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Centralia: Pennsylvania’s Lost Town (w/ Coddington Trail)Centralia: Pennsylvania’s Lost Town (w/ Coddington Trail)

Centralia: Pennsylvania’s Lost Town (w/ Coddington Trail)

October 8, 2017

Sunday, 12:00 PM

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

Venue Website ⟶

Centralia: Pennsylvania’s Lost Town, Joe Sapienza II (dir.), 89min, 2017

BIFF USA: Documentary Feature

Director Joe Sapienza II in attendance

Director Joe Sapienza II chronicles the history of nearly abandoned Centralia, PA (population 7), a town depopulated as a result of a 1962 coal mine fire and various local, state and federal missteps which made the town virtually uninhabitable.

@ Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center – Sunday, October 8, 12:00PM

Screening with:

Coddington Trail, Hannah Basciano (dir.), 27min, 2017

Director Hannah Basciano in attendance

Organic farmers face off against a “Rails to Trails” campaign that threatens their livelihood in Ithaca, NY, in Hannah Basciano’s Coddington Trail.

Watch the trailer for Centralia: Pennsylvania’s Lost Town here!

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    Still from Centralia: Pennsylvania’s Lost Town

    Still from Centralia: Pennsylvania’s Lost Town

October 8, 2017

Sunday, 12:00 PM

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

Venue Website ⟶