Movies

  • 2009
    575 Castro St.

    575 Castro St.

    575 Castro St.

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    Images set to a tape recording that slain San Francisco City Supervisor Harvey Milk made in November 1977 to be played in case he was killed.

    575 Castro St.
  • 2008
    Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union

    Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union

    Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union

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    Moscow, January 1948. In the bitter cold, a large crowd attends the State Funeral of the Yiddish actor and director Solomon Mikhoels. An official...

    Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union
  • 1970
    The Labor of Lunch

    The Labor of Lunch

    The Labor of Lunch

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    Making from-scratch meals for 5,000 kids is hard work for everyone, and it happens every day at the Berkeley Public Schools Central Kitchen. Part of...

    The Labor of Lunch
  • 1970
    Under Their Skin

    Under Their Skin

    Under Their Skin

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    Under Their Skin: Tattoos of Memory and Resilience is a character-driven film featuring grandchildren of survivors (3Gs) who have made the...

    Under Their Skin
  • 1970
    Harlem of the West: Then and Now

    Harlem of the West: Then and Now

    Harlem of the West: Then and Now

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    The Fillmore was once a thriving, vibrant, and multicultural community with one of the most prominent jazz scenes on the West Coast and hundreds of...

    Harlem of the West: Then and Now
  • 1970
    Live this Loudly: Afatasi

    Live this Loudly: Afatasi

    Live this Loudly: Afatasi

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    Afatasi The Artist is a San Francisco based mixed-media conceptual artist and futurist. Her artwork—which includes textiles and fine art...

    Live this Loudly: Afatasi
  • 1970
    Just Produce/Food Justice

    Just Produce/Food Justice

    Just Produce/Food Justice

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    David and Johnathan are young African-American men passionate about their jobs managing a fresh produce stand in an East Bay “food...

    Just Produce/Food Justice
  • 1970
    T-Shirts Manifesto

    T-Shirts Manifesto

    T-Shirts Manifesto

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    T-shirts expressing contemporary identities are popular, but what can they tell us about how these identities are manufactured and marketed?...

    T-Shirts Manifesto
  • 1970
    Youcubed

    Youcubed

    Youcubed

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    Citizen Film partners with Stanford Math Professor Jo Boaler to help tell the story of her groundbreaking work at YouCubed.org. Housed at Stanford...

    Youcubed
  • 1970
    A Foot in the Door

    A Foot in the Door

    A Foot in the Door

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    A Foot in the Door tells the story of Kindergarten to College (K2C), the first universal children’s savings account program in the United...

    A Foot in the Door
  • 2001
    Divided Loyalties

    Divided Loyalties

    Divided Loyalties

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    Fractured into a Turkish North and a Greek South, the island of Cyprus is divided by ethnicity, faith and land. through a tragic modern history, this...

    Divided Loyalties
  • 2015
    Flamin’ Hot - Lunch Love Community

    Flamin’ Hot - Lunch Love Community

    Flamin’ Hot - Lunch Love Community

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    Flamin' Hot glimpses into a middle school science class, "What's On Your Plate," to reflect how kids behave even when they conduct experiments with...

    Flamin’ Hot - Lunch Love Community
  • 1994
    Trans

    Trans

    Trans

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    First premiering in the 18th San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (now Frameline) and moving on to play every major North...

    Trans
  • 2002
    Presumed Guilty: Tales of the Public Defenders

    Presumed Guilty: Tales of the Public Defenders

    Presumed Guilty: Tales of the Public Defenders

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    Three years of trench warfare in the jails, holding cells, and courts of San Francisco as public defenders seek justice for their clients. Go behind...

    Presumed Guilty: Tales of the Public Defenders
  • 1970
    Parks Conservancy

    Parks Conservancy

    Parks Conservancy

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    Citizen Film collaborated with The Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy to tell the story of their pivotal work engaging youth in Bay Area national...

    Parks Conservancy
  • 2010
    If They Cook It, They Will Eat It - Lunch Love Community

    If They Cook It, They Will Eat It - Lunch Love Community

    If They Cook It, They Will Eat It - Lunch Love Community

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    The savory short features 2015 Berlinale Kamera honoree Alice Waters, whose vision started Berkeley Unified School District’s free, universal...

    If They Cook It, They Will Eat It - Lunch Love Community
  • 2016
    Collaboration: Ron Padgett

    Collaboration: Ron Padgett

    Collaboration: Ron Padgett

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    In 2002, Sophie Constantinou and Bill Weir interviewed Padgett about his life and works, specifically his friendship and collaborations with the New...

    Collaboration: Ron Padgett
  • 1970
    Prolific: Joe Brainard

    Prolific: Joe Brainard

    Prolific: Joe Brainard

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    In 2002, Sophie Constantinou interviewed Ron Padgett, Connie Lewellyn and Kenward Elmslie and recorded their recollections of Joe Brainard’s...

    Prolific: Joe Brainard
  • 1970
    The Rifleman’s Violin

    The Rifleman’s Violin

    The Rifleman’s Violin

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    In July 1945, 19-year-old rifleman Stuart Canin found himself on the veranda of President Harry S. Truman’s temporary “little White...

    The Rifleman’s Violin
  • 1970
    We Hunger For…

    We Hunger For…

    We Hunger For…

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    Justice, opportunity, connection, equity, friendship, respect, experience, community, knowledge, health, success, love – what do I, you,...

    We Hunger For…