Pro Bike Races Return To Charleston
The 2026 USA Cycling Professional Road National Championships will take place June 16-21 on the roads of downtown Charleston.
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How A Filmmaker In The 1920s Shattered Stereotypes, This West Virginia Morning
We listen to an excerpt from the latest Inside Appalachia and learn about the influence and contributions of Oscar Micheaux, an African American filmmaker who lived in Virginia in the 1920s and shattered stereotypes.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsHorror Film 'Self-Help' Filmed Around Huntington
Halloween may be over, but mountain state spookiness continues on with a new film called “Self-Help.” Shot in locations near Huntington, the horror movie follows a college student who infiltrates a dangerous self-actualization community after her mother becomes entangled with its leader.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsDocumentary Filmmaker And W.Va. Native Morgan Spurlock, Who Skewered Fast Food Industry, Dies At 53
Documentary filmmaker and West Virginia native Morgan Spurlock, an Oscar nominee whose most famous works skewered America's food industry and who notably ate only at McDonald’s for a month to illustrate the dangers of a fast-food diet, has died. He was 53.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWest Virginia's FILMmaker of the Year Likes it Behind the Scenes
This year’s West Virginia FILMmaker of the Year is a Pittsburgh native who hails from West Virginia these days. Here at West Virginia Public Broadcasting…
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Documentary Inspired by Water Crisis to Premiere at Culture Center
Mike Youngren has lived in Charleston for the last 20 years. A West Virginia Public Broadcasting alum, Youngren pursued filmmaking after retiring. When…
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