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Independent theaters are struggling to stay open during the pandemic

Cine 4 on a Saturday night with an almost empty parking lot. Photo by Will Knox.

Movie theaters have been reopening at the start of summer 2021 after being closed at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. This caused independent theaters such as Holiday Cinemas in Wallingford, Connecticut, to struggle with selling tickets and popcorn. “I was one of the last people working here when we got the information (pandemic closing…