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Moundsville: An American Story

After a successful documentary premiere, we will be showing "Moundsville: An American Story" two more times on January 19th!

From filmmakers Dave Bernabo and John W. Miller:

'Moundsville' is the economic biography of a classic American town, from the prehistoric burial mound its named after, through the rise and fall of industry, to the age of WalMart and shale gas, and a new generation figuring it all out.

Told through the voices of residents, the story covers an arc that includes Moundsvilles Native American origins, white settlement, Marx toy plant (it made Rockem Sockem robots), legendary prison, first African-American mayor, post-industrial decline, and current small businesses.

The constant is the 2,200-year-old mound left behind by a Native American people, a Greek chorus reciting times insistence on change.

By reckoning with deeper truths about the heartland and its economy, without nationalist nostalgia, liberal condescension, stereotypes, or talking about Trump, 'Moundsville' plants seeds for better conversations about Americas future.

Funded by the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council."

--Taken from the film's website, moundsville.org

The film will be shown at 2 pm and 6 pm. Admission is $5.