Trustees for the Public on January 23rd
January 21, 2012
The Columbia Public Library is having a special showing of the documentary Trustees for the Public: 200 Years of Missouri Newspapers on Monday, January 23rd at 7 p.m. in the Friends Room. After the film, Doug Crews, Executive Director of the Missouri Press Association, and Beth Pike, a member of the filmmaking team, will discuss the history and the future of Missouri newspapers. Two people who helped create this film, Beth Pike and Steve Hudnell, also helped create the local documentary Neither Here Nor There.
While this movie is not part of our monthly Center Aisle Cinema series, we’d still encourage you to attend. Check out the trailer and movie description below.
In 1808, Joseph Charless moved to St. Louis and became the first newspaper publisher west of the Mississippi. Since then, more than 6,000 newspapers have come and gone in the Show-Me State. Travel back in time as you watch the Emmy Award-winning documentary, “Trustees for the Public: 200 Years of Missouri Newspapers.” Discussion will follow with filmmaker Steve Hudnell and Doug Crews, Executive Director of the Missouri Press Association.
