Wonder: The Lives of Anna and Harlan Hubbard (????) [N/A]
Featuring:
Katie Blackerby, Will Oldham
Written by:
Morgan Atkinson
Directed by:
Morgan Atkinson
Original Title:
Wonder: The Lives of Anna and Harlan Hubbard
Genres:
Documentary | History
Production Companies:
Duckworks
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 78
What Henry David Thoreau did for two years Anna and Harlan Hubbard did for forty. Anna and Harlan lived life as few people in modern times have and in doing so inspired thousands. Wonder: The Lives of Anna and Harlan Hubbard , a new documentary by Morgan Atkinson, brings to life their adventures. Harlan was an artist, writer and naturalist born in northern Kentucky. Anna, a scholar and librarian from Grand Rapids, MI. They met in Cincinnati and began their life together in the mid-1940's by building a boat, then floating from Cincinnati to New Orleans. Their voyage lasted five years. They then settled on the banks of the Ohio River in rural Kentucky. In a house they built by hand, sustained by food they raised or caught, aided by no electricity or modern convenience, Anna and Harlan, met the world on their own terms and found deep meaning. Wonder considers their astonishing life of freedom and what it says to Americans today.
Who hasn't thought "there has to be a saner way to live"? Anna and Harlan Hubbard lived life as few people in modern times have and in doing so accomplished at least two things that are very rare-contentment and freedom. What Thoreau did for two years the Hubbards did for forty. This documentary reveals the adventure of it all.
