5 Blocks

Dan Goldes, Robert Cortlandt / SFUFF 2014, Shorts / USA / WIP / 8 mins

A work-in-progress tracking the radical changes in the five block area of Mid-Market, San Francisco since prior to the recent tech-boom to the present.

Precedes: Panel: Mid-Market – How Do You Tell A Story of Neighborhood Change?

73 Questions

Leah Nichols / Films, SFUFF 2017, Documentary, Shorts / USA / 2017 / 10 mins

This beautifully hand-drawn animated short film inverts the popular culture trope of celebrity questionnaires and uses it instead to build a soulful profile of a man whom you would never otherwise stop to get to know.

Arc of Justice, The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of a Beloved Community

Helen S. Cohen and Mark Lipman / Films, SFUFF 2017, Documentary, Shorts / USA / 2015 / 22 mins

“Arc of Justice” traces the inspiring journey of New Communities and the struggle for racial and economic justice among African Americans in southwest Georgia. Formed in 1969 during the Civil Rights movement, New Communities persevered as the largest black-owned farm in the country despite relentless opposition.

Buchanan Mall

Sophie Constantinou / SFUFF 2016, Shorts / USA / 2016 / 11 mins

Buchanan Mall is five consecutive blocks of underutilized public parkland in the Western Addition neighborhood from Grove to Eddy Street. The 7,000 low-income, predominantly African-American residents who live adjacent to Buchanan Mall, face acute challenges: recent, rapid gentrification, longstanding patterns of discrimination and turf conflict, an exodus of employed adults, and decades-long cycles of displacement, unemployment, and mass incarceration. Buchanan Mall, at the center of this neighborhood, has become a nexus of violence and a place pervaded by fear.

Columbus Discovers Air Pollution

Zelda Zivny, Charlie Millenbah, Milo Wetherall / SFUFF 2016, Shorts / USA / 5 mins

Drugs in the Tenderloin

Robert Zagone / Films, SFUFF 2017, Shorts / USA / 1966 / Documentary / 52 mins

“Drugs in the Tenderloin” is a documentary shot guerilla-style (when that was not a thing) directed by Robert Zagone in 1966; it captures the Tenderloin as it transformed into a center for young queers and drug users.The film is a chance to catch a rare glimpse of the Tenderloin’s past, and to hear first hand from the people who lived there. The film was rediscovered by the Tenderloin Museum and played a series of sold-out shows in 2015 & 2016. There is only one copy of the film and it cannot be seen on-line or in theatres.

Eulogy For The Dyke Bar

Macon Reed & Isabel Farrington / Films, SFUFF 2017, Documentary, Shorts / USA / 2017 / 9 mins

A portrait of artist Macon Reed's installation "Eulogy for the Dyke Bar" on it's closing night.

Every Speed

Julia Fuller / SFUFF 2014, Shorts / USA / 2013 / 7 mins

An atmospheric and experiential exploration of able and disabled bodies moving through urban spaces and negotiating transport options.

Flag Wars

Laura Poitras & Linda Goode Bryant / Films, SFUFF 2017, Documentary, Shorts / USA / 2003 / 95 mins

Personal look at a community in Columbus, Ohio, as gay white homebuyers move into a working-class black neighborhood. As the new residents restore the beautiful but run-down homes, black homeowners must fight to hold onto their community and heritage. The inevitable clashes expose prejudice and self-interest on both sides, as well as the common dream to have a home to call your own. Winner of the Jury Award at the South by Southwest Film Festival.

Heart of the City

Jon Sadrgilany & Omeed Manocheri / Films, SFUFF 2017, Shorts / USA / 2017 / 15 mins

Heart of the City is a documentary film and social news platform investigating San Francisco’s socioeconomic divide in the Tenderloin neighborhood and its adjacent districts. The project seeks to reimagine the fourth wall and stimulate social media discussions to integrate with the narrative of the film and other supplemental content.