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Future of New Mexico's Oldest Theater Uncertain

By Whitney Jones

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Las Cruces, NM – One of the only places to see independent, foreign and alternative movies in Las Cruces is now up for grabs. The one hundred and two year old Fountain Theatre in Mesilla is for sale and now the Mesilla Valley Film Society, who currently operates the movie house, has less than two weeks to purchase the building. As KRWG's Whitney Jones reports, several members of the community fear for the theater's future.