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Videoheaven (with director Alex Ross Perry)

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  • Thu, Nov 13

Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.

Director: Alex Ross Perry Run Time: 172 min. Release Year: 2025

Starring: Maya Hawke

Featuring a Q&A with director Alex Ross Perry!

This three-hour-long (and very thorough) documentary by director Alex Ross Perry (Listen Up PhilipPavements) explores the entire history of the video store in history and in media. Included herein: the inception of the VHS, the first rental systems, the first depicitons of video stores in movies and television, our cultural idea of the video store clerk, the rise of the rental chains, the proliferation of adult films, the proliferation of Troma films, the rise of streaming, the “death” of the video rental shop, and everything in-between. Be sure to buy a tape at Sleepover Trading Co. before or after the film to keep the video dream alive. Pizza party in the lobby at 5, followed by the film screening at 5:30!

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