Downtown Winston-Salem Community Cinema

The mission of the downtown winston-salem community cinema known to the community as a/perture cinema is to engage and entertain the community through the art of film through daily film programming as the piedmont triad's only non-profit art house cinema. A/perture cinema is to engage and entertain the community through the art of film through daily film programming as the piedmont triad's only non-profit art house cinema. A/perture cinema presents acclaimed independent, documentary, foreign language, local, art, and repertory films, 365 days of the year. A/perture also promotes film education through community partnerships, special panel discussions as well as a regular educational film programs presented by local faculty and film experts.

Our mission is to engage and entertain the community through the art of film by showcasing informative, educational, thought-provoking and inspiring films in order to enrich lives, engage minds, promote diversity and build community. As a non-profit cultural entity, DWSCC follows a new sustainable model advocated by a national group of Art House Theaters known as the Art House Convergence. In this way, DWSCC is better equipped to work for and respond to the community directly with programming and community initiatives that connect audiences to the world at large and fostering conversations with filmmakers and audience members.Unfortunately, the organization's activities did not begin until near year end. Therefore, the program services did not begin in earnest until 2017.