A group of Oklahomans shared with News 9 on Monday that they are working to preserve Oklahoma City’s iconic Film Row, which has been around since the early 1900’s.

Film Row has lived downtown off Sheridan Avenue (formerly Grand Avenue) since the 1930’s, according to its website. In late June, the community found out that the lease on the Paramount on Film Row, Oklahoma’s oldest screening room, wouldn’t be renewed.

“We were like, ‘well, it’s going to be gutted if nobody does anything,’ so we took it upon ourselves to start a movement to save this place,” said Cam Hunter, who works digital media for Oklahoma Film Exchange (OFX).

Nearly a dozen people came together and founded the OFX.

"Oklahoma Film Exchange is a film and arts collective dedicated to saving this space at the film room

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