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The Charlotte Film Society’s president, Brad Ritter, and director of programming, Jay Morong, are behind an effort to open an independent cinema in NoDa.
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Set to open this fall, the Independent Picture House will offer a moviegoing experience that supports and reflects the community BY ALLISON BRADEN PHOTOGRAPHS BY PETER TAYLOR
THE REGAL MANOR TWIN MOVIE THEATER needed a projectionist. The last one had caught the projection booth on fire. Manager Ann Robinson hired Brad Ritter, a recent college graduate who had just moved to Charlotte. Not long after he started in 1993, a mandate came down from corporate: All nonmanagerial staff were required to wear paisley vests and bowties. When Robinson told Ritter, she already suspected what he was going to say: “I can’t do that.” So she made him an assistant manager.
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