Visionary, hack, or scammer? Melton Barker was an itinerate filmmaker who, between the 1930s and 1970s, produced, directed, and screened hundreds of short films based on the same slim, original script, which mashed up elements of Our Gang and the Lindbergh kidnapping. Starring thousands of kids from across America. Barker’s films documented small town America and fueled the Hollywood aspirations of generations, while leaving his own dreams and motives elusive.