Meet the Hudson residents featured in TWO SQUARE MILES and find out what they have been up to since filming ended.

Quintin Cross Cross is an alderman representing the Second Ward. He is the majority leader on the Common Council and represents the interests of a large segment of Hudson's African American community. Though still in his early twenties, Alderman Cross is already an experienced politician. While initially a supporter of the St. Lawrence Cement plant, he grew to oppose it and ultimately voted against it.

Peter Jung Jung co-founded Friends of Hudson and served as president of the organization throughout most of its six-year battle with St. Lawrence Cement. He has remained active as a member of the Hudson Planning Commission and a board member with the Hudson Opera House, and devotes the majority of his time to his fine art business, dealing in American and European paintings from 1850 to 1950.

Dini Lamot and Windle Davis Lamot and Davis, former members of the 1980s rock band Human Sexual Response, moved to Hudson from Provincetown, MA. In 2000, they bought and renovated an 1890s department store on Warren Street in Hudson. There they opened the Hudson River Theatre, which offers entertainment ranging from puppetry to drag shows, and where Lamot’s infamous alter ego Musty Chiffon often performs. They also continue to run The Inn at Hudson, a bed and breakfast, and believe that tourism is the economic future of the area.

Linda Mussmann The founder and co-director of Time & Space Limited, an arts organization in Hudson, Mussmann is a writer and theater director who has collaborated on many performance projects with her partner, Claudia Bruce, over the past 30 years. Mussmann ran for mayor of Hudson in 2001 and 2003. In 2005, her coalition won a majority on the city council. She is now the chair of the Hudson City Democratic Committee, working for change in the region, state and nation. She has continued to write and direct new theater projects, building and fundraising for Time & Space Limited, and is heading a committee to further develop Hudson’s waterfront.

Sam Pratt A former journalist for national publications such as Esquire, Spin and I.D., Pratt is the devoted co-founder and executive director of Friends of Hudson, the grassroots organization that has helped score a series of against-the-odds environmental and political victories in the Hudson Valley, including the fight against the St. Lawrence Cement plant proposal. Pratt is currently working on a book about successful grassroots activism.

Richard Scalera A long-time political leader in Hudson, Scalera served five two-year terms as the town’s mayor, supported the establishment of the St. Lawrence Cement plant and saw dramatic changes during his tenure. After deciding not to run for a sixth term, he retired from the state and has been catching up on his house repairs, continuing to attend City Hall meetings and campaigning for Democratic candidates Eliot Spitzer and Andrew Cuomo for state governor and attorney general.

Jake Walthour Walthour, an investment manager working in New York City, was born and raised in Hudson. He has returned to live there part-time with his family to open and run Jubilee, a restaurant and night club on Warren Street, attempting to create an atmosphere to bring the entire community under one roof. Frustrated by Hudson's continued divisions yet hopeful about the changing face of his hometown, Walthour is committed to bridging the gap between groups that are often separated along racial and economic lines. Read a synopsis of the film and watch video clips >> Learn about the filmmakers >>