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  • 2021
  • HBO Max
  • 1 h 37 m
  • 2021
  • HBO Max
  • 1 h 37 m

Summary From Academy Award-nominated filmmakers Steven Ascher and Jeanne Jordan comes Our Towns, a documentary that paints a remarkable picture of America and how the rise of civic and economic reinvention is transforming small cities and towns across the country. Based on journalists James and Deborah Fallows' book Our Towns: A 100,000-Mile Jou...

Directed By: Steven Ascher, Jeanne Jordan

Written By: James Fallows, Deborah Fallows, Steven Ascher, Jeanne Jordan

  • 2021
  • HBO Max
  • 1 h 37 m
  • 2021
  • HBO Max
  • 1 h 37 m

Our Towns

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Summary From Academy Award-nominated filmmakers Steven Ascher and Jeanne Jordan comes Our Towns, a documentary that paints a remarkable picture of America and how the rise of civic and economic reinvention is transforming small cities and towns across the country. Based on journalists James and Deborah Fallows' book Our Towns: A 100,000-Mile Jou...

Directed By: Steven Ascher, Jeanne Jordan

Written By: James Fallows, Deborah Fallows, Steven Ascher, Jeanne Jordan

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Apr 13, 2021
As an exercise in sincerity, fellowship and earnest inquiry, it might be the most subversive movie in circulation right now.
By Ann Hornaday FULL REVIEW
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Apr 15, 2021
Joy may not be sweeping the nation portrayed in Our Towns, exactly. But a certain amount of happiness abounds.
By John Anderson FULL REVIEW
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Apr 14, 2021
As enjoyable as their writing can be, the filmmaking around them — aerial shots, time lapse photography, cuts to the couple looking engrossed — is less inspired than their project.
By Ben Kenigsberg FULL REVIEW

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Production Company HBO Documentary, West City Films
Release Date Apr 13, 2021
Duration 1 h 37 m
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Tagline Forging a Future
Website https://www.hbo.com/documentaries/our-towns
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