Hudson River Shorts: Roosevelt’s Ice Yacht & Clearing the Channel

Josh Aronson was last at Mountainfilm with Beautiful Daughters in 2006. He has shown other work at this festival, as well, including the essential documentary The Sound and Fury, which was deservingly nominated for an Academy Award. Between features, he’s crafted a series of shorts about life on the Hudson River in New York. Roosevelt’s Ice Yacht captures the essence of the almost lyrical sport of ice yachting; Clearing the Channel follows the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Penobscot Bay as it breaks ice to create a navigable route to transport heating oil from Albany to Manhattan. —DH