Title

Sorry We're Open

Authors

Joe York, University of Mississippi. Center for Documentary Projects

Streaming Media

Document Type

Video

Publication Date

2-7-2008

Description

A tribute to the Hoka, a cotton warehouse turned movie theater that served as the heart of Oxford's cultural and countercultural life from the late 1970s through the middle 1990s. Owner and creator of the Hoka Ron Shapiro and a cast of Hoka regulars remember the gonzo theater that took its name from Princess Hoka, the Chickasaw matriarch who sold the land that is now Oxford, and lends its name to the award presented to winners of the Oxford Film Festival. From Charlie Chaplin to cheesecake, live wrestling matches to midnight skin flicks, B-movies to bulldozers, the Hoka, though gone, still stands in the memories of those who lived it and loved it as an enduring symbol of the power of good film, great friends, and better times.

Relational Format

video recording

Extent

38:55

Recommended Citation

York, Joe, "Sorry We're Open" (2008). Southern Documentary Project (SouthDocs). 50.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/southdocs/50