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Southwest D.C. got a 58-seat home for indie films
Nonprofit 4EYE Film Center opened in the new Revada Arts Center with a 58-seat cinema for independent, local, and classic films, plus Q&As and matinees for families and older viewers.
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Southwest D.C. has its own indie movie house, Axios reported on November 6, 2026. Nonprofit 4EYE Film Center opened last month in the new Revada Arts Center at 340 Maple Drive SW, near Fourth and I streets. It screens in the building's 58-seat cinema. The Revada building also holds a 140-seat black-box theater and a cafe, and Axios noted that wine from the building is allowed into the movie.
Founder Emily Lenzner, who previously worked in Hollywood and at the Motion Picture Association, said the theater will not book Marvel movies. The slate is independent and local films, documentaries, international titles, and classics, with Q&As, themed series, and matinees for families with young children and for older viewers. Tickets run from $8 to $16. Axios described it as the neighborhood's only dedicated cinema aside from the IMAX at the Air and Space Museum. The story is the opening. It does not report a ticket total.
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Southwest Washington, D.C., has a small new cinema for movies that are not giant superhero films. Axios reported on November 6, 2026, that nonprofit 4EYE Film Center opened in the Revada Arts Center with 58 seats. Founder Emily Lenzner said it will show independent, local, and classic films, plus movies from other countries. She plans talks after some shows, and a matinee, a daytime showing, for families and older viewers. Tickets cost $8 to $16. The news is that the theater is open. It does not say how many tickets have been sold.
- What is different about a 58-seat theater and a huge multiplex?
- Why might a neighborhood want its own movie theater?
- If your class picked one film to watch together, what kind would you choose, and why?
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