USA Today is holding a contest for “Best Historic Small Town” in the country, and Moundsville, WV (subject of our movie, which you can rent
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April is National Poetry Month: Write a Moundsville-Themed Poem, Win DVD, Jewelry, Publication — Hosted by Affrilachian Poet Crystal Good
For National Poetry Month, we’re holding a Moundsville-related poetry contest with African-American Appalachian (“Affrilachian”) poet Crystal Good. Email her your poem, to crystal@crystalgood.net. The winner, to
Photo Essay: Screening Moundsville at Wheeling Jesuit U + 1hr Q&A abt poverty, prosperity, trade, race, fracking, economics, real estate prices, community, diversity, ageism, Appalachia, manufacturing, gentrification, economic development, brain drain + Mounds chocolates
with people making good points & no yelling
Why the United Steelworkers Screened ‘Moundsville’
Pittsburgh, PA– Like most families and communities in 2019 America, the United Steelworkers doesn’t relish talking politics. Many of the union’s 1.2 million members and retirees
What Appalachians Want: ‘Honorable Work at a Living Wage’ — ‘Who will enable our joy? Who will release the energy hiding in our hearts?’
In a new essay, Kentucky-based writer Robert Gipe argues for a hardheaded humanist approach to tackling Appalachia’s issues. Applying the lens of national politics —
Screening Moundsville at the Mount
Last night, we showed Moundsville (which you can rent for $3.99 here), at Mount Saint Mary’s in Emmitsburg, in Western Maryland, just south of Gettysburg.
Moundsville: PBS Film & Magazine 