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Twin Cities,<\/a><\/p>\n WDIO <\/p>\n Duluth,<\/a><\/p>\n KAAL <\/p>\n Rochester<\/a><\/p>\n and KSFY <\/p>\n Sioux Falls.<\/a><\/p>\n A promotional image with information about “A Precarious State.”<\/p>\n Contributed \/ PrecariousState.com<\/p>\n According to Kupchella, he made the film after feeling like something was “off” in the Twin Cities.<\/p>\n \u201cI would hear things like, \u2018This is post-pandemic malaise, it\u2019s happening all over the country,\u2019\u201d Kupchella said.<\/p>\n He said he started talking with community and business leaders to find out more about the decline he sees in the Twin Cities. He also called out the riots following the police murder of George Floyd as a factor.<\/p>\n \u201cThis, in fact, has way more to do with George Floyd than it has to do with the pandemic,\u201d Kupchella said.<\/p>\n The trailer for the film features snippets of interviews with business leaders, politicians and Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n Kupchella did not say who funded the film, but characterized the film\u2019s sponsors as \u201cbusiness and community leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n He bought an hour of airtime on each local station to show the film. He said he chose to broadcast the film on television because of the ability to buy time and show the film to the whole state at one time.<\/p>\n \u201cThere is still a meaningful share of our public that cares about these issues that are more likely to get their information from television than from social or digital, for that matter,\u201d Kupchella said.<\/p>\n He declined to say what it will cost to air the film.<\/p>\n After the documentary airs on TV, Kupchella plans to host a live online conversation with a Q&A session about the film. That discussion and more information about the film will be at <\/p>\n![\"092725.N.FF.PrecariousState.png\"](\"https:\/\/cdn.forumcomm.com\/dims4\/default\/f595467\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1382x773+0+0\/resize\/840x470!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforum-communications-production-web.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fef%2F86%2F7edec4354ecdbb26b81af8b597a7%2F092725-n-ff-precariousstate.png\")
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