After Sunset - The Life and Times of the Drive-In Theater

Nearly 63 years after its conception, the drive-in theater stands as one of America's last great icons. It represents an entire era of American culture ranging from the space race and the automobile to the emergence of the teenager and movies like Beach Blanket Bingo. But now in the age of the multiplex and bottled water, the drive-in is nearly gone. With hopes of better understanding the past, Jon Bokenkamp leads his ragtag crew across the American West. Using drive-in theaters as their map four young men search for a simpler time. Talking to those who built and lived the drive-in theater, they give a true picture of what the era of the outdoor theater was all about.