Occupy the Farm

Todd Darling / SFUFF 2016, Documentary / USA / 2014 / 107 mins

Urban farmers break onto land in San Francisco to plant acres of vegetables to prevent the land from being developed.

Precedes: Panel Discussion: The Politics of Food and Cities

Point of Pride

Dimitri Moore / SFUFF 2015, Documentary / USA / 2014 / 26 mins

A documentary film about the Bayview/Hunter's Point neighborhood. A recent Official Selection of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, Point of Pride combines archival footage from the 1950's, 60's, and 70's with present-day viewpoints and reactions to these images from the past to create a compelling portrait of a community marked by struggle and fueled by hope.

Preceded by: Panel Discussion: Storytelling in Community Development

Precedes: Guerrilla Filmmaking Workshop: Hacking History

Portraits of Our City 1986-1996

James Q. Chan and Tina Bartolome / Films, SFUFF 2017, Documentary, Shorts / USA / 2017 / 7 mins

Lingering shots of city spaces are recontextualized by the intimate voiceovers of queer encounters in 80’s & 90’s San Francisco. This is an excerpt of a longer piece.

The Pruitt-Igoe Myth

Chad Freidrichs / SFUFF 2014, Documentary / USA / 2012 / 79 mins

A full-length documentary about the people who created a community in an inhospitable public housing project in St. Louis, MO.

Rock the Boat

Thea Mercouffer / SFUFF 2014, Documentary / USA / 2011 / 54 mins

A full-length documentary about citizens reclaiming the LA River and winning over the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to reverse its own work and return the waterway to its original state.

Telos: The Fantastic World of Eugene Tssui

Kyung Lee / SFUFF 2015, Documentary / USA / 2014 / 55 mins

A journey through the lens of director Kyung Lee as she aims to present an accurate and unvarnished portrait of the social idealist, complex character, and visionary architect Dr. Eugene Tssui.

This Night, Who is Gonna Cry For You

Dolissa Medina / Films, SFUFF 2017, Documentary, Shorts / USA / 2014 / 5 mins

A tribute video to the Mission District's now-closed Esta Noche nightclub, the last Latino gay bar in San Francisco

Thomas Hirschhorn: The Gramsci Monument

Angelo A. Lüdin / SFUFF 2015, Documentary / USA / 2015 / 94 mins

From idealistic conception in Paris to the struggles of implementing Lüdin's vision together with locals and residents of Forrest Houses, a public housing project in the Bronx, this documentary takes us behind the creation of the Gramsci Monument.

Precedes: Panel Discussion: Artists in the City -Provocateurs or Catalysts?

Urbanized

Gary Hustwit / SFUFF 2014, Documentary / USA / 2011 / 85 mins

A full length documentary about the innovative responses to rapid urbanization by the cities of Bogota in Columbia, Santiago in Chile, Cape Town in South Africa, and Stuttgart, Germany.

YBCA 100: The Stud

YBCA / Films, SFUFF 2017, Documentary, Shorts / USA / 2017 / 1 mins

Short video highlights YBCA 100 winner, the Stud Collective.