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She is also a cofounder and recent chair of the Atlanta Film Festival and a member of the board of the Ga. Film Office in the Dept. of Economic Development. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cc1099e4b03157ad274c65/1419203264773-MGNLCLDFK00J5BQKVBSO/Bernstein_Matthew_Emory.jpg New Index MATTHEW H. BERNSTEIN Matthew is Professor and Chair of Film and Media Studies at Emory University, where he has taught since 1989 and authored or edited six books. He has won two NEH research grants (one for a history of moviegoing in segregated Atlanta), as well as awards for his essays and for his public contributions to and advocacy of Atlanta’s film culture. He hosts the Atlanta Cinema Club and is heavily involved with the free Emory Cinematheque and the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival. He loves watching movies with an appreciative audience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cc1099e4b03157ad274c65/1417995392151-P1NWJWC1AWZW8VL7INUT/KristyBreneman.jpg New Index KRISTY BRENEMAN Kristy is the Creative Director for the Atlanta Film Festival where she works to fulfill the festival’s mission to lead the community in creative and cultural discovery through the moving image. She works as an Associate Producer for indieATL, a series of live music performances that promote and support independent musicians and the Atlanta music community. Kristy also serves on the Board of Directors for WonderRoot Community Arts Center and ASIFA-Atlanta. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cc1099e4b03157ad274c65/1417995435160-VGWTUMKGS0RBIW4F1OSO/JeffDanner.jpeg New Index JEFF DANNER https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cc1099e4b03157ad274c65/1417995496701-M7B084HKR8LBTJ99N73D/ChrisEscobar.jpg New Index CHRISTOPHER ESCOBAR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cc1099e4b03157ad274c65/1419527116124-NVSHQKOV9QURI73B0QES/colleen_plaza.jpg New Index - COLLEEN COLLEEN FINN Colleen serves as the Creative Director for Green Dog Studio, a boutique design/advertising agency in Inman Park. She is also a design instructor at The Creative Circus in Atlanta. In her spare time, she serves as a swimming instructor at Athletic Club Northeast, specializing in Aquatic personal training, rehabilitation and swim instruction for adults. In the not-so-spare time, she is currently pursuing her MFA in Illustration at SCAD...and is also a registered architect. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cc1099e4b03157ad274c65/1419527745531-GIG9CPLTLA7B4DOZDFAW/Abe_Mohammadione2.jpg New Index ABE MOHAMMADIONE Abe is VP of Creative & Production at Ideas United (IU), an agency and production company focusing on full-service content creation, experiential marketing and integrated partnerships. Over the past decade, he’s helped grow IU’s Campus MovieFest (CMF) into the world’s largest student film festival and foster an ever-growing collective of creatives, called We Make. He now focuses on leading a team of the best and brightest emerging talent on projects of all shapes and sizes, from Instagram videos to feature films. He also really loves going to the movies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cc1099e4b03157ad274c65/1417995286986-VEJ3TTGJJQNVAD56RDBK/PhilOppenheim.jpg New Index PHIL OPPENHEIM Phil spent the last 25 years scheduling cable television networks for Turner Broadcasting, most recently as SVP of Programming for TNT and TBS. Among his proudest accomplishments is having foisted the late-night movie showcases 100% Weird!, MonsterVision, and Bad Movies We Love upon unsuspecting couchfuls of insomniacs; he was also instrumental in the creation and launching of Turner Classic Movies and TNT Europe. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Radio-Television-Film at the University of Texas, Austin, focusing his studies on midcentury media weirdness and fringe phenomena. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cc1099e4b03157ad274c65/1417995459888-DUB55DSBSC1AH869AO7R/GarySeputis.jpg New Index GARY SEPUTIS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cc1099e4b03157ad274c65/1417995527492-2N69F41YEGS1COZ667E0/ArthurYork.jpg New Index ARTHUR YORK Arthur is an Atlanta native and a litigation attorney with the law firm of Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers, LLP. He represents individuals and companies in various types of litigation ranging from contract disputes to catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases, and was awarded the highest rating for ethical standards and legal ability by nationwide peer review system Martindale-Hubbell. Arthur lives in Grant Park with his wife, Anna, their twins, and two hounds. He is also slightly ashamed that one of his favorite movies of all-time is “Young Guns II.