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DESCRIPTION:Black Lives in Film: "The Last Black