Using archival material as creative conduit, Vermont-based filmmaker Jesse Kreitzer explores the fragility and preservation of memory, family lineage, and tradition. Kreitzer received his MFA in Cinema and Comparative Literature from the University of Iowa and a BA in Visual & Media Arts from Emerson Col­lege. He is a Kodak Motion Picture Grantee, National Arts Strategies Cre­ative Community Fellow, LEF Foundation/Flaherty Seminar Fellow, Massachusetts Cultural Council Film/Video Grantee, and the recipient of Vermont In­ternational Film Foundation's James Goldstone Award for Emerging Vermont Filmmaker. His films have been exhibited at festivals, galleries, and museums including The National Gallery of Art, The Museum of the Moving Image, Biografilm, Rain­dance, Camden, and Oldenburg.