(Managing Editor’s Note: This is the fourth story to appear on LEDE News thanks to a partnership procured with West Virginia Explorer and David Sibray. David is lucky enough to have a job that involves constant travel through the state of West Virginia, and he recently celebrated his 20th anniversary.)
Filmmakers David Bernabo and John W. Miller have reached an agreement to distribute the documentary film “Moundsville” to 338 public broadcasting stations nationally over the next three years.
The National Educational Telecommunications Association has agreed to distribute the film, which will be cut from 74 to 57 minutes and will be close-captioned to suit PBS standards, according to Miller, who is co-director.
“Moundsville” is the biography of a classic American town, Moundsville, West Virginia, told through the voices of residents, Miller says.
The story investigates the history of the community from the construction of the Native American mound for which the town is named, “to the arrival of the world’s largest toy factory, to an economy based on Wal-Mart and fracking and a new generation figuring it all out.”
“The goal of the film is to affirm the community-building and healing value of shared local narrative,” Miller says.
Since premiering in Moundsville in December 2018, the film has been distributed online, on Vimeo, and screened publicly in Pittsburgh, New York City, and at locations in West Virginia.
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