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And, all of a sudden, the city said, we’re not going to give you an entrance. I accepted $45,000 because I figured it would be $10,000 to put the driveway in. “One year later, it was sold and registered. There was a condition that it had to be sold within two years,” Stata said. “In 1977, I legally severed a building lot off of this property with access to the highway. Stata told of a cushion of money that he had counted on in order to re-open the cinema. Photo submitted by Ballinran Entertainment Keith Stata in earlier days at the cinema. The next part of the story for Keith and for the film.” It could be the ending of the documentary. It’s either going to make or break Keith, in a sense. I think this next season will be a part to this story. What does the threat of losing this business mean for cinema in general and small towns that rely on a business such as Keith’s to draw people there?”Īndrea O’Shea, supervising producer, Ballinran Entertainment (in co-production with Finlin’s Door Knocker Media) said, “It’s hard enough for a huge conglomerate to stay open, let alone an independent cinema like Keith’s. That really provided the stakes for the movie, outside of showcasing the unique theatre and its proprietor.

Small businesses around the world have collapsed or been on the edge of collapse due to the pandemic.

COVID has been a terrible thing for most people. When I was there, I discovered that it was much more than that. “The kernel for the documentary started with me going there to film a little vignette on a theatre that inspired me to do what I do, as a creative project.

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“I grew up going to the Highlands Cinemas,” said Matt Finlin, The Movie Man director whose family have been cottagers in the Highlands since he was a boy.