The story
This 120-foot screen became a cultural hub for Black cinema in the 1970s, screening Shaft and Superfly.
Everything that was here
- 1956–1979
17th Avenue Drive-In TheatreTheater
This 120-foot screen became a cultural hub for Black cinema in the 1970s, screening Shaft and Superfly.
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