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02 / ABOUT
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PUBLIC DOMAIN is Your Backyard Cinémathèque.

We create spaces where cinema becomes a shared cultural experience.

Sometimes that means a library. An art gallery. A neighborhood shop. A backyard. A wall nobody was using. For a few hours, any place can become a cinema.

We wanted this in Southeast LA. So we made it ourselves.

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04 / SCREENING HISTORY

Videodrome

We made a cinema in a parking lot.

OCTOBER 16, 2026 / SOUTH GATE

Gummo

We made a cinema in a backyard.

SEPTEMBER 18, 2026 / DOWNEY

EARLIER PROGRAMMING / BEFORE THE BACKYARD

117 FILMS / 2023–2026

Choose a year to browse.

2026 36 films

January

Double Feature

  • (500) Days of Summer
  • Before Sunrise

February

International Cinémathèque

  • I Am Not Your Negro

Double Feature

  • The Princess Bride
  • Before Sunset

March

International Cinémathèque

  • Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Double Feature

  • Shrek
  • Before Midnight

April

International Cinémathèque

  • I Dream in Another Language

Double Feature

  • Okja
  • Bugonia

May

International Cinémathèque

  • Amores Perros

Double Feature

  • Dr. Strangelove
  • One Battle After Another

June

International Cinémathèque

  • Once Upon a Time in the West

Double Feature

  • Young Guns II
  • Tombstone

July

International Cinémathèque

  • Persepolis

Double Feature

  • Pleasantville
  • Sorry to Bother You

August

International Cinémathèque

  • 12 Monkeys
  • La Jetée

Double Feature

  • Edge of Tomorrow
  • Children of Men

September

International Cinémathèque

  • Alphaville

Double Feature

  • The Truman Show
  • American Psycho

October

International Cinémathèque

  • Cronos

Double Feature

  • The Sixth Sense
  • Nosferatu

November

November 7 / Tiny Shelf Concert

International Cinémathèque

  • Pather Panchali

Double Feature

  • Minari
  • Magnolia

December

International Cinémathèque

  • Cinema Paradiso

Double Feature

  • Harold and Maude
  • Amadeus
2025 28 films

January

Double Feature

  • True Romance
  • Badlands

International Cinémathèque

  • Breathless

Hollywood Classics

  • Rebel Without a Cause

February

Double Feature

  • Blue Velvet
  • The Elephant Man

International Cinémathèque

  • In the Mood for Love

Hollywood Classics

  • Bonnie and Clyde

March

Special Feature

  • Wicked

International Cinémathèque

  • The Seventh Seal

Hollywood Classics

  • Singin’ in the Rain

April

Special Feature

  • Candyman

International Cinémathèque

  • The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Hollywood Classics

  • The Wizard of Oz

May

Special Feature

  • Selena

International Cinémathèque

  • Rashomon

Hollywood Classics

  • Vertigo

June

Special Feature

  • The Substance

International Cinémathèque

  • 8½

Hollywood Classics

  • Sunset Boulevard

July

Special Feature

  • Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

International Cinémathèque

  • The Conformist

Hollywood Classics

  • The Great Dictator

August

Special Feature

  • Sinners

International Cinémathèque

  • Y tu mamá también

Hollywood Classics

  • Casablanca

September

International Cinémathèque

  • The Fall

Hollywood Classics

  • Rope
2024 29 films

January

Double Feature

  • Edward Scissorhands
  • Home Alone

February

Double Feature

  • Mulholland Drive
  • Little Women

March

Double Feature

  • Se7en
  • What Dreams May Come

International Cinémathèque

  • Amélie

April

Double Feature

  • Paris, Texas
  • Grave of the Fireflies

International Cinémathèque

  • Past Lives

May

Double Feature

  • Léon: The Professional
  • Kiki’s Delivery Service

International Cinémathèque

  • Biutiful

June

International Cinémathèque

  • Train to Busan

July

International Cinémathèque

  • Perfect Blue

August

Double Feature

  • Adaptation
  • The Boy and the Heron

International Cinémathèque

  • 28 Days Later

September

Double Feature

  • Melancholia
  • Mary and the Witch’s Flower

International Cinémathèque

  • Suspiria

October

Double Feature

  • The Lighthouse
  • Coraline

International Cinémathèque

  • House

November

Double Feature

  • Blade Runner
  • Who Framed Roger Rabbit

International Cinémathèque

  • Chinatown

December

Special Feature

  • Eyes Wide Shut

International Cinémathèque

  • Miracle on 34th Street
2023 24 films

January

Double Feature

  • The Royal Tenenbaums
  • Moonrise Kingdom

February

Double Feature

  • Pan’s Labyrinth
  • My Neighbor Totoro

March

Double Feature

  • Lost in Translation
  • Marie Antoinette

April

Double Feature

  • Her
  • Where the Wild Things Are

May

Double Feature

  • Punch-Drunk Love
  • Howl’s Moving Castle

June

Double Feature

  • There Will Be Blood
  • Princess Mononoke

July

Double Feature

  • Everything Everywhere All at Once
  • Ponyo

August

Double Feature

  • Closer
  • The Wind Rises

September

Double Feature

  • Buffalo ’66
  • Barbie

October

Double Feature

  • Drive
  • Fantastic Mr. Fox

November

Double Feature

  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  • Spirited Away

December

Double Feature

  • Get Out
  • Tokyo Godfathers
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