Our Towns – Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance
In Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Jim and Deb will be the featured guests during an hour and a half panel with Mayor Tiffany O’Donnell and Downtown SSMID (Self-Supported Municipal Improvement District)…
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How America’s Towns are Writing the Future of the Country and More
Our Towns is proud to showcase our latest reporting in person in Erie, Pennsylvania at the Jefferson Educational Society’s Global Summit. We will focus on local heroes who are part of…
Betsy K. McCreight Lecture in the Humanities
On Thursday, Oct. 20, Deborah and James Fallows will be in Charleston, West Virginia to deliver the Betsy K. McCreight Lecture in the Humanities. The event honors the late Board…
Review: “Our Towns” Brings Human Dimension to the Forces Shaping America’s Communities
The Daily Yonder’s Adam B. Giorgi reviewed ‘Our Towns,’ the HBO documentary on April 16, 2021. His recommendation concludes, “it might help you feel a new sense of curiosity or…
HBO documentary ‘Our Towns’ visits 6 American cities and finds unity, not division
Washington Post movie critic Ann Hornaday writes, ‘In “Our Towns,” … hot-button conflict and internecine arguments are left behind in favor of an examination of how communities are actually functioning…
There’s optimism and can-do spirit outside Washington: ‘Our Towns’ documentary shows it
Albert Hunt’s April 14, 2021 review in The Hill begins, “America, viewed through the prism of Washington and national politics, is a bitterly polarized country.” But, he goes on, “There…
Featured on PeopleTV
People TV’s April 12, 2021 episode featured Our Towns, the HBO Documentary in the days “first look” segment by co-host Jeremy Parsons. This is a “very important documentary,” Parsons concluded. Watch the…
Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Our Towns’ on HBO Max, a Documentary About the Struggles and Successes of Smalltown America
Decider’s John Serba reviewed ‘Our Towns,’ the HBO documentary and recommends readers “stream it.” Describing the film as, “the a/v version of spousal journalism duo Deborah and James Fallows’ bestseller,…
HBO’S ‘Our Towns’ Tells How Americans Save America
Moundsville Blog’s John W. Miller says quotes James Fallows in the ‘Our Towns’ documentary, “My view of American history is that the country’s always been in trouble. “Wherever we go,…
‘Our Towns’ Filmmakers This West Virginia Morning
On this West Virginia Morning, we have a conversation with the filmmakers behind a new HBO documentary airing Tuesday night about life in small-town America with a stop in Charleston.
Featured on MSNBC’s Morning Joe
MSNBC Morning Joe’s Joe Scarborough interviewed James and Deborah Fallows about the release of their new HBO documentary ‘Our Towns’ live on his Monday, April 12, 2021 show. James spoke about the…
HBO’s Our Towns Documentary Examines American Struggle and Spirit
The Erie Reader’s contributing editor, Ben Speggen, reviewed ‘Our Towns,’ writing, “the documentary, filmed before the pandemic, acknowledges the looming, global crisis of the day without letting it strangle the…
The Wall Street Journal Recommends ‘Our Towns’ the HBO Documentary
The Wall Street Journal’s John Anderson writes in his review of ‘Our Towns’ the HBO documentary, “The viewpoint is clear: What’s happening everywhere is, in fact, happening everywhere. Drug problems, space problems,…
‘Our Towns’ HBO Documentary Recommended by LifeSavvy
LifeSavvy’s Shea Simmons recommends Our Towns in her March 31, 2021 column. She concludes, “If you live in or come from a small town, or just enjoy documentaries on American life, you should…
Hunker Recommends ‘Our Towns’ HBO Documentary on ‘5 Shows for Design Lovers to Binge in April’
The home site Hunker named ‘Our Towns’ HBO Documentary as one of their five shows to watch if you’re more interested in staying on your couch than venturing outside some days. Author Eva Recinos comments,…
HBOWatch Recommends ‘Our Towns’ Documentary
In his March 28, 2021 picks for viewing on HBO in the month of April, HBOWatch’s Jef Dinsmore recommends ‘Our Towns’ to viewers as a “remarkable portrait of America and how the rise…