Currently the company houses over 60,000 titles available for sale, and many for rental with their rent-by-mail membership program. In addition to these efforts, Facets’ recent venture into DVD production has produced nearly 15 new movies each month on the Facets DVD label. For Windy City natives, Facets’ Cinémathèque division manages daily screenings, festivals and “CineChats†with top directors at its two Chicago theaters. “We give the people of Chicago an alternative to what is commercially shown and the more commercial side of ‘independent cinema’,†says Husayko. “We still believe that there are movies produced for a certain niche audience and we are still committed to allowing this great, sometimes challenging, cinema to be shown.â€
Visit www.facets.org for more information on what Facets has to offer you!
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