This is Pike County
“Haunting, quietly searing, hard to forget.”
—Arlie Hochschild, Author, Strangers in Their Own Land
SCROLL DOWN FOR TRAILER
This is Pike County
“Haunting, quietly searing, hard to forget.”
—Arlie Hochschild, Author, Strangers in Their Own Land
SCROLL DOWN FOR TRAILER
The Story
Mounting pressures—including an unsolved family murder—test a close-knit rural community. Between the temptation to give up and the urge to hold on, the film lingers on what it means to come of age in a place left behind.
View
Viewing options for This is Pike County
View
Viewing options for This is Pike County
UPCOMING SCREENINGS
Cinema Columbus (Wexner Center)
Columbus, Ohio
September 11, 7:00 PM
Newburyport Documentary Film Festival
Newburyport, Massachusetts
September 25
Athena Cinema
Athens, OH
November 12, 7:00 PM
PAST Screenings
Athens Film Festival
Best Documentary Feature
Athens, Georgia
August 29, 5:00 PM
‘Cleveland Institute of Art Cinamatheque
Cleveland, Ohio
August 27, 6:30 PM
Tivoli Theatre
Spencer, Indiana
June 23, 6:00 PM
Taos Film Festival
Taos, New Mexico
April 23, 4:15 PM
April 26, 12:45 PM
Sebastopol FIlm Festival
Sebastopol, California
April 12, 12:30 PM
AmDocs (American Documentary Film Festival)
Palm Springs, California
March 28, 12:00 PM
Wake Forest Film Festival
Best Documentary
Wake Forest, North Carolina
March 7, 5:30 PM
DocUtah
Enlightenment Award
St. George, Utah
February 27, 2:15 PM
Blue Box Film Festival
Best Feature Film
Audience Choice Feature Film
Spencer, Indiana
January 24, 6:15 PM
POV Festival
Hot Springs, Arkansas
Jan 10, 1:30 PM
Black Mountain Film Festival
Appalachian Award
Sumerset, Kentucky
November 8, 2025 8:00 PM
Chagrin Documentary Film Festival
Chagrin Falls, Ohio
October 8, 2025 5:45 PM
October 10, 2025 10:00 AM
Mountain Craft Film Festival
Clarksburg, West Virginia
October 3, 2025 7:00 PM
Red Rock Film Festival
Cedar City, Utah
September 24, 2025 8:15 PM
September 26, 2025 6:00 PM
Press
This is Pike County in the news
Press
This is Pike County in the news
Featured Articles
“You put a lens to folks not often seen, a voice to those we should take care of and listen to.”
The Pike County News Watchman
September 6, 2026
“I found myself attracted to the whole mood of the place—the quietness, the way people spoke, the intimacy of everyday life.”
Columbus Underground
September 3, 2026
Cinematheque Screens Documentary About Rural Ohio Pike County by Cleveland Filmmaker
coolcleveland.com
August 27, 2026
Things to Do This Weekend In Cleveland: Aug. 27–30
Cleveland Magazine
August 26, 2026
Athens Film Festival to bring 110 from 30 countries to downtown
Athens Banner-Herald
August 26, 2026
Cinematheque to host Cleveland premiere of This is Pike County with director Q&A
cleveland.com
August 11, 2026
This is Pike County returns to Spencer with filmmaker Q&A
Owen News
July 1, 2026
Award-winning documentary returns to Spencer for screening, Q&A with director Laura Paglin
Owen News
June 8, 2026
“I was hooked at the very first scene”
St George News
February 25, 2026
“A bleak but ultimately inspiring film—the kind that doesn’t really get made any more”
Take2IndieReview
November 7, 2025
“By refusing to polish or pity, [Paglin] achieves something rare: a film that is both unflinching and compassionate.”
letterboxd.com
October 13, 2025
Documentary looks at life in small Ohio town
Sound of Ideas by Ideastream on WKSU Radio
October 6, 2025
Red Rock Film Festival Continues This Weekend In Cedar City
KSUB Radio
September 26, 2025
World premiere of This is Pike County at Red Rock Film Festival to screen
St George News
September 19, 2025
Chagrin Documentary Film Festival To Screen 74 Films
Cleveland Magazine Scene
September 18, 2025
Red Rock Film Festival Brings Premieres and Local Talent to Cedar City
Sun Independent
September 15, 2025
The 19th Annual Red Rock Film Festival returns September 24–27
Iron County Today
September 11, 2025