energy from the river is used to drive a multitude of leather belts and various machines. The film focuses on the steps one man, Ben, uses to make one of his white pine watering tanks, and then a horse-drawn sled for different members of the Barnet community. The film was produced as an episode of the PBS series Odyssey.
Writing in American Anthropologist, George L. Hicks stated that "Ben's Mill exercises tight control on its nostalgia, while using specific detail to demonstrate its point."[1]
It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.[2] [3]