About the Film. (Airing on PBS in February)
Greater Cincinnati is a top landslide hazard area in the United States
We are happy that city leaders are studying changes to local laws and policies related to Landslides after watching our Living with Landslides documentary. Our film will be seen twice on PBS in February 2023.
Landslides occur in every neighborhood in Cincinnati, and throughout our region. Private property owners who experience landslides can not get financial assistance for repairs, so landslides can wipe out a homeowner's largest lifetime investment.
Taxpayers are also paying the price, with local governments spending millions of dollars each year to repair slides, fix retaining walls and roads related to landslides.
The Hillside Trust is a non-profit dedicated to preserving our hillsides in our region and educating the public. When Eric Russo approached me to produce and direct a documentary on landslides, I was intrigued, then amazed. Though I'm a 27-year resident of Cincinnati, I had no idea of the depth of our landslide issues.
Our two-year production includes the Columbia Parkway landslide repair, amazing stories of citizens with damaged homes and how they dealt with landslide damages, and the steps we can take to "live" with landslides. Landslides will not stop. With climate change, landslides will only get worse.
Laure Quinlivan
Director, Writer & Producer
Where to Watch
Sat. Feb. 18 @7 pm & Feb. 24 @9 pm on WCET (PBS)
Sat. Feb. 18 @7 pm & Feb. 24 @9 pm on WCET (PBS)
Sat. Feb. 18 @7 pm & Feb. 24 @9 pm on WCET (PBS)
Experts from the film will answer audience questions after the 44 min. film
2023 City Employees Screenings @GCWW Auditorium
Sat. Feb. 18 @7 pm & Feb. 24 @9 pm on WCET (PBS)
Sat. Feb. 18 @7 pm & Feb. 24 @9 pm on WCET (PBS)
Experts from the film will answer audience questions after the 44 min. film
Sat. Oct. 29 at Noon Screening at The Esquire in Clifton
Sat. Oct. 29 at Noon Screening at The Esquire in Clifton
Sat. Oct. 29 at Noon Screening at The Esquire in Clifton
Experts from the film will answer audience questions after the 44 min. film
Wed Oct. 5 Screening in Mt. Lookout at 7 pm
Sat. Oct. 29 at Noon Screening at The Esquire in Clifton
Sat. Oct. 29 at Noon Screening at The Esquire in Clifton
A packed house at The Redmoor watched the film and asked questions of the filmmakers and landslide experts after the screening.
Production Stills
DP Glenn Hartong and Director Laure Quinlivan atop the slippery Columbia Parkway slope.
Steve Helmuth is walking away from his landslide-damaged home on Riverside Drive
We document the two year $18 M landslide repair Columbia Parkway
Miami Twp. homeowner Ben Madsen says he wishes he’d researched his property before buying
Great views of downtown and hillsides with landslide expert Tim Agnello in Tom Croft's west side yard.
Landslides occur in the suburbs too. This one happened in Milford
Our crew learns the dangers of living below a Clifton hillside from residents.
Hillside Trust's Eric Russo shows us the huge retaining wall in a resident's backyard near Cincinnati State.
Geologist Brenda Hunda showing Laure Quinlivan why we're a city of valleys on top of Carew Tower.
Laure Quinlivan interviews science teacher Tim Agnello in his Walnut Hills HS classroom.
Laure quinlivan and her UC intern Lauren Dull with landslide expert, Eric Russo, at the Hillside Trust office in Alms Park.
Our hilltop interview with Ludlow City manager, Scott Smith, at the site of a future development.
Living with Landslides features great drone video, this shoot by Laure's NKU intern, Jason Dunn.