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In late 2025, The Minnesota Star Tribune announced plans to outsource its printing to a USA Today Co. facility in Iowa, marking the end of over 150 years of printing the paper in Minnesota. FINAL PRESS documents the final printing run of The Minnesota Star Tribune’s Heritage Center in Minneapolis. Punctuated with reflections from longtime employees of the paper, the film confronts an altered, digital-first newspaper industry and a changing world; practices like reading the physical newspaper seem to be slowly slipping away.
PAPERTOWN
When the 115-year-old paper mill that defined Canton, North Carolina unexpectedly announced it would shut down, it set off three turbulent months that would gut the town’s economy and shake its identity.
This documentary moves with the community in real time, from the shock of the announcement to the mill’s final whistle. We witness the confusion and heartbreak as rumors spread, questions go unanswered, and the company—Pactiv Evergreen—remains silent. As details emerge of executives profiting from stock trades just days before the news, anger and betrayal deepen.
Through it all, we stay close to the workers, families, and neighbors who must reckon with the loss of the industry that shaped them for generations—and the uncertain future that lies ahead.
In this program
Final Press
Directed by John Haley
Workers at The Minnesota Star Tribune complete the last run of the newspaper’s printing plant, ending 150 years of printing the paper in Minnesota.
Papertown
Directed by Ben Roberts, Jeremy Seifert
The sudden closure of a century-old paper mill shatters the economy of an Appalachian town, forcing its people to confront the loss—and rediscovery—of their shared identity.
Dates & Times
The Independent Picture House
September 26, 2026
12:05 pm
