EP10: Two Tickets for the 9 PM Show, Please. w/ Chris Escobar

Oct 27, 2021 · 43m 4s
EP10: Two Tickets for the 9 PM Show, Please. w/ Chris Escobar
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Doug has some donuts with Chris Escobar, the owner, and operator of the historic Plaza Theater on Ponce DeLeon Avenue in East Atlanta! The Plaza Theatre is an Atlanta landmark...

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Doug has some donuts with Chris Escobar, the owner, and operator of the historic Plaza Theater on Ponce DeLeon Avenue in East Atlanta! The Plaza Theatre is an Atlanta landmark and the city’s oldest operating and only independent cinema since 1939! Chris is also the longest-serving and first minority Executive Director of the 44-year old Atlanta Film Society, and producer of the Academy Award­-qualifying Atlanta Film Festival Chris and Doug recount the rich history of independent theaters and film in ATL and their past and future role in the Atlanta arts scene and the city’s economic outlook.

Chris also reveals - for the first time every - his big plans for the Plaza Theather! This was quite literally a show stopper!
We join the conversation from row 25 as the house lights go up for a deep dive on film and the arts at one of America’s historic landmarks.


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