Small Town Universe Collaboration

With many thanks to our sponsor the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission’s Science, Technology and Research (STaR) Division, we are thrilled to partner with Rescued Media  to host screenings in West Virginia/Appalachia of their award winning newest film Small Town Universe!

From Rescued Media:  Small Town Universe paints an intimate and captivating portrait of life in Green Bank, West Virginia, home to the world’s most sensitive radio telescope and the only U.S. town where Wi-Fi and cell phones are banned. In this uniquely radio-quiet community, scientists use the telescope to search for signs of extraterrestrial intelligence and advance the field of radio astronomy while residents navigate through pivotal moments of existence, forming deep connections with the universe, science, and one another.

Watch a trailer of the film: Small Town Universe from Rescued Media on Vimeo.

Small Town Universe premiered at the 2024 Cleveland International Film Festival and won the CIFF Global Health Award.  The film screened at the Mimi Theater and also at the Great Lakes Science Center directly after the 2024 solar eclipse.  It continues to screen and win awards at Film Festivals around the country.

Watch this space for screening details of Small Town Universe, with related activities, coming soon to a place near you in West Virginia in Fall 2024 and Winter/Spring 2025!

Support for Small Town Universe provided by:

  • Catapult Film Fund
  • National Endowment for the Arts
  • New York State Council on the Arts
  • Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program, with support from Sandbox Film
  • The Gotham Film & Media Institute and HBO Documentary Films | New True Stories Grant
  • The Rogovy Foundation
  • Tribeca Film Institute
  • West Virginia Humanities Council
  • Women Make Movies Production Assistance Program

For more information about Small Town Universe, visit https://vimeo.com/928829091.  To inquire about how to host a screening in West Virginia or the Appalachian Region, please email us at deanaw.wvallstar@gmail.com.

If you get a chance to see the film we would love your feedback! Scan this QR Code (link here) to let us know what you think on the linked form.  Thank you so much for sharing your responses and any ideas on how and/or where to share the film!