As part of DCIFF’s inaugural Oral History Project, Going to the Movies, we have invited bloggers to share stories about their neighborhood theaters and the role they play in their community. Starting us off is Jen G. Pywell, a DCIFF alumni, profiling the funky and independent Darkside Cinema theater in her hometown of Corvallis, OR.

As the owner, Paul Turner, notes, “Two people got married at the Darkside. That and the numerous times people stayed after the shows to talk about the movies. The times where people tell me they could come to the Darkside when they felt there was nowhere else to go when they were depressed, experiencing a loss, upset, etc. because we always treated them the same.”

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Going to the Movies, a project of DCIFF, draws on oral histories to connect individual movie-going experience to collective memory, place-making and local knowledge. We are dedicated to capturing, preserving and sharing the memories of the community and historical experiences around an important part of American life. Learn more about the project on our Website and follow us on Facebook.

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