It’s All True
It’s no secret that over the years San Francisco has produced some of the world’s most compelling nonfiction films. Whether straight-ahead documentaries, experimental works or fiction/nonfiction hybrids, these shorts reveal Bay Area filmmaking at it best and most diverse. TRT 72 min
Four Questions for a Rabbi
Jay Rosenblatt, Stacey Ross (2008)
When Bay Area filmmaker Stacey Ross died unexpectedly in 2007, her friends contacted renowned documentarian and master found-footage alchemist Jay Rosenblatt to complete a project she had only just begun. The result is this poignant and thoughtful documentary touching upon issues of identity, history, persecution and mortality. (11 min)
The Old Spaghetti Factory
William Farley, Mal Sharpe, Sandra Sharpe (2000)
Mal and Sandra Sharpe bought a colorful mural painted in 1963 from an upscale Berkeley junk shop, having been told it once adorned a wall of North Beach restaurant The Old Spaghetti Factory. Along with filmmaker William Farley, the Sharpes discovered that the 40 faces in the painting were writers, artists, poets and performers at the heart of San Francisco’s rich bohemian scene. This delightful film captures the spirit of the Beat Generation and the life of a unique nightspot. (28 min)
Vivid Dreams
Jim Granato (2008)
An altruistic young woman travels to West Africa with the Peace Corps. Her surprising experiences unexpectedly land her in a mental ward after just three months abroad. (5 min)
Canada
Anjali Sundaram (2007)
Part memoir and part fiction, Canada is the story of a young, half-Indian girl who struggles with her New Age mom and her two younger siblings as the family attempts to move from San Francisco to Vancouver in a VW Bug. (9 min)
A Young Couple
Barry Jenkins (2009)
The director of Medicine for Melancholy interviews a couple that has just moved in together in this humorous and intimate portrait of burgeoning love that reveals as much about the forces simmering below the surface as above. (13 min)
Close to Home
Theo Rigby (2008)
In 2005, 20-year-old Brian Marquez was murdered on a San Francisco street corner. Since that day, his father Luis has been on a quest to find his son's killers. (6 min)
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Four Questions for a Rabbi
Jay Rosenblatt, Stacey Ross (2008)
When Bay Area filmmaker Stacey Ross died unexpectedly in 2007, her friends contacted renowned documentarian and master found-footage alchemist Jay Rosenblatt to complete a project she had only just begun. The result is this poignant and thoughtful documentary touching upon issues of identity, history, persecution and mortality. (11 min)
The Old Spaghetti Factory
William Farley, Mal Sharpe, Sandra Sharpe (2000)
Mal and Sandra Sharpe bought a colorful mural painted in 1963 from an upscale Berkeley junk shop, having been told it once adorned a wall of North Beach restaurant The Old Spaghetti Factory. Along with filmmaker William Farley, the Sharpes discovered that the 40 faces in the painting were writers, artists, poets and performers at the heart of San Francisco’s rich bohemian scene. This delightful film captures the spirit of the Beat Generation and the life of a unique nightspot. (28 min)
Vivid Dreams
Jim Granato (2008)
An altruistic young woman travels to West Africa with the Peace Corps. Her surprising experiences unexpectedly land her in a mental ward after just three months abroad. (5 min)
Canada
Anjali Sundaram (2007)
Part memoir and part fiction, Canada is the story of a young, half-Indian girl who struggles with her New Age mom and her two younger siblings as the family attempts to move from San Francisco to Vancouver in a VW Bug. (9 min)
A Young Couple
Barry Jenkins (2009)
The director of Medicine for Melancholy interviews a couple that has just moved in together in this humorous and intimate portrait of burgeoning love that reveals as much about the forces simmering below the surface as above. (13 min)
Close to Home
Theo Rigby (2008)
In 2005, 20-year-old Brian Marquez was murdered on a San Francisco street corner. Since that day, his father Luis has been on a quest to find his son's killers. (6 min)
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Sunday, October 25, 4:30 pm
Landmark’s Clay Theatre
Landmark’s Clay Theatre