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You may consider buying your movie ticket in advance as the director is a local Cleveland Heights resident. After the film and Q&A we can either go eat or head home depending on how long it lasts. We’ll decide then. Thu, Aug 27 @ 6:30 pm: In-person Q&A with director Laura Paglin. Director: Laura Paglin Run Time: 78 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2025 Mounting pressures – including an unsolved family murder – test a close-knit rural community. Between the temptation to give up and the urge to hold on, the film lingers on what it means to come of age in a place left behind. “Haunting, quietly searing, hard to forget.”—Arlie Hochschild, Author, Strangers in Their Own Land. Post-film Q&A with filmmaker Laura Paglin. This is Pike County is a 2025 documentary directed by Cleveland Heights filmmaker Laura Paglin. The film captures life in Piketon, Ohio, balancing the community's struggles with poverty and nuclear waste exposure against the lingering trauma of the 2016 Rhoden family murders.For a deeper look into the filmmaking process and the stories behind the documentary: Trailer. https://youtu.be/Qb0aFHiR7Ic