‘Dear Homeland,’ a love letter to Mexico, and the Mission
Even when she was hiding in the shadows, anxious and fearful that her status as an undocumented...
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Mission native’s short film ‘Static’ set to get city debut at Another Hole in the Head film festival
Dustin Pearson likes to say that the Mission helped him become who he is today. One of the friends...
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Documentary chronicling deadly 1975 Mission District fire to screen at Roxie
A documentary made by firefighters reconstructing the history and narratives of the Gartland Fire,...
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‘Trippy’ doc illustrates ATA’s 30 years in the Mission
As Valencia Street in the Mission is increasingly burnished to a shine, Artists’ Television Access...
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With 73 Questions, Capp St. resident paints a warm portrait of a neighborhood character
Leah Nichols first met Steve Jones at a sidewalk memorial for a mutual and recently departed...
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With death of Stephen Parr, SF Mission loses the archivist behind Oddball films
Film archivist Stephen Parr once remarked that the best database of film was in his head —...
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Neighborhood Notes: the first week of July
Lotus SF, an Indian restaurant, will give a new face to the historic yellow building at 2434...
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Almost Sunrise: A difficult but worthwhile documentary journey
On its face, Almost Sunrise, which is showing Saturday, June 10 at 2:30 p.m. at the Vogue Theater...
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Three premieres at Brava! For Women in the Arts
This summer, Brava! For Women in the Arts will premiere one film and two plays as part of the...
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‘True Conviction,’ doc on American justice system at Roxie tonight
With 166 people exonerated, 2016 set the record for Americans wrongly convicted of crimes that...
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Mission resident turns a lens on Parkmerced in documentary short
You might have heard the Mission be called “ground zero” of gentrification in the city, but one...
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Firefighters’ documentary of Gartland blaze offers history and tribute
Some San Franciscans remember a time when the corner of 16th and Valencia streets was a graveyard....
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Returning in its 16th year, ‘SF DocFest’ is around the corner
From activism to the environment, from spirituality to Rock’n’Roll, this year’s repertoire of real...
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Local activist, arrested more than 30 times, subject of mini-documentary
With a rap sheet that spans some three decades, one of the activists who famously hoisted a...
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Chicano International Film Festival visits 24th Street this weekend
A film festival highlighting Chicano work and perspectives in Los Angeles will have a sister event...
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Film Review: Mission and Chinatown Struggles Most Compelling in “Company Town”
Progressive politicos, activists, and other movie-goers descended on the Roxie Theater on Friday...
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