Trak Cinema in Toorak Gardens to reopen on Friday night with state premiere

The Trak Cinema will reopen on Friday night from 6.30pm with a state premiere of an Australian film about at-risk remote Aboriginal communities in the Kimberley region.

The Trak Cinema's Adam Towill is looking forward to a “subtle” opening tonight. Picture: Ben Cameron

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The Trak Cinema will reopen on Friday night from 6.30pm with a state premiere of an Australian film about at-risk remote Aboriginal communities in the Kimberley region.

New lessee Adam Towill told Eastern Courier Messenger today the Greenhill Rd cinema will screen Undermined: Tales of the Kimberley, which until now has not been shown in South Australia.

The film is about 200 remote Aboriginal communities being under threat from an “unprecedented land grab” — driven by mining, pastoralism and irrigated agriculture.

The Trak will also show Arctic, Bohemian Rhapsody and The Favourite across its three cinemas.

It has been closed since January after the previous operator left the business.

Mr Towill has since recarpeted the premises, had the walls repainted and attended to technical repairs and upgrades.

He will run the movie house on his own with support from friends, and is not employing any staff at this stage.

There had been “quite a few phone calls” from interested patrons about when the cinema might reopen.

Now, it’s “ready to go”.

“It’s quiet and subtle at the moment,” Mr Towill said, in the cinema’s foyer.

“Once it’s open and we’re confident we’re running along smoothly, we’ll step it up a bit.

“It’s a demand-driven thing. It’s a full program but pretty basic in terms of everything around it — just to make sure it all plays nice.”

The Trak will have screenings every day except Mondays.

Mr Towill said he would also apply for a liquor licence and eventually supply popcorn and coffee.