Oscar-winning filmmaker helped a small-town art theatre land a big grant
YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio — When the Little Art Theatre set out to land a $100,000 grant to fund a stylish new marquee, with a nod to its century-long history, the cozy Ohio arthouse theater had some talented help.
Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Steve Bognar is a resident of Yellow Springs, the bohemian college town between Columbus and Cincinnati where the theater is a downtown fixture. Besides being one of Little Art’s biggest fans, Bognar is an advocate for small independent theaters everywhere as they struggle to survive in an industry now dominated by home streaming.
The eight-minute video Bognar directed and filmed for the theater’s grant application set out to illustrate just what its loss could mean to people, communities - even society as a whole.
“The fact that this movie theater is smack in the middle of town, it’s like the heart of our little town,” he said in a recent interview.
Bryan Reid was hired to create a surprise Bognar and the Little Art Theatre with the grant and create a short film to show just how special this little theatre is.
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