Storm Lake

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Series/Themes: American Perspectives, Women in Film

Genre: Documentaries

Film Year: 2021

Locations: USA

Film Length: 85 min.

Languages: English

Director: Jerry Risius and Beth Levison

Featuring: Art Cullen, Peach Cullen, John Cullen.

In the small town of Storm Lake, Iowa, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Art Cullen and his family run the only local newspaper, The Storm Lake Times. A liberal voice in a conservative county, Cullen and his family struggle to keep their 3,000 readers, as they contend with high costs and a reader base that might be find it more convenient to read their social media feed. A tender and timely documentary, Storm Lake is an ode to local journalism, the power of the truth, and the small communities that make up the United States.

Presented by The Daily Progress

This film is part of the Women in Film and American Perspectives series.

Thursday, October 28
9:00 PM
Violet Crown 6 & 7
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In the small town of Storm Lake, Iowa, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Art Cullen and his family run the only local newspaper, The Storm Lake Times. A liberal voice in a conservative county, Cullen and his family struggle to keep their 3,000 readers, as they contend with high costs and a reader base that might be find it more convenient to read their social media feed. A tender and timely documentary, Storm Lake is an ode to local journalism, the power of the truth, and the small communities that make up the United States.

Presented by The Daily Progress

This film is part of the Women in Film and American Perspectives series.

Violet Crown 6 & 7 Virginia Film Festival info@virginiafilmfestival.org

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