Emelyn Stuart is a solution-oriented person. If there's a problem, she says there has to be a way to fix it. That's why she started the first Black Latina-owned theater in New York and is currently preparing to open a multiplex elsewhere.
is a solution-oriented person. If there's a problem, she says there has to be a way to fix it. That's what led her to start the first Black Latina-owned movie theater in New York – and why she's now preparing to build a multiplex in another location.
Stuart struggled to get a loan, and investors who had supported her past films weren't interested in contributing. So she liquidated her assets – houses, cars, she said – and paid for everything with cash.eat empanadas Now, Stuart said her single screen at Stuart Cinema is maxed out. There's a waitlist for the space, so she's decided to build a multiplex.
During Stuart Cinema's Black history month series, she said she was honored that the theater was filled with white people there to see great films like"I love the fact that despite the fact that I am a Black-owned business in a white neighborhood, the people in the neighborhood embrace the business because of the service that we provide," she said.
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