Jen Tennican

Filmmaker, Jen Ten Productions

Ms. Tennican began making documentary films in the late 1990s in Boston before moving to Jackson, Wyoming in 2002. Her previous award-winning documentaries, The Stagecoach Bar: An American Crossroads and Far Afield: A Conservation Love Story, have been distributed nationally by American Public Television. Currently, she is partnering with her local Slow Food chapter, Slow Food in the Tetons, to produce a film focused on a cutting-edge vertical hydroponic greenhouse with a social mission in Jackson Hole. The one-hour documentary, Hearts of Glass, is in post-production now. The film tells the story of the critical first year of operation of Vertical Harvest, a highly innovative, but risky, experiment in growing crops and providing meaningful employment to people with disabilities. Ms. Tennican’s films have community at their heart and Hearts of Glass is an opportunity to raise awareness about local, sustainable food production and the need for inclusive, fair-paying job opportunities for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. For more information, please visit: heartsofglassfilm.com and jentenproductions.com.