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Billings, MT
Montana Free Press is partnering with Montana International Film Festival for a special screening of Storm Lake at The Babcock Theater with a Q&A to follow featuring special guests Art Cullen and co-directors Beth Levison and Jerry Risius in person. Doors open at 6pm. Film starts at 6:30pm.
Wichita, KS
Wichita Community Foundation is partnering with Mamafilm to host a screening of Storm Lake on August 24th. The screening will be followed by a panel conversation “The Future of Local Journalism,” with Debra Fraser (KMUW), Bonita Gooch (The Community Voice), Landon Huslig (Wichita Life ICT) and moderated by Chris Green (The Journal at KLC.) Tickets are free but limited.
Eastham, MA
The Local Journalism Project
Princeton, New Jersey
Los Angeles, CA — In-person Screening with Beth Levison and Lorena Lopez
Sioux Falls, SD — In-person Screening at 6pm CT with Film Subject Art Cullen
Virtual Screening featuring Art Cullen
Decorah, Iowa
Oneota Film Festival
Grinnell, Iowa
Grinnell College
Virtual. Native Iowan Elizabeth Perrill (Art History) welcomes Art Cullen and Ryan Hartwig to discuss the importance of local and global information after viewing excerpts of the film.
University of North Carolina Greensboro Sustainability Film & Discussion Series
Randolph, VT, featuring Q&A with Director Beth Levison and MNFF Artistic Director and acclaimed Vermont filmmaker, Jay Craven
Rutland, VT, featuring a Q&A with Director and Producer Beth Levison
Woodstock, VT, featuring Q&A with Director Beth Levison and Phil Camp, Owner of The Vermont Standard
Putney, VT, co-presented by Vermont Independent Media, featuring a Q&A with Director and Producer Beth Levison
Burlington, VT, organized and hosted by VTIFF, featuring a Q&A with director and producer Beth Levison
Virtual Panel with Art Cullen, Pulitzer Prize winning editor of the Storm Lake Times; Tim Calabro, editor/publisher, The White River Valley Herald; Angelo Lynn, publisher/editor, Addison Independent; Lisa Loomis, editor, Valley Reporter; Randolph Holhut, news editor, The Commons; Melanie Winters, news editor, The Brattleboro Reformer. Email registration required for the event.
Zoom Panel, The future of Local Journalism: Why Your Local Paper Matters
Canada, Buy tickets online to stream Storm Lake virtually, geo-blocked to Canada
Beverly Hills, CA — 3pm at Lumiere Music Hall
Teaneck, NJ — Teaneck International Film Festival Indie Lens Pop-Up Screening Event With the Filmmakers, at 7:30pm.
OVEE Virtual Event
Winter Park, FL — Bush Auditorium, Rollins College Indie Lens Pop-Up Screening Event at 6:00pm EST.
Global Peace Film Festival
Albany, NY — Image Quilt Cinema Indie Lens Pop-Up Screening Event at 6:00pm EST.
Image Quilt Cinema
Colorado Springs, CO — In-person Screening November 13, Virtual Encore November 18-21 Geoblocked to the U.S.
New York, NY — Impact Producing: Case Studies, Panel With Filmmaker Beth Levison, Engagement and Impact Strategist Alice Quinlan and Programmer Hellura Lyle from 1:30-2:40pm EST.
New York, NY — In-Person Screening November 11 Followed by a Q&A With the Filmmakers, Introduced by Julie Sandorf, President of the Charles H. Revson Foundation. In-Person Screening November 12 Followed by a Q&A With the Filmmakers, Moderated by Steve Waldman, President and Co-Founder of Report for America. Virtual Screenings November 12-13, Geoblocked to U.S.
Anchorage, AK — Multicultural Center — University of Alaska Anchorage & Alaska Public Media + New American Economy Indie Lens Pop-Up Screening Event 6:00pm AKST.
National Indie Lens Pop-Up Screening Event at 7:00pm EST including a conversation with Art Cullen, Editor, The Storm Lake Times; Film Protagonist, Tom Cullen, Reporter, The Storm Lake Times; Film Protagonist, Errin Haines, Editor-at-Large, The 19th, Lorena Ester López Altamirano, Editor, La Prensa; Film Protagonist, Moderated by Alison Bethel, Vice President of Corps Excellence, Report for America.
