VIDIOTS FOUNDATION
MAY 2025 PROGRAMMING ANNOUNCEMENT
The Vidiots Foundation is thrilled to share highlights from its May programming. Just this past weekend, Vidiots proudly welcomed the Criterion Mobile Closet to Los Angeles for the very first time. For more exciting screenings and special events at Vidiots, be sure to check our website regularly. A beloved destination for film enthusiasts, creators, and anyone curious about cinema, Vidiots began in 1985 as an alternative video store in Santa Monica. The foundation is committed to fostering community engagement through film by preserving and expanding access to a diverse physical media collection, supporting emerging and underrepresented artists, and offering dynamic, affordable screenings and educational programs. In June 2023, Vidiots reopened its doors at the historic Eagle Theatre in Northeast Los Angeles.
Check the https://vidiotsfoundation.org/ website for programming for all ages!
May 2025 Film Programs
- May 7 — Compensation — New Restoration with Zeinabu irene Davis, a visionary filmmaker and L.A. Rebellion pioneer whose work uplifts and highlights Black women’s stories. Her film Compensation was honored by the Library of Congress for its cultural impact
- May 15 — Mommie Dearest and Mrs. Doubtfire for Mother’s Day
- May 21 — Spike Lee’s Malcolm X in honor of his 100th birthday
- May 27 — Manila in the Claws of Light! in partnership with A Bunch of Savages
- May 31 — Michael Clayton with director Tony Gilroy
Vidiots operates seven-days-a-week, serving thousands of audience members and devoted video store customers, and hosts special guests and artists year-round. At Vidiots, we believe in the power of film to bring people together, especially when we need it most. Whether it’s creating a moment to laugh with friends, elevating new stories and underrepresented voices, or providing inspiration, our screenings and events foster a sense of community, inclusion, and belonging. Your support, especially during this pivotal season of giving, ensures Vidiots remains a vibrant hub for all film lovers and makers to connect, share, and grow together. Vidiots is a 501(c)3 non-profit, gifts to Vidiots are tax deductible as allowed by law, and there are many ways to support, including joining as an Annual Member (for special invites and amazing perks!), please visit vidiotsfoundation.org for more information.
With almost-11,000 square feet of entertainment, social, and educational space, Vidiots is now open seven-days-a-week, offering a full calendar of screenings and special programs, the full video store with DVD and BluRay rentals, concessions, and a light menu with beer and wine. The Eagle Theatre, with 271 seats, 35mm and DCP projection, and state-of-the-art sound, provides flexibility for a variety of eclectic events, signature series, and tastemaker screenings. A second, smaller, flexible community and event space, the MUBI Microcinema, with DCP projection and state-of-the-art sound, is ideal for intimate screenings, education programs, workshops, community events, and receptions.
A 501(c)3 non-profit organization, Vidiots is fueled, funded, and entirely made possible by an expansive family of donors, Members, and supporters who have generously contributed to renovate the almost 100-year-old Eagle Theatre, relaunch Vidiots, and create one of the most vibrant community film spaces in the world. Vidiots Founding Members, donors who support at $5,000 and above, are the lifeblood of Vidiots. Founding Members include Miguel Arteta, Katie Aselton + Mark Duplass, Ike Barinholtz, Lake Bell, Jess Wu Calder + Keith Calder, Lily Collins + Charlie McDowell, Mackenzie Davis, Michael De Luca, Jay Duplass, Mary Elizabeth Ellis + Charlie Day, Carlos López Estrada, Mike Flanagan, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Liz Hannah, Jerrika Hinton, Rian Johnson + Karina Longworth, Nate Moore, Phil Lord, Max Minghella, Ify Nwadiwe, Patton Oswalt, Amy Pascal, Aubrey Plaza, Paul Scheer + June Diane Raphael, Kelly Marie Tran, Sharon Van Etten, Samara Weaving + James Warden, Jessica Williams, Alex Winter, Elijah Wood + Mette-Marie Kongsved.
Our generous foundation supporters are Golden Globe Foundation, National Association of Theatre Owners California/Nevada, The Perenchio Foundation, and The Satterberg Foundation.
Our corporate supporters include many of the most innovative and community-oriented companies in Los Angeles and beyond, they include Corporate Founding Members A24, Abramorama, Alamo Drafthouse, All Facts, Buddha Jones, Cinetic Media, Criterion Collection, Duplass Brothers Productions, Focus Features, Facet, Final Draft, GKIDS, Harvest, IFC Films and Shudder, Indiewire, KCRW, Kindman & Co., Letterboxd, Level Forward, LGNA Law Firm, Lionsgate, Magnolia Pictures, Monkeypaw Productions, MUBI, Oscilloscope Laboratories, Paramount Pictures, Pascal Pictures, Pipeline Media Group, Shout! Factory, Sony Pictures, SuperBloom House, UTA, Utopia Media, Vinegar Syndrome, Ways & Means, Writers Guild of America West, WME, and ZEISS.
In-kind donors include Dunn-Edwards Paints, Fever Content, Fireclay Tile, Gumball Poodle, QSC, Stone Source, and Thunderwing.
Community partners include The Black List, The Bob Baker Marionette Theater, Born X Raised, A Bunch of Savages, The Cinegogue, Cinema Eye Honors, Oxy Arts and Occidental Media Arts + Culture Department, Seed + Spark, Sundance Institute, Synth History, Transgender Film Center, UCLA Film + Television Archive, and Women in Film, among many.
For more information, please visit: https://vidiotsfoundation.org/
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