Small Town Universe | Trailer | 3RFF 2024
SMALL TOWN UNIVERSE is an official selection of the 2024 Three Rivers Film Festival. Get tickets at https://filmpittsburgh.org.
Small Town Universe paints an intimate portrait of life in Green Bank, West Virginia, home to the world's most sensitive radio telescope and the only U.S. town that bans Wi-Fi and cell phones. In this unplugged Appalachian community, scientists use the telescope to search for signs of extraterrestrial life and advance the field of radio astronomy. Interviews with residents reveal their attraction to (and challenges with) living apart from the rest of the country. When the observatory faces potential closure, it poses a threat to the community’s way of life: the local economy supported by the jobs it creates, the well-being of the individuals who have sought Green Bank as a necessary health refuge, and the incalculable scientific benefits it provides to the field of astronomy.
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