February 5, 2026
Gazette Editor Michael Williamson, shown above at left, watches Union County online on Jan. 29 during the film’s premiere run at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. The film, shot locally last year in Union and Logan counties, features actors Noah Centineo, screen left, and Will Poulter, screen right, as foster brothers working through a court-mandated drug recovery program. The scene depicted was shot at Franke’s Wood Products in Marysville. (Gazette photo by Chad Williamson)
Union County shines at Sundance
Editor’s note: Michael Williamson took part in an online screening of the movie Union County as part of the Sundance Film Festival on Thursday, Jan. 29 for this article.
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By Michael Williamson, Richwood Gazette
Union County, the feature film shot and set in Logan and Union counties, made its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah last week.
The film puts the area on the map as a place that celebrates people putting their lives back together after the hurdles of drug addiction.
Written and directed by Adam Meeks, a Logan County native now based in New York, the film tel…
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