Roger Durling’s Pandemic Film Diary

Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s Executive Director Publishes Cinema in Flux: A Year of Connecting Through Film

Roger Durling’s Pandemic Film Diary

Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s Executive Director Publishes Cinema in Flux: A Year of Connecting Through Film

By Charles Donelan

Roger Durling and his dog Sophia, sit in the Riviera Theater where they watched and reviewed movies during the quarantine. | Credit: Erick Madrid

Like so many of the pandemic-driven routines that shaped our lives over the past two years, the process by which Roger Durling wrote his new book, Cinema in Flux: A Year of Connecting Through Film, began casually enough. 

On Friday, March 13, 2020, schools across California closed in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19, and on Sunday, March 15, Durling sent an email to people who subscribed to the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. It started this way: 

Dear Cinephiles, 

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