Several free public events are planned in conjunction with Lit Youngstown’s Fall Literary Festival.

Three films will be shown at the Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor, 151 W. Wood St., Youngstown.

“Peerless City,” a documentary about the city of Portsmouth and its efforts to forge a contemporary community identity, will be shown at 11 a.m. Friday followed by a Q&A with director Amanda Page.

“Proud Citizen,” a film about a Bulgarian playwright traveling to Kentucky for the premiere of one of her plays, will be shown at 3:30 p.m. Friday followed by a Q&A with co-writer Katerina Stoykova.

“Exact Change,” written, directed and starring Christine Howey telling the story of her transitioning at age 45, will be shown at 11 a.m. Saturday followed by a Q&A with Howey.

Youngstown State University film scholar Laura Beadling will conduct all three Q&As.

A public reading at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 323 Wick Ave., Youngstown, will feature authors Kelly Fordon and Joy Priest along with Lou Yuhasz Writing Award winner Charity Morris at 7 p.m. Friday.

The documentary “The Place That Makes Us,” which originally aired on PBS’s WORLD Channel in 2021, will be shown at 7 p.m. Saturday at Youngstown Playhouse, 600 Playhouse Lane. It looks at post-industrial Youngstown and the new generation of residents working to rebuild the city. It will be followed by a panel discussion featuring the documentary’s co-producers Karla Murthy and Alexandra Nikolchev; William Mullane, an artist and educator and a 2022 Governor’s Award for the Arts recipient; Nate Offerdahl, co-owner of Westside Bowl in Youngstown; A.J. Sumell, a YSU economics professor; and moderated by Justin Nigro of the Ohio Arts Council.

For more information on all Fall Literary Festival events go to lit youngstown.org.