Footcandle Film Society was started in the late summer of 2007 by Alan Jackson and Chris Frye.  Originally they met in the conference room of their day job (Jackson Group Interactive) after hours once a month and watched movies.  Afterwards they'd sit around until the wee hours and discuss what they'd just seen.  After 5 screenings, and a slowly growing list of attendants, they thought "Hey...wouldn't it be nice to do this in a theater?"  On February 21, 2008 Footcandle held their first official public meeting at the Carolina Theater in downtown Hickory with a screening of the classic Close Encounters of the Third Kind.  Since then they've worked to bring a mixture of classic (ex. The Apartment, King of Hearts), art house (ex. I'm Not There, Snow Angels, The Brothers Bloom), and local independent films (ex. Sinkhole, Goodbye Solo) to the local area.

If you'd like to become a member it is easier than you can possibly imagine.  Just show up at one of our screenings held the second Thursday of every month at 7pm in the upstairs auditorium of the Carolina Theater in downtown Hickory, NC.  Fees are just $65 a year and that gets you and a guest into 12 screenings.  If you'd like more information drop us a line at info@footcandle.org.