Press

• The West Virigina Observer calls The Town That Was “a remarkable… only-in-America story.”

• A cool British review calls the film “visually stunning” and “riveting.”

• A mention on FilmStew.com, calling the film “lascerating… think a Michael Moore movie without the agitprop and black comedy.”

• The Philadelphia Weekly calls The Town That Was “haunting and rich.”

• The Voice of America singles out The Town That Was in its coverage of The Los Angeles Film Festival and quotes Chris Perkel.

• The LAist calls The Town That Was “excellent and bittersweet” in a glowing review.

• The Beach Reporter interviews Chris Perkel and gives a brief synopsis.

• Film Threat calls the film “inspirational” in a very positive review.

• Some photos from our first screening at the Los Angeles Film Festival.

• Critic Debbie Lynn Elias declares “if there was ever a documentary you need to see, it is this one.” She calls The Town That Was a “Must See Pick” in the Culver City Observer. Her full review can be found here

• A very good review from Entertainment Insiders, calling the film “a fascinating little documentary.”

• An article in the LA Times about the Los Angeles Film Festival that mentions The Town That Was.

• USC announces our entry in the Los Angeles Film Festival.

• A wonderful (and large) write-up in The Scranton Times about Georgie and the film.

• A very nice write-up from a movie-buff blogger at the Philadelphia Film Festival.

• Photos from the Philadelphia Film Festival.

• A blogger says he was “fascinated by the main character” in a cool little write-up.

• Here is a podcast interview we conducted at the Philadelphia Film Festival. You have to scroll to about the middle before our interview starts.

• A great article in The Courier Post calls The Town That Was “mesmerizing” and “one of the best (of the Philadelphia Film Festival)”.

• A similar article in The Morning Call also calls The Town That Was “one of the best of the bunch”.

• A review/synopsis in Movie Maker Magazine.

• Georgie’s podcast on Bicyclemark’s Communique.

• Carolina Film and Video programmer Jason Brown discusses The Town That Was with Ain’t It Cool News.

• Another article about the film screening in North Carolina.

• NCFilm.com calls The Town That Was “amazing.”

• Author and interviewee David DeKok keeps a running tab on the film here. Also check out his blog about his experience on stage with us at The Philadelphia Film Festival.