Ragtag Cinema is a non-profit independent movie theater located in Columbia, Missouri. The theater was founded by Paul Sturtz and David Wilson in May 2000. The theater strives to champion film and other media arts to stimulate and encourage the culture of the community. It does so by spotlighting film as an art form, promoting media literacy, education and new ideas as well as supporting local artists.
The interior of the theater has art hung on the walls which is changed periodically. Instead of traditional theater seating, the first location housed couches and chairs used to accompany 75 guests for its one screen. Recently, a new location was opened. Uprise Bakery takes the place of traditional snack bar, with dinner and dessert available, as well as a full bar.
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“I rather think the cinema will die. Look at the energy being exerted to revive it—yesterday it was color, today three dimensions. I don’t give it forty years more. Witness the decline of conversation. Only the Irish have remained incomparable conversationalists, maybe because technical progress has passed them by.”
—Orson Welles (1915–1984)