Ethan W. Olsen Movies

Human subject study

Four years of surroundings

The objects found inside the house seemed of little historical importance - two diaries. But taken together, they form a fantastical little...

An experimental documentary about Vermont's Northeast Kingdom and Upper Valley. It highlights the sparseness of the landscape, its isolation and...

Confluence is a 4-part impressionist representation of the Merrimack River, which runs from Franklin, NH at the confluence of the Pemigewasset and...

An exercise in gesture & movement

"...then he saw a tree with white fruit. This sweet fruit made those who ate it happy..." Casting out along rivers of time, evoking the souls...

"A reflection on both our perceptions of ourselves as we age, and my recent move to Vermont, framed by the works of poet Charles Olson."

Cicero was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar and academic skeptic

'Home Away From Home' is a short documentary about the efforts of educators in the Solu-Khumbu Valley (Sagarmatha/Everest Region of Nepal) to create...

Filming Confluence (2019)

Inspired by William Raban & Johann Lurf

Rome - The Big Nest

Midwest variety show dream

After a piece by Al Razutis

History is so poetic when it's missing all the pieces.

A third obelisk.

It came therefore to be believed that Orpheus taught, but left no writings.

November 12-13, 2021

Two men materialized on the empty street...