What is Hard Light Cinema?

24/12/2025 20 min

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Episode Synopsis

Hard Light Cinema is run by 8 cinephiles who screen independent and international films in various venues around Richmond. Since founding last November, they’ve screened 35 films. They have 3 slated for January and the first is Frederick wiseman’s 1968 documentary “High School” (free at the Richmond Public Library Main Branch, 1/4, 2pm). For this interview Lewis Peterson, Warner West & Syd Miller join me to talk about:
– Who they are and how they got into cinema
– Hard Light’s beginning
– How it’s grown in 2 years
– Deciding what films to show
– Slow cinema
– How they finance the screenings
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Hard Light Cinema website
Instagram @hardlightrichmond