PaleFO Cinema acts as a conduit to encourage positive recreations in high-needs communities while addressing the diminishment of movie theaters. We aim to amplify marginalized voices and empower disenfranchised communities by leveraging the potential of the cinematic experience through participatory community film curation. The ultimate goal is to build a cinema where it doesn’t exist and a cinema culture where it is needed most, to support practices in creative expression, storytelling, civic-cultural involvement and community life.