Back to the Drive-In (2022)
Back to the Drive-In (2022)
Back to the Drive-In (2022)
Back to the Drive-In (2022)
(April Wright, US 2022, 105 min., DCP)
Drive-ins have been around for nearly 90 years. Though their popularity has waned and hundreds have closed around the country, the COVID-19 pandemic provided a brief boost to these classic cinema venues. This new documentary explores drive-ins as they cope with their increased (and then again decreased) crowds, trying to stay afloat in our new age of streaming. Director April Wright visited eleven drive-ins in eight states during the summer of 2021 to interview owners and patrons about what keeps them coming back.
Followed by a Q&A with Dwight and Leigh Grimm, owners of the Greenville Drive-in 32 in Greenville, NY, featured in the film.