Start Your Own Guerilla Drive-In
Guerilla Drive-Ins are springing up everywhere from LA to NY, in big cities and little towns. People are rejecting the idea of the $10 movie (twenty with popcorn and a soda) and embracing the idea of the do-it-yourself movie free to the community.
Additionally, you get the pleasures of participating in a gift economy, bringing together a broad community, providing a place to meet unmediated by commerce, and reclaiming public space.
To say that Santa Cruz Guerilla Drive-In operates on a shoestring budget is an understatement. We’ve gotten by soley on generous donations for several years now. It really doesn’t take much to make it happen. The most expensive piece of equipment we own, the LCD video projector, was until recently borrowed from a compatriot.
1. Picking a Location
2. Choosing the Movies
3. Getting the Word Out
4. Showing the Movie
5. Equipment You’ll Need
6. GDI and the Law
Picking a Location
Here’s what you need: A big blank wall that is dark at night. A smooth white wall is best, of course, but any light wall will do, even a lightly textured brick or concrete wall.
You will be amazed at how few dark places exist anymore. Apparently, the prevailing thought is that bad things happen in the dark, and that if you light every nook and cranny of our urban landscape, homelessness, crime, drugs, and unsanctioned sex will disappear. However, it is still possible to find the odd corner of creation that is no
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