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A Love Song For Latasha

Film A Love Song For Latasha Directed by Sophia Nahli Allison This short hybrid documentary carefully excavates, conjures, and archives memories shared by Latasha’s best friend Ty and cousin…
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A Place on 6th and Mission

Film A Place on 6th and Mission Directed by R.J. Lozada A short observational documentary on the Bayanihan Community Center–a longtime institution vital to the Filipino and Filipino- American...
people surround a car passing through a roadway SFUFF 2020 Films

A Traffic Separating Device

Film A Traffic Separating Device Directed by Johan Palmgren The pitfalls of well-intended transportation planning are comedy cold.
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Ada For Mayor

Film Ada For Mayor Directed by Pau Faus ADA FOR MAYOR follows Ada Colau for one year, from her time spent organizing the anti-eviction fight in…
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Age of the Valiant

Film Age of the Valiant Directed by Lo Chun-yip, Willis Ho Kit Wang Two valiant youngsters take to the street for the freedom and future of Hong Kong, even it would cause...
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Amazon HQ2 Pitch Videos

Film Amazon HQ2 Pitch Videos A compilation of pitch videos from Detroit, Boston, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Las Vegas, Atlanta, and Dallas/Fort Worth.
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First Street North: Another Made In Japan You Don’t Really Know About

Film First Street North: Another Made In Japan You Don’t Really Know About Directed by Ken Honjo A young calligrapher from Japan experiences Little Tokyo Los Angeles.
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Ashmina

Film Ashmina Directed by Dekel Berenson In an impoverished country, rife with contradiction, a young girl is torn between her obligation to her family…
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Building The American Dream

Film Building The American Dream Directed by Chelsea Hernandez In Texas, construction workers face the deadliest conditions in the country. Building the American Dream follows three immigrant…
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Children of Spring

Film Children of Spring Directed by Dusan Solomun In this experimental doc, Syrian refugees in Germany re-enact their journey across the Mediterranean Sea.
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Dalle

Film Dalle Directed by Ryan Moritz Dalle is staged in the fifteenth arrondissement of Paris at the Front de Seine, around an elevated platform...
COMBAT AND RESIST GENTRIFICATION! DBH SFUFF 2020 Films, SFUFF 2020 Shorts, Watch Now

Defend Boyle Heights Action Against Gentrification

Film Defend Boyle Heights Action Against Gentrification Directed by Will Prada In this short video, Defend Boyle Heights showcase their militant resistance to gentrification and art washing. By using...
EMORY DOUGLAS THE ART OF THE BLACK PANTHERS SFUFF 2020 Films, Watch Now

Emory Douglas: The Art of the Black Panthers

Film Emory Douglas: The Art of the Black Panthers Directed by Andre Andreev, Dan Covert Emory Davis, the art of the Black Panther Party, and the role of arts in revolution.
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First Angry Man

Film First Angry Man Directed by Jason Cohn The First Angry Man looks at on the unlikely figure of Howard Jarvis, the man behind California’s polarizing…
Preserve First Street North SFUFF 2020 Films, Watch Now

First Street North

Film First Street North Directed by Maya Santos As the City of Los Angeles moves forward with redevelopment, Little Tokyo is working to ensure that its…
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Foundations

Film Foundations Directed by Olivier D. Asselin 16 years after building a blacksmith school in an abandoned warehouse in Montreal, jump starting the neighborhood upswing,…
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Letter to the Outsider

Film Letter to the Outsider Directed by Dorothy Cheung The short film is based on a letter transgresses the boundary of inside and outside, here and there....
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Liberty

Film Liberty Directed by Faren Humes Alex and Milagros deal with great life upheaval as they prepare to dance at their community’s redevelopment groundbreaking...
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Migrant Down the Rabbit Hole

Film Migrant Down the Rabbit Hole Directed by Lee Wai Kwan, Yip Man Hay Maid Arista, an Indonesian woman in HongKong, falls into a rabbit hole and finds herself reporting the anti-extradition...
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Mong Kok First Aid 成年禮

Film Mong Kok First Aid 成年禮 Directed by Mavis Siu Mong Kok First Aid 成年禮 investigates the experiences and unheard stories of a group of young volunteers who…
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Oklahoma is Black

Film Oklahoma is Black Directed by Melinda James, Tatyana Fazlalizadeh ‘Oklahoma is Black’ is a portrait of Black life on the Northeast side of Oklahoma City. It is…
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Old Running Men

Film Old Running Men Directed by Willis Ho Kit Wang Grandpa Chan, 73 and Grandpa Wong, 82, run into the mist of teargas and try to protect the...
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Priced Out

Film Priced Out Directed by Dyan Ruiz, Joseph Smooke Priced Out is a 6-part animated web series that follows a young couple as they discover why housing…
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RegenCities

Film RegenCities Directed by Bobby Pitts RegenCities is a research initiative that seeks to define the regenerative city—a concept of urban development built on...
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The Town I Live In

Film The Town I Live In Directed by Guadalupe Rosales, Matt Wolf In the Los Angeles neighborhood of Boyle Heights, local activists and members of the art community clash over…