“So anybody who comes in and we strike a deal with them they would be able to do that.” “Production companies or independent people could come in and want to film a television show, want to film a movie,” Kirsch said. Treasurer, executive producer, and part-owner Kristen Kirsch says the studio, which will also include sound stages and meeting spaces, will be available to anyone interested in the entertainment industry. A portion of the proceeds will go back into the surrounding underserved communities, company officials say. The studio will feature a replica of “Black Wall Street” that will include banks, storefronts and food vendors.Įarnings from the drive-in will help support the work done inside Greenwood District Studios. The mob looted and burned down Black-owned homes and businesses in the Greenwood District. The Tulsa, Oklahoma attacks on the Greenwood Business District, also known as Black Wall Street, were carried out by a mob of white citizens. The studio’s website also says their name pays honor to the Black-owned businesses that were destroyed during the 1921 attack on Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Greenwood District Studios and the Amaruflix Drive-In is located at 921 Mall Drive W. Greenwood District Studios plans to turn the inside of the theater into a year-round production studio and the outside into a seasonal drive-in named Amaruflix. The theater was recently leased by Greenwood District Studios, Michigan’s first independently Black-owned movie studio, according to the studio’s website.
The old Lansing Mall theater is getting a makeover as plans for a new production studio and summer drive-in spot are underway. The vacant Lansing Mall Theater where Greenwood District Studios and the drive-in are being built.
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