"PaperTown" Documentary Screening
An advance local screening of the documentary PaperTown, spotlighting the closing of the Canton Papermill and its ripple effects on the community. Watch outdoors at Sorrells Street Park in Downtown Canton ahead of its Mountainfilm Telluride premiere.
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