Film poster for “FOR THE RECORD". Collage from different photos.

Running out of time and money, editor Laurie Brown battles an oil bust, a global pandemic, and a growing mistrust of the media as she fights to keep her newspaper alive in rural Texas

FOR THE RECORD

Name: FOR THE RECORD
Brand: Running out of time and money, editor Laurie Brown battles an oil bust, a global pandemic, and a growing mistrust of the media as she fights to keep her newspaper alive in rural Texas
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REEL SOUTH AWARD - New Orleans Film Festival | OFFICIAL SELECTION - Big Sky Documentary Film Festival | OFFICIAL SELECTION - DC/Dox | OFFICIAL SELECTION - Rocky Mountain Women's Film Festival

Media • Rural America • Local News • Politics • Political Divide • Free Press • Women • Texas

In a small Texas Panhandle town, which has survived oil booms and busts, devastating wildfires, and a diminishing population, a few things have remained constant – cowboys, high school football, conservative voters, and the family-owned weekly newspaper The Canadian Record. Despite editor Laurie Brown’s liberal editorials in one of the most conservative counties in the country, The Record is loved and relied on by the community. But now, an already bad economy has been made much worse by the global pandemic – bad news for a paper that gets 90% of its revenue from advertising. FOR THE RECORD follows the life of Laurie, her town, and her newspaper, as she leads a valiant effort to keep it alive. “My parents started this paper in 1947. I don’t want to close the doors. But there have been weeks when I was publishing a newspaper that was costing me more than I was making.” With each day, The Canadian Record grows closer to being one of the 2900 newspapers in the U.S. that have closed since 2005. Studies show that people who live in areas with poor local news coverage are less likely to vote. Social media often replaces the news vacuum, leading to a growing distrust of the news in general. “The fact that journalism is being denounced,” says Laurie, “ and there’s no longer much value being placed on the truth, is just about the scariest thing I’ve ever seen.”

AWARDS
Reel South Award | New Orleans Film Festival

FILM FESTIVALS
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
DC/Dox
Rocky Mountain Women's Film Festival
Montclair Film Festival

SCREENINGS
Austin Film Society

Discussion Guide