Taking over the space that once housed the Aurora Picture Show, the new 14 Pews microcinema is the brainchild of proprietor Cressandra Thibodeaux who recently returned to Houston from Los Angeles. The small cinema space reopened in August 2010 in the old white wooden church at 800 Aurora and is already garnering praise for its innovative and sometimes provocative programming.

Films including Crawford: A Documentary, Outrage and For the Bible Tells Me So are showing here and plans are underway to bring more independent films and documentaries to the fledgling organization, as well as community events and small film festivals.

14 Pews aims to pick up the space’s legacy of bringing a convergence of artistic opportunity to the Heights.