2021 | 80 min. | US
Dark clouds hang over the cornfields of Storm Lake, Iowa, which has seen its fair share of change in the 40 years since Big Agriculture came to town. Farmers blow their life savings on new equipment they hope will keep their livelihoods intact. Migrant workers flock here—welcome and not—for their slice of the American Dream. The people of Storm Lake confront a changing community as global forces threaten their precarious existence.
Enter: 63-year-old Pulitzer-prize winner Art Cullen and his family-run newspaper, The Storm Lake Times. Day in and day out, the Cullens deliver local news and biting editorials on a shoestring budget for their 3,000 readers. Come hell or pandemic, they’ll fight to preserve this town they call home. There’s simply too much at stake.
Director // Beth Levison, Jerry Risius
Writer // Beth Levison
Film Courtesy of IFC
Filmmaker
in
Attendance
Film in Juried Competition
- Year2021
- Runtime1:20
- CountryUS
- DirectorBeth Levison, Jerry Risius
- ScreenwriterBeth Levison
2021 | 80 min. | US
Dark clouds hang over the cornfields of Storm Lake, Iowa, which has seen its fair share of change in the 40 years since Big Agriculture came to town. Farmers blow their life savings on new equipment they hope will keep their livelihoods intact. Migrant workers flock here—welcome and not—for their slice of the American Dream. The people of Storm Lake confront a changing community as global forces threaten their precarious existence.
Enter: 63-year-old Pulitzer-prize winner Art Cullen and his family-run newspaper, The Storm Lake Times. Day in and day out, the Cullens deliver local news and biting editorials on a shoestring budget for their 3,000 readers. Come hell or pandemic, they’ll fight to preserve this town they call home. There’s simply too much at stake.
Director // Beth Levison, Jerry Risius
Writer // Beth Levison
Film Courtesy of IFC
Filmmaker
in
Attendance
Film in Juried Competition
- Year2021
- Runtime1:20
- CountryUS
- DirectorBeth Levison, Jerry Risius
- ScreenwriterBeth Levison