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Make it Happen: Movies at Crispus Attucks Park
Outdoor movies are all the rage in DC, what with Screen on the Green and now NOMA Summer Screen competing for your eyeballs. But what about something a little closer to home? What if we could show movies at Crispus Attucks Park?
The New York Times blogged about the new drive-in movies earlier this summer.
They’re called “guerilla drive-ins,” or mobile movies, because there is no permanent theater. Organizers screen the movies on warehouse walls and in parking lots. And screenings don’t usually take place in the same location twice. Viewers sign up for a service that e-mails them with the time and location a few days ahead of each screening. The movies are generally free, and organizers accept donations to fund the few hundred dollars it takes to secure the location and projector.
MobMov and the Santa Cruz Guerilla Drive-In, who are both featured in the article, have detailed how-tos on what it takes to do it ourselves.
What’s in it for Bloomingdale? I see it becoming a bike-in or walk-in event—after all, there’s not much parking available around Crispus Attucks—that gets residents out of their houses and outside with their neighbors. The Crispus Attucks Development Corporation or the Bloomingdale Civic Association might set up snack stands to raise money for their respective organizations. Area filmmakers may use it as an opportunity to screen their work, and local musicians can share their work before the movie or during intermissions. Because it would be free, it would be an event that welcomed all in the neighborhood. For volunteers, it would be a novel way to share their expertise and know-how with their neighborhood, whether it’s projector tech or film trivia.
By showing free flicks at Crispus Attucks, it’s a chance to build up Bloomingdale as a community and connect its residents with other people and goings-on in the area. Think you can help? Post a comment or get in touch directly for more information.
Source: http://www.inbloomingdale.com/2009/08/make-it-happen-movies-at-crispus.html
