''Study of a River'' is a

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experimental film directed by

Peter Hutton Peter Hutton may refer to: * Peter Hutton (filmmaker) Peter Barrington Hutton (August 24, 1944 – June 25, 2016) was an American experimental film, experimental filmmaker, known primarily for his silent cinematic portraits of cities and landscape ...

. The experimental film focuses on the first part of a

winter Winter is the coldest and darkest season of the year in temperate and polar climates. It occurs after autumn and before spring. The tilt of Earth's axis causes seasons; winter occurs when a hemisphere is oriented away from the Sun. Dif ...

seasonal study of the

Hudson River The Hudson River, historically the North River, is a river that flows from north to south largely through eastern New York (state), New York state. It originates in the Adirondack Mountains at Henderson Lake (New York), Henderson Lake in the ...

. It won "Most Overlooked Short Film Award" at the 1997 Oberhausen International Short Film Festival. In 2010, It was selected for preservation in the

National Film Registry The National Film Registry (NFR) is the United States National Film Preservation Board's (NFPB) collection of films selected for preservation (library and archival science), preservation, each selected for its cultural, historical, and aestheti ...

by the

Library of Congress The Library of Congress (LOC) is a research library in Washington, D.C., serving as the library and research service for the United States Congress and the ''de facto'' national library of the United States. It also administers Copyright law o ...

as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

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by Claudia Costa Pederson at

* *''Study of a River'' essay by Daniel Eagan In America's Film Legacy, 2009-2010: A Viewer's Guide To The 50 Landmark Movies Added To The National Film Registry In 2009–10, Bloomsbury Publishing US-A, 2011, pages 193-19

1997 films United States National Film Registry films American avant-garde and experimental films American black-and-white films 1990s avant-garde and experimental films 1990s American films {{experimental-film-stub

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