Gardena Cinema is an 800-seat, single-screenmovie theater located onCrenshaw Boulevard,Gardena, California in the US. It was built in the 1940s.[1]
The theater was built in 1946.[2] In 1976, the Kim family, South Korean emigrants, purchased the theater.[1][2]
In 2023, local fans of the theater rallied support for the theater in response to it being listed for sale.[3] The community aims for the theater to be preserved.[2][4] In 2023, theLos Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival held a screening at the movie theater.[1] As of May 2023, Judy Kim, who runs the cinema her parents bought, is in the process of filing for nonprofit status to keep the business afloat while her family looks for a buyer.[2][5]
Gardena Cinema is the lastsingle-screen theater in theSouth Bay.[6]
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