Sheboygan, WI — John Michael Kohler Arts Center Indie Lens Pop-Up Screening Event at 12:00pm
Winooski, VT — Indie Lens Pop-Up Screening Event at 7:00pm EST.
Cookeville, TN — Indie Lens Pop-Up Screening Event at 7:00pm CST
Ojai, CA — In-Person Screening Event November 8 at 10am at AC Gallery. Virtual Screenings November 9-14 Geoblocked to California.
Houghton, MI — Special Event Screening Followed by a Zoom Q&A With Filmmaker Beth Levison and Subject Art Cullen.
Honolulu, HI — Virtual Screenings Geoblocked to U.S. Includes Virtual Q&A With Filmmaker Beth Levison.
Denver, CO — In-person Screenings November 6, 3:45pm and November 7, 7:00pm @ Tom Fries Theater Followed by a Q&A With Filmmaker Jerry Risius and Subject Art Cullen. Virtual Screenings Geoblocked to Colorado November 4-14.
Cooperstown, NY — Virtual Screenings Geoblocked to New York.
Steamboat Springs, CO — Indie Lens Pop-Up Screening Event at 6:00pm
Bud Werner Memorial Library
Colebrook, NH — Indie Lens Pop-Up Screening Event at 5:30pm
The Tillotson Center
Norfolk, VA — Indie Lens Pop-Up Screening Event at 6:30pm
OVEE Virtual Event
Charlottesville, VA — In-person Screening October 28 at 9pm
Carbondale, IL — WSIU Indie Lens Pop-Up Screening Event at 6:00pm
Guyon Auditorium, Morris Library, Southern Illinois University Campus
Johnston, IA — Iowa PBS Indie Lens Pop-Up Screening Event at 7:00pm
Holstein, IA — Special Screening October 24 at 3:30pm with subject Art Cullen, Moderated by Tim Gallagher, Feature Columnist, Sioux City Journal.
Owings Mills, MD — Maryland Public Television Indie Lens Pop-Up Screening Event at 7:00pm
OVEE Virtual Event
Twin Cities, MN — Geoblocked to Minnesota With a Virtual Watch Window Until the End of the Festival. Includes Q&A With Filmmaker Beth Levison and Jatin Setia.
Redding, CA — KIXE PBS Indie Lens Pop-Up Screening Event at 6:00pm
Winston-Salem, NC — RiverRun International Film Festival Films With Class Indie Lens Pop-Up Screening Event at 7:00pm, The evening will begin with a panel discussion, hosted by RiverRun’s Jane McKim, featuring local newspaper professionals at 6:30 followed by the one-hour film.
Kilpatrick Townsend and Stockton
Philadelphia, PA — In-person Screenings October 20 at 6:30pm Followed by a Q&A With Filmmaker Beth Levison, and October 31 at 1pm. Available Virtually in the U.S. October 20-31 With a 48 Hour Watch Window.
Jefferson City, MO — KMOS TV Indie Lens Pop-Up Screening Event at 6:30pm
Albuquerque, NM — New Mexico PBS Indie Lens Pop-Up Screening Event at 6:00pm
Bellingham, WA — Indie Lens Pop-Up Screening Event at 5:30pm
Ashland, OR — Virtual Screenings Restricted to Oregon, Includes Post-Film Q&A With Filmmakers, Moderated by SOU Communication Professor Erik Palmer.
LOCAL JOURNALISM: OF DESERTS AND REGROWTH with Susan Leath, Chief Operating Officer for The GroundTruth Project, Jennifer Preston, former Vice President for Journalism at the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Madeleine Bair, award-winning journalist and founder of El Tímpano, Sarah Blustain, Deputy Editor, Local, ProPublica and Beth Levison, Director, STORM LAKE
Washington D.C. — Features Q&A With Filmmakers, Moderated by Jennifer Preston, Fellow, Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy. Virtual Screenings, 48-hour watch window. Public Geoblocked to District Of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia.
Cambridge, MA — In-person Screening October 16 at 1pm - Brattle Theatre Followed by a Q&A With Filmmaker Beth Levison, Available Virtually October 13-19 With a 48 Hour Watch Window and 6 Days to Start
Normal, IL — Features Q&A With Ryan Denham, WGLT / WCBU, Peoria Public Radio, Content Director Chris Coates, The Pantagraph (Bloomington) and Herald & Review (Decatur), Central Illinois Editor David Proeber, The Pantagraph, Photo Editor and News Photographer Colleen Reynolds, Freelance Journalist, Moderated by Beth Whisman, Town of Normal Director of Cultural Arts.
East Hampton, NY — In-person Screening October 13 at 1:45pm - Guild Hall
Hot Springs, AR — In-person Screening October 9 at 6:30pm at Arlington Resort & Hotel. This film will be available virtually October 10 at 10am – 12 at 10am.
Des Moines, IA — Buy @home tickets to stream Storm Lake virtually, geo-blocked to Iowa
Omaha, NE
Seattle, WA — In-person Screening October 1 at 4:45pm at SIFF Cinema Egyptian With Filmmakers + Subject Art Cullen, Moderated by Brier Dudley, Free Press Editor, the Seattle Times. This film will be available virtually October 4–7 on the SIFF Channel. (restricted to U.S. audiences)
Sioux City, IA — Special Event Screening Sept. 30 at 7:30pm With Film Subjects (the Cullen Family). Free event is possible thanks to a generous donation from The Kind World Foundation.
Sioux City International Film Festival - Promenade Cinema 14
Woodstock, NY — In-person Screening October 2 at 10am Attended by Rachel Shuman (Editor), Leah Boatright (Co-editor) and Beth Levison (Director & Producer), Available Virtually September 29, 6:30pm - October 3, 11:59pm.
Columbia, MO — Special Event Screening Sept. 28 at 7pm With Film Subject Tom Cullen, in conversation with Aarik Danielsen, Columbia Daily Tribune.
Milwaukee, WI — Special Event Screening Sept. 27 at 7pm With Film Subject Tom Cullen
Chicago, IL — Special Event Screenings Sept. 24 at 5:30pm With Filmmakers + Subject (Art Cullen) in conversation with Journalist and Media Strategist Sheila Solomon and Sept. 27 at 6pm With Tim Franklin (Medill School of Journalism), Pamela Dempsey (Investigate Midwest), Jhmira Alexander (Public Narrative) and Andrew Herrera (City Bureau).
Minneapolis, MN — Special Event Screening Sept. 25 With Filmmakers + Subject (Art Cullen)
Port Townsend, WA — Virtual On-Demand Viewing Sept. 23 - Oct. 3
Detroit, MI — Virtual On-Demand Viewing Sept. 22-29. Special Screening for Journalists on Thursday, Sept. 23 at 5PM with filmmakers and film subject Art Cullen in conversation with Rochelle Riley, Director of Arts and Culture for the City of Detroit. Special Screening on Thursday, Sept. 23 at 8PM with filmmakers, film subject Art Cullen, BridgeDetroit Managing Editor Catherine Kelly and New Michigan Media Director Hayg Oshagan, Moderated by Detroit Free Press Editor Peter Bhatia.
Marshalltown, IA — Special Screening Event September 22 at 7:30pm with Film Subject Tom Cullen, moderated by Bob Leonard, KNIA/KRLS Radio.
Algona, IA — Special Event Screening Sept. 21 at 7:30pm With Filmmakers + Subjects (the Cullen Family), Moderated by Kyle Munson, President of Western Iowa Journalism Foundation.
Des Moines, IA — Special Outdoor Screening Sept. 18 at 8pm With Filmmakers + Subjects, Moderated by Kathleen Richardson, Dean of the School of Journalism at Drake University.
Iowa City, IA — Special Event Screening Sept. 17 at 7:30pm With Filmmakers + Subjects (Cullen Family), Moderated by James Q. Lynch, Politics Reporter, Cedar Rapids Gazette
Winterset, IA — Special Event Screening Sept. 19 at 2pm With Filmmakers + Subject Art Cullen, Moderated by Keri Anderson, Winterset Madisonian
Storm Lake, IA — Special Premiere Screening Sept. 16 at 7:30pm With Filmmakers + Subjects (Cullen Family), Moderated by Iowa Writer Chuck Offenburger.
Great Barrington, MA — Virtual On-Demand Viewing Sept. 9-12 in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York
New Zealand — Virtual On-Demand Viewing, Geo-Restricted
Middlebury, VT
Birmingham, AL
Duluth, MN
Mineral Wells, TX
Woods Hole, MA
New Zealand
Silver Spring, MD
Provincetown, MA
Durham, NC