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Lost Nation Pictures, Ltd is a documentary film company headed by James Rutenbeck in Boston. http://

My father grew up in Lost Nation, a small town in eastern Iowa. In the 1980’s, Dad’s hometown, like so many others in the Midwest, fell upon hard times. The seeds of income inequality were being sown, yet it wasn’t really discernible—unless you lived in places like Lost Nation. My first films explored the lives of people living in the backwoods and small towns of a lost nation: in a former coal to

wn owned by an absentee corporation; with a farm family on the losing end of a bank deal; and among itinerant preachers practicing a grassroots tradition in the shadow of televangelism. These films have been screened at festivals and in museums around the world. Based in Boston, Lost Nation Pictures is indebted to our city’s extraordinary non-fiction tradition and wealth of filmmaking talent. Our work is characterized by a spirit of independence, compelling narrative, civic commitment and a deep engagement in the lives of our film characters. These values coalesced in the feature-length Scenes from a Parish, made over four years at a Catholic parish in Lawrence, Massachusetts, and broadcast on the PBS series Independent Lens in 2009. Work in development includes Class of ’27, a project that will send three diverse teams of filmmakers across the U.S. to explore the lives and early education of young children in the rural outposts of eastern Kentucky, northern Minnesota and in the western states among children of migrant farm workers.

29/11/2023

The Chatham MA Sustainable Practices Film Series is an ongoing series of screenings dedicated to the health and wellbeing of our community and our planet.
Join us this SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2nd, at 9:30 a.m. for another award-winning documentary.
A RECKONING IN BOSTON (A Reckoning in Boston)
In a prosperous progressive American city like Boston, why are divides of wealth by race so shockingly wide?
This documentary film by James Rutenbeck is about racial and economic inequalities in cities. A 44-year-old woman (Kafi Dixon) and a 65-year-old grandfather (Carl Chandler) both have different reasons for enrolling in a humanities course at a Boston community center. Five years later, the two have arrived at surprising places in their lives.
Tickets available at

Our ongoing series of films dedicated to the health and wellbeing of our community and our planet. Learn more BUY TICKETS a reckoning in bostona film by james rutenbeckSATURDAY, DECEMBER 2nd - 9:30amKafi Dixon and Carl Chandler enrolled in a rigorous night course in the humanities at a community cen...

08/02/2023

We're excited about our short film NIXON'S REVERSAL, which is premiering at the American Documentary & Animation Film Festival. "The bizarre story of Richard Nixon's brief flirtation with a guaranteed income for all Americans."

The list of Official Selections (titles I thru M) for the 9th annual American Documentary and Animation Film Festival in Palm Springs, California.

16/01/2023

A Reckoning in Boston is being rebroadcast by GBH and World Channel this month:
Monday, January 16, 11:59 am on GBH 44
Monday, January 23, 08:00 pm on WORLD
Tuesday, January 24, 01:00 am on WORLD
Tuesday, January 24, 09:00 am on WORLD

21/10/2022

Raising the Floor, a Lost Nations Picture directed by Sabrina Avilés, awarded Best Documentary Short at GlobeDocs

📢 We're excited to announce the winners of the 2022 Audience Awards: LAKOTA NATION VS. UNITED STATES, directed by Jesse Short Bull & Laura Tomaselli, won Best Documentary Feature, and RAISING THE FLOOR, directed by Sabrina Aviles, won Best Documentary Short Film. Congrats to all of this year's GlobeDocs filmmakers on their incredible work!

31/08/2022

Providence, Rhode Island friends:
A Reckoning in Boston is screening in the Metcalf Auditorium of the RISD Museum of Art Monday, Sept. 19th at 7pm. Carl Chandler, Kafi Dixon and I will be there for a Q & A following the screening. We hope you can join us.

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