The Roxie theater, a historic cinema since 1913, is in the process of purchasing its building with an ambitious fundraising goal of $7 million, needing only $1.4 million more. Founded with a mission to prioritize community over profit, it has hosted eclectic programming that has evolved yet remained rooted in its neighborhood connectivity. Executive Director Lex Sloan highlights the theater's journey, an affinity for local history, and the persistent relevance of its programming, fostering engagement across generations of cinephiles.
We've always been a neighborhood cinema. We were never like the Castro with a big, flashy movie-palace marquee. We were always serving this neighborhood.
The founders of the Roxie, for better or worse, put people and cinema before profit. And that has gotten us to the point we are right now.
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