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‘Our Towns’ Review: Across America, Signs of Life In this companion piece to the book of the same title, James and Deborah Fallows search for revitalization in American cities that had fallen on hard times. Sharon Jones, from Columbus, Miss., in the documentary “Our Towns.”Credit...HBO Our Towns Documentary When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. The documentary “Our Towns” serves as a companion piece to the 2018 book of the same title, in which the authors, James and Deborah Fallows, chroni...

HBO documentary ‘Our Towns’ visits 6 American cities and finds unity, not division Ann Hornaday © HBO Max/HBO Max HANDOUT IMAGE: A scene from the film, Our Towns. Martin Luther King Day march in Riverside, California. Image from HBO press website. *USE ONLY WITH DIRECT COVERAGE OF (movie), ACROSS PLATFORMS, NO SALES, NO TRADES*. NO SALES. NO TRADES. FOR USE ONLY WITHIN THE MOVIE'S PUBLICITY WINDOW. Credit: HBO Max Rating:  (3 stars) It’s a jittery time to be an American. Hyperpartisanship, media rabbit holes and competing realities regarding everything from ...

It was a chance, as James Fallows, the former chief speechwriter for Jimmy Carter and journalist formerly based in Washington, Texas, and several countries in Asia, put it in the Atlantic in 2019, to visit places generally uncovered by the national media except during elections or times of crisis. The multimedia project would “report on how schools, businesses, families and civic life were faring ‘out there’”. Over four years of criss-crossing the country, the experiment morphed from an investigation economic adaptation to a larger fascination with local endeavors, solutio...

HBO documentary ‘Our Towns’ visits 6 American cities and finds unity, not division Ann Hornaday © HBO Max/HBO Max HANDOUT IMAGE: A scene from the film, Our Towns. Martin Luther King Day march in Riverside, California. Image from HBO press website. *USE ONLY WITH DIRECT COVERAGE OF (movie), ACROSS PLATFORMS, NO SALES, NO TRADES*. NO SALES. NO TRADES. FOR USE ONLY WITHIN THE MOVIE'S PUBLICITY WINDOW. Credit: HBO Max Rating:  (3 stars) It’s a jittery time to be an American. Hyperpartisanship, media rabbit holes and competing realities regarding everything from ...

What’s on TV This Week: ‘Our Towns’ and ‘Beethoven in Beijing’ A documentary on HBO looks at small towns across America. And PBS’s “Great Performances” revisits a pivotal 1973 classical music tour. A scene from “Our Towns.”Credit...HBO April 12, 2021 Between network, cable and streaming, the modern television landscape is a vast one. Here are some of the shows, specials and movies coming to TV this week, April 12-18. Details and times are subject to change. Monday INDEPENDENT LENS: DOWN A DARK STAIRWELL (2021) 10 p.m. on PBS (check local list...