Impossible Town
Following the film, stay for a discussion with co-director Meg Griffiths, a Pulitzer Prize–nominated journalist formerly with the “Houston Chronicle”; and co-director Scott Faris. The discussion is moderated by two-time Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Lisa Falkenberg, the “Houston Chronicle” Senior Columnist–Texas.
This timely environmental documentary follows Dr. Ayne Amjad, who becomes an unlikely heroine when she takes up her late father’s cause: a decades-long struggle to aid a West Virginia town beset with cancer-causing chemicals. Haunted by her father’s mandate to help others, Amjad hatches an audacious plan to relocate the town’s 250 residents and bring closure to her father’s work.
Tickets
- Admission is free with ticket.
Plan Your Visit
- This screening takes place in Lynn Wyatt Theater in the Kinder Building.
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Community Partner: Houston Cinema Arts Society.
Underwriting for the Film Department is provided by Tenaris and American Friends of Fundacion Proa Inc., The June Leaf and Robert Frank Foundation, and the Vaughn Foundation.
Generous funding is provided by The Consulate General of the Republic of Korea; Foundation for Independent Media Arts; Nina and Michael Zilkha; Lois Chiles; Franci Neely; Carrin Patman and Jim Derrick; Ms. Laurence Unger; and ILEX Foundation.
Impossible Town
Directed by Meg Griffiths and Scott Faris
(USA, 2023, 93 minutes, in English)
Lynn Wyatt Theater