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SUMMARY:Film Screening: Impossible Town
DESCRIPTION:IMPOSSIBLE TOWN follows the story of former State Health Officer Dr. Ayne Amjad who isthrust to the helm of a decades-long struggle to aid a southern West Virginia town beset bycancer-causing chemicals. The film explores the dual nature of trauma\, showing how loss canboth motivate people toward ambitious goals and simultaneously trap them in its grip\,preventing them from moving on.The film was captured primarily in Oak Hill\, Beckley\, and Charleston\, and marks the filmmakers’feature-length directorial debut. It had its world premiere at the 45th Mountainfilm Festival inTelluride and will screen at MTN Craft Film Festival in Clarksburg\, WV on Saturday\, September30th. The film has been supported by the International Documentary Association\, the RedfordCenter\, DOC NYC Industry Roundtables\, the Logan Nonfiction Fellowship\, and From the HeartProductions.Co-directors Meg Griffiths & Scott Faris said: “It has long been our dream to tell an honest\,nuanced\, and fundamentally human story about West Virginia\, a state that is too oftenmisunderstood and misrepresented in stories produced outside the state. We hope viewers will \n\n\n\ncome with an open mind and an open heart to watch this film about true WV heroes and thelimits of their heroism.” \n\n\n\nAdditional regional screenings will occur on the following dates:● Saturday\, 9/30\, 5:30PM MTN Craft Film Festival Clarksburg\, WV● Sunday\, 10/1\, 7:00PM Rust Belt and Appalachia Doc Fest Pittsburgh\, PA● Tuesday\, 10/4\, 7:30PM Gluck Theater at WVU Morgantown\, WV● Thursday\, 10/5\, 7:00P Towngate Theatre at Oglebay Institute Wheeling\, WV● Friday\, 10/6\, 7:00PM The Culture Center Theater Charleston\, WV● Saturday\, 10/7\, 7:00PM Historic Fayette Theater Fayetteville\, WV● Sunday\, 10/8\, 5:30PM The Raleigh Playhouse and Theatre Beckley\, WVThis screening series is made possible with support from Anonymous Was a Woman inpartnership with The New York Foundation for the Arts\, Real WV\, and Universe Creative. \n\n\n\nFor more information about the film and upcoming screenings\, visit the film’s website:www.impossibletown.com/
URL:https://wvculture.org/event/film-screening-impossible-town/
LOCATION:WV Culture Center State Theater\, 1900 Kanawha Blvd E\, Building 9\, Charleston\, West Virginia\, 25305\, United States
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SUMMARY:Second Saturday film Grave Creek Mound Archaeological Complex
DESCRIPTION:“Lords of the Gourd”\, will be shown at 1 and 3 p.m. on Saturday\, Oct. 14. It follows the trials and tribulations of several contestants in the annual giant pumpkin growing competition held in Cooperstown\, N.Y. Moisture and nutrients must be provided\, and the growers battle hungry rodents\, insects and even human troublemakers. Will the prize pumpkin surpass the 1000-pound mark\, or even turn out to be a 1\,500-pound world record breaker? The 60-minute film is a production of Radio Pictures in association with PBS. Pumpkins are among the crops domesticated and cultivated in the Americas during prehistoric times and seeds of pumpkins and squash have been found in the archaeological record. MORE INFORMATION
URL:https://wvculture.org/event/second-saturday-film-grave-creek-mound-archaeological-complex/
LOCATION:West Virginia
CATEGORIES:GCMAC,Sites
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SUMMARY:International Archaeology Day Grave Creek Mound Archaeological Complex
DESCRIPTION:International Archaeology Day will be celebrated on Saturday\, Oct. 21\, with the PBS film\, “Secrets of the Dead: Vampire Legend.” This 60-minute documentary re-examines the vampire legend through clues found in medieval burials. Archaeologists\, historians and forensic specialists work together to explain this traditional belief. The film will be shown at 1and 3 p.m. MORE INFORMATION
URL:https://wvculture.org/event/international-archaeology-day-grave-creek-mound-archaeological-complex/
LOCATION:West Virginia
CATEGORIES:Culture,GCMAC,Sites
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SUMMARY:The annual Archaeology Month lecture Grave Creek Mound Archaeological Complex
DESCRIPTION:The annual Archaeology Month lecture will be presented at 7 p.m. on Thursday\, Oct. 26\, by Dr. James M. Adovasio\, senior scientist at APTIM and director of archaeology at Senator John Heinz History Center.  The presentation is titled “Meadowcroft Rockshelter 2023: Fifty Years Later.” Excavations at the Southwestern Pennsylvania site began 50 years ago. Meadowcroft is known as the first serious challenge to the Clovis-first peopling model that dominated American archaeological thought for decades. This presentation summarizes the salient aspects of the prehistoric record from Meadowcroft Rockshelter and discusses the role(s) the site has played in the history of American Archaeology. MORE INFORMATION
URL:https://wvculture.org/event/the-annual-archaeology-month-lecture-grave-creek-mound-archaeological-complex/
LOCATION:West Virginia
CATEGORIES:Culture,GCMAC,Sites
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SUMMARY:Grave Creek: WV Archaeology Month Lecture
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URL:https://wvculture.org/event/grave-creek-wv-archaeology-month-lecture/
LOCATION:Grave Creek Mound\, 801 Jefferson Ave\, Moundsville\, WV\, 26041\, United States
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