For the Record Screens at Lyric Theater
FLATONIA — The League of Women Voters of South Central Texas will host a free screening of the acclaimed documentary For the Record on Sunday, Feb. 2, at 3 p.m. at the Lyric Theater at 120 East South Main St. in Flatonia. The event includes a post-screening panel discussion with local newspaper editors and publishers about the future of community journalism.
For the Record offers an intimate 35-minute look inside The Canadian Record, a century-old newspaper serving Canadian, a Texas panhandle town about the size of Schulenburg. The documentary chronicles how this family-owned, small-town publication confronted growing economic challenges and a rapidly changing media environment before ultimately deciding to cease printing. This screening comes at a crucial time when many small-town newspapers face similar challenges to those depicted in the film; more than 2,500 local newspapers have disappeared since 2005, leaving one in five Americans living in 'news deserts' without access to local reporting. 'This film serves as both a warning and a call to action,' says League President Janis Richardson.
