Oil Boom Documentary Being Screened in WIlliston

WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) — Williston residents are getting a chance to view an award-winning documentary about the gritty side of life in the oil boomtown.

Jesse Moss' documentary "The Overnighters" is being shown Thursday night at the Grand Theatre in Williston. The screening is being hosted by Drafthouse Films, in cooperation with the Williston Herald and T&J Agnes Theatres.

"The Overnighters" follows a Lutheran pastor who allowed down-and-out migrant workers to sleep in his church. That stoked tensions in a community that had been a small, isolated city just a few years before. The film won the Special Jury Award for Intuitive Filmmaking at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year.

Following the screening, there will be a question-and-answer session with Moss, Herald Managing Editor Jerry Burnes and former Williston Mayor Ward Koeser.