Update as of November 15: Thank you to everyone who streamed Storm Lake virtually November 11-14 with Aspen Film and Aspen Public Radio. In case you missed this opportunity, you can watch on PBS Independent Lens November 15.
Aspen Film and Aspen Public Radio are pleased to present a virtual evening in, supporting the power of local journalism and independent film, with a free virtual screening of Storm Lake: A Newspaper. A Family. A Community. exclusively for our monthly Evergreen members at any giving level, as well as our National Council members at the $2,500 level and above.
Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Art Cullen and his family fight to unite and inform their rural Iowan farming community through their biweekly newspaper, The Storm Lake Times—even as the paper hangs on by a thread. Twice a week, they work as civic watchdogs to protect their hometown and the legacy of credible journalism, at large—come hell or pandemic.
Not sure if your membership is current? Call 970.920.9000 or email Lauri Jackson at lauri@aspenpublicradio.org. Once your membership is verified, you'll receive an access code to watch this documentary on Aspen Film's Eventive platform anytime between November 11-14, before it premieres on PBS Independent Lens November 15.
Please note after this content becomes available November 11 at 12:00 a.m. MT, you'll have 48 hours to start watching. Once you begin, you'll have 24 hours to finish watching.
Thank you to our listeners for sustaining our service for our community--and thank you to our friends at Aspen Film for making this virtual screening possible.