HTLA Presents: Revival House: Part 9 - American Cinematheque's Year-Round Film Fest

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🗓️ 23 May 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Revival House says goodbye for now with a look at one of the biggest programming groups in town, the American Cinematheque.

Celebrating their 40th anniversary this year, screening 1500 movies a year in three iconic theaters across Los Angeles, the American Cinematheque has a movie for everybody, every night of the week. In this episode, How To LA producer Victoria Alejandro jumps into the history of these movie theaters and this programming group to shine a light on a little L.A. moviegoing history and spotlight the future of the American Cinematheque in this city.

Check out our deep dive into the Egyptian Theatre's history and reopening here: https://omny.fm/shows/howtola/revival-house-the-egyptian-theater-redux

Guests: Professor and historian Ross Melnick, American Cinematheque artistic director Grant Moninger, Programmers Imani Davis and Cindy Flores, Senior Film Programmer Chris Lemaire

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0:37.0	On inheriting, Carol Park's mom was caught in the middle of the LA uprising,
0:42.0	and she hit that experience.
0:44.0	She said we don't need to talk about that until decades later.
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0:52.0	Hello LA! We're taking you back to the movies one last time.
1:00.0	I'm Brian de Los Santos and this is How to LA, the show where we help you discover your city.
1:09.0	We're back with our final episode of Revival House.
1:12.0	Our love letter to vintage and indie movie
1:14.4	theaters across Los Angeles. As we say see you later for now, we'll end with a
1:20.0	major player in the repertory scene in LA, the American Cinematech.
1:25.5	That's a programming group that's been around since the 1980s, and this year is actually
1:30.3	their 40th anniversary.
1:32.6	The American Cinematech was founded to be a year-round film festival and they live up to that
1:37.8	promise now screening 1500 movies a year across three iconic venues in this city. You'll find
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