Chester Grimes

Chester Grimes made in 1971 by Herb Di Gioia and his partner the late David Hancock has not been available for public viewing in years It tells the story of a 70yearold logger who still worked in northern Vermont at that advanced age with his team of horses Di Gioia who lives in Sutton Vt and is well known in the world of film documentary and ethnography pioneered observational cinema by focusing on exploring the lives of ordinary people