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cc1099e4b03157ad274c65/1405908803600-70MRRF7KVLUAG0R11B2O/image-asset.png New Index The Plaza Theatre, 1049 Ponce De Leon Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30306 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cc1099e4b03157ad274c65/1408109555254-ODQQK59M0O3Z95MO69BB/plaza.jpg New Index AUDITORIUM SEATS: BEFORE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cc1099e4b03157ad274c65/1466553409177-RA7U9S1NSOTYUD4C9NCF/cover_q_a1-1_49.jpg New Index AUDITORIUM SEATS: AFTER https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cc1099e4b03157ad274c65/1466554484100-NF3RXW8V9N4D4IL4L0RJ/plaza-thrtre-1200x800.jpg New Index PLAZA MARQUEE: BEFORE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cc1099e4b03157ad274c65/1466553365844-Y5CNK0N25NOSISCQAP7L/41_plaza.jpg New Index PLAZA MARQUEE: AFTER https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cc1099e4b03157ad274c65/1466553545871-ES5INAIEAWU2HQL1UXYL/INDIE-GAME-THE-MOVIE-AT-THE-PLAZA-THEATER.jpg New Index AUDITORIUM CURTAINS: AFTER https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cc1099e4b03157ad274c65/1466553393060-DY9AI0GE3FD4NYNJZE2E/021615_0848.jpg New Index LOBBY: AFTER https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cc1099e4b03157ad274c65/1466553926826-6I4CM87X1JZLUMSN4KWO/plaza-seats-1.jpg New Index AUDITORIUM SEATS: AFTER https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cc1099e4b03157ad274c65/1408109555402-2FGJCXXVZCBKFH5Y2YDT/plaza-main-screen.jpg New Index AUDITORIUM CURTAINS: AFTER https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cc1099e4b03157ad274c65/1405885503614-4YPLDSS7ZATSIVKBY289/plazacover+temp.png New Index https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cc1099e4b03157ad274c65/1405890847260-R7M4LM0W5BG30PWFOKNQ/plazacover+temp.png New Index http://www.plazatheatrefoundation.org/history daily 0.75 2017-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cc1099e4b03157ad274c65/1466630862832-DLQA0562MCAVFHELYF6B/image-asset.png History https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cc1099e4b03157ad274c65/1508529939050-SQQB4K1H7X7WDM5U0LVQ/image3.JPG History The Plaza Theatre, 1049 Ponce De Leon Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30306 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cc1099e4b03157ad274c65/1468330148919-OMHHSPPSFIZN6OOZ7PQE/image-asset.jpeg History https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cc1099e4b03157ad274c65/1405885503614-4YPLDSS7ZATSIVKBY289/plazacover+temp.png History http://www.plazatheatrefoundation.org/projects daily 0.75 2016-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cc1099e4b03157ad274c65/1408109555254-ODQQK59M0O3Z95MO69BB/plaza.jpg Projects AUDITORIUM SEATS: BEFORE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cc1099e4b03157ad274c65/1466553409177-RA7U9S1NSOTYUD4C9NCF/cover_q_a1-1_49.jpg Projects AUDITORIUM SEATS: AFTER https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cc1099e4b03157ad274c65/1466554484100-NF3RXW8V9N4D4IL4L0RJ/plaza-thrtre-1200x800.jpg Projects PLAZA MARQUEE: BEFORE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cc1099e4b03157ad274c65/1466553365844-Y5CNK0N25NOSISCQAP7L/41_plaza.jpg Projects PLAZA MARQUEE: AFTER https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cc1099e4b03157ad274c65/1466553545871-ES5INAIEAWU2HQL1UXYL/INDIE-GAME-THE-MOVIE-AT-THE-PLAZA-THEATER.jpg Projects AUDITORIUM CURTAINS: AFTER https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cc1099e4b03157ad274c65/1466553393060-DY9AI0GE3FD4NYNJZE2E/021615_0848.jpg Projects LOBBY: AFTER https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cc1099e4b03157ad274c65/1466553926826-6I4CM87X1JZLUMSN4KWO/plaza-seats-1.jpg Projects AUDITORIUM SEATS: AFTER https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cc1099e4b03157ad274c65/1408109555402-2FGJCXXVZCBKFH5Y2YDT/plaza-main-screen.jpg Projects AUDITORIUM CURTAINS: AFTER http://www.plazatheatrefoundation.org/comcast-cares daily 0.75 2015-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cc1099e4b03157ad274c65/1428089818552-JNLMOI0FIJUCJS849N2R/image-asset.png Comcast Cares http://www.plazatheatrefoundation.org/our-board-v2 daily 0.75 2017-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cc1099e4b03157ad274c65/1417994452594-PXWZR67F23HBQIMJ25XX/WalkerAnderson.jpg Our Board WALKER ANDERSON (PAST PRESIDENT) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cc1099e4b03157ad274c65/1417995413540-CVA9U9IMTMQANSYX0TCL/Kay+Beck.png Our Board KAY BECK Kay is Director of the Digital Arts Entertainment Lab at Ga State University., where she has taught film history and film producing for many years. She is also a cofounder and recent chair of the Atlanta Film Festival and a member of the board of the Ga. Film Office in the Dept. of Economic Development. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cc1099e4b03157ad274c65/1419203264773-MGNLCLDFK00J5BQKVBSO/Bernstein_Matthew_Emory.jpg Our Board MATTHEW H. BERNSTEIN (PROGRAMMING CHAIR) Matthew is Professor and Chair of Film and Media Studies at Emory University, where he has taught since 1989 and authored or edited six books. He has won two NEH research grants (one for a history of moviegoing in segregated Atlanta), as well as awards for his essays and for his public contributions to and advocacy of Atlanta’s film culture. He hosts the Atlanta Cinema Club and is heavily involved with the free Emory Cinematheque and the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival. He loves watching movies with an appreciative audience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cc1099e4b03157ad274c65/1417995496701-M7B084HKR8LBTJ99N73D/ChrisEscobar.jpg Our Board CHRISTOPHER ESCOBAR (VP & Executive Director) A first-generation American, Christopher Escobar has been proud to call Atlanta home for over a decade. In 2010, Christopher joined the Executive Board of Atlanta Film Society (ATLFS), where he has been working as the organization’s Executive Director since 2011. By using the moving image art form to help tell more of Atlanta’s story, he is continuing to grow the organization’s legacy, impact and service to the community. In 2012, he was named a “CFO of the Year” by the Atlanta Business Chronicle and currently leads ATLFS in producing the annual Academy Award-qualifying Atlanta Film Festival (ATLFF). As the organization's longest serving Executive Director in five-decades, the ATLFS has continually broken records of submissions, attendance, visibility, resources and impact. Escobar is honored to serve on several leadership boards for Georgia Production Partnership, Plaza Theatre Foundation (as VP & ED), Rialto Center for the Arts and the Georgia State College of the Arts. Recently, Chris became the proud owner of the oldest and only independently-owned cinema in Atlanta, the historic Plaza Theatre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cc1099e4b03157ad274c65/1419527116124-NVSHQKOV9QURI73B0QES/colleen_plaza.jpg Our Board - COLLEEN COLLEEN FINN (PRESIDENT) Colleen serves as the Creative Director for Green Dog Studio, a boutique design/advertising agency in Inman Park. She is also a design instructor at The Creative Circus in Atlanta. In her spare time, she serves as a swimming instructor at Athletic Club Northeast, specializing in Aquatic personal training, rehabilitation and swim instruction for adults. In the not-so-spare time, she is currently pursuing her MFA in Illustration at SCAD...and is also a registered architect. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cc1099e4b03157ad274c65/1419527745531-GIG9CPLTLA7B4DOZDFAW/Abe_Mohammadione2.jpg Our Board ABE MOHAMMADIONE Abe is VP of Creative & Production at Ideas United (IU), an agency and production company focusing on full-service content creation, experiential marketing and integrated partnerships. Over the past decade, he’s helped grow IU’s Campus MovieFest (CMF) into the world’s largest student film festival and foster an ever-growing collective of creatives, called We Make. He now focuses on leading a team of the best and brightest emerging talent on projects of all shapes and sizes, from Instagram videos to feature films. He also really loves going to the movies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cc1099e4b03157ad274c65/1417995459888-DUB55DSBSC1AH869AO7R/GarySeputis.jpg Our Board GARY SEPUTIS (PROJECTS CHAIR) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cc1099e4b03157ad274c65/1417995527492-2N69F41YEGS1COZ667E0/ArthurYork.jpg Our Board ARTHUR YORK (SECRETARY) Arthur is an Atlanta native and a litigation attorney with the law firm of Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers, LLP. He represents individuals and companies in various types of litigation ranging from contract disputes to catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases, and was awarded the highest rating for ethical standards and legal ability by nationwide peer review system Martindale-Hubbell. Arthur lives in Grant Park with his wife, Anna, their twins, and two hounds. 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