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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...
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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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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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Be Water: Civil Disobedience and the Fight for Democracy in Hong Kong

Program Be Water: Civil Disobedience and the Fight for Democracy in Hong Kong A night of films, storytelling, and discussion of the ongoing protest for independence in Hong Kong.
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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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Closing Night Feature: Building the American Dream

Program Closing Night Feature: Building the American Dream "Build! Build! Build!" is a common refrain all over America. But who is doing the work, and what…
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...
We shouldn't destroy the boat. SFUFF 2020 Events, Shorts

Diaspora: Identity and the Pathos of Global Labor

Program Diaspora: Identity and the Pathos of Global Labor Creative responses to diaspora and identity.
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Can One Person Make A Difference in A City of Millions?

Program Can One Person Make A Difference in A City of Millions? Tim (Michael) Iglesias, Joe Eskenazi, Assemblymember David Chiu, Noni D. Session
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…
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First Angry Man: Screening and Panel

Program First Angry Man: Screening and Panel Join SFUFF and SF IndieFest for the Bay Area premier of First Angry Man, a looks at the…
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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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let me tell you what home looks like

Program let me tell you what home looks like How do Black women artists and activists reaffirm, reclaim, and rewrite to create spaces and narratives of the…
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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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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…
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Urban Manufacturing: Nostalgia or Necessity?

Program Urban Manufacturing: Nostalgia or Necessity? Can maker spaces and production incubators recreate a place for working class city dwellers?
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Witness

Film Witness Directed by Marie Alarcón An experimental documentary about Bartram Village and Gardens, this contemplative collage of audio interviews and slow-motion video explores…