‘They Have a Purpose: to Take Care of People’: Seattle Filmmaker’s Doc Finds Hope in Small-Town Theaters

‘They have a purpose: to take care of people’: Seattle filmmaker’s doc finds hope in small-town theaters

SEATTLE — A few years ago, Seattle-based documentarian Rustin Thompson was all set to make, by his own description, a rather depressing film about the disappearance of the moviegoing experience in small communities. “No one sees my movies anyway,” he remembered thinking, half-joking, so why not make an artistic, somewhat experimental film “and show all these bleak, lost places of history.” And then he met Tiny.

Seattle filmmaker’s documentary finds hope in small-town movie theaters

SEATTLE — A few years ago, Seattle-based documentarian Rustin Thompson was all set to make, by his own description, a rather depressing film about the disappearance of the moviegoing experience in small communities.