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The Town That Was
2007 · Film · documentary · 71 min
Directed by Georgie Roland, Chris Perkel
An intimate portrait of John Lokitis, the youngest remaining resident of Centralia, Pennsylvania, and his quixotic fight to keep alive a hometown that has literally disintegrated under his feet. His unbowed determination and steadfast refusal to acknowledge defeat reveal a man, a town, a region, and a way of life abandoned and forgotten.
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Maybe it's just that I'm in the U.S. but I found the story of Centralia, Penn. pretty fascinating. To think they had a fire burning underneath them for almosts 20 years and were completely unaware.
There was a documentary made that was apparently just released on May 19th of this year (http://www.amazon.com/Town-That-Was-John-Lokitis/dp/B00208GJ14).
Check out this picture from their filming: http://www.thetownthatwas.com/assets/0000/0802/setting-up-in-smoke_large.jpg And 11 people still choose to live there. Crazy.