Programs – 2022 SF Urban Film Fest

CURATORIAL STATEMENT

Wisdom Lives in Places

These are dark times. We yearn for continued respite. We mourn the lost lives and livelihoods and the broken norms and systems. We rage at the deep and enduring injustices and the reckless destruction of our environment. For some it was easy to take those things and our comfort for granted, but others always knew, always lived in the hard fact that brokenness was always there. Yet there is resilience in our places, wisdom in each of the layers of our streets and those who walk them, neighborhoods and neighbors, and cities and the communities that fill them—all the way down to the strata of the soil and bedrock. Up from those layers rise up resilience, the resolve to resist being crushed, the desire to love, care, and rejoice, and the will to live. Those are our stories, our narratives of ruin, resistance, and renewal.

1. RENTAL PROGRAMS

Rented Film + Live Panel Discussion | Rental Pass Required

Watch the films on your own time using your Rental Pass then join our Youtube Livestream for the interactive panel discussion. You do not need to register for the panel discussion.

Natalie Henry Berry, a Black woman, sits in her living room wearing a face mask looking out the window.

Survival By Zipcode

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Panel Discussion: Mon 2/15 5:30 pm PST

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remnants of neighborhood after fire

Rebuilding Paradise Panel Discussion

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Panel Discussion: Fri 2/19 12:00 pm PST

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woman sits in the driver seat of a parked car, with the door open and legs resting on the pavement, holding a baby.

People-Led Solutions: Models of Our Shared Future

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Panel Discussion: Fri 2/19 6:30 pm PST

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people gardening in front of a building mural with a butterfly

Crisis of Care

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Panel Discussion: Sat 2/20 2:30 pm PST

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Ada Pinkston, a Black woman, poses on top of a pedestal where a Confederate monument used to stand

How We Mourn, Where We Remember

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Panel Discussion: Sat 2/20 4:30 pm PST

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person walking along a path

Where the Pavement Ends Panel Discussion

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Panel Discussion: Sun 2/21 4:30 pm PST

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2. WATCH PARTIES

Live Film Screening + Live Panel Discussion | Registration Required

Everyone watches the films together at the same time, then go straight into panel discussion. The films in these programs can only be viewed during the Watch Party. You NEED TO REGISTER so we can give you a link to join the Party! Registration is always free.

woodcut piece of a man sitting on a hill looking out at a city full of smoke stacks

The City in History: The Use of Film in Planning & What We Learned from the World of Tomorrow

Mon 2/15 12:00 pm PST

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many people wearing matching black shirts stand in front of a Chinese restaurant holding take-out bags of food

Times Like These: An Inflection Point for Food & Our Cities

Tues 2/16 5:30 pm PST

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a scale in the foreground holds homes on one side and commercial buildings on the other

Storytelling Within the Political Machine: Examining CA Ballot Proposition 15’s Advertisements

Wed 2/17 12:00 pm PST

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A Pandemic of Opportunity: What & How to Change the Public Realm

Thurs 2/18 12:00 pm PST

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woman performing cultural dance and music

Spiritual Infrastructure

Wed 2/17 5:30 pm PST

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Yuki dancers from Round Valley Indian Tribes in Mendocino CA in front of bay area city scape

Exploring the Urban American Indian Experience in Yelamu

Thurs 2/18 5:30 pm PST

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3. SPECIAL EVENTS

Zoom Meeting | Registration Required

Special Events are especially collaborative. You NEED TO REGISTER so we can send you a Zoom link.

36 Questions for Civic Love Opening Night Love is the Antidote with District Attorney Chesa Boudin and multimedia journalist Yesica Prado

Love is The Antidote: 36 QUESTIONS FOR CIVIC LOVE

Sun 2/14 5:00 pm PST

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children play on the sidewalk outside of an RV

Let’s Make Civic Love

Fri 2/19 4:30 pm PST

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Walking Cinema: Museum of the Hidden City

Immersive Storytelling: Museum of the Hidden City Augmented Reality Walking Tour and Panel Discussion

Sun 2/21 2:30 pm PST

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two older people stand holding a sign protesting evictions

Storytelling Workshop Level 1: How to Use Storytelling To Fight Displacement

Sat 2/13 2:30 pm PST

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protestors on the street

Storytelling Workshop Level 2: Create SOMA Pilipinas’s Anti-Displacement Campaigns

Sat 2/13 4:00 pm PST

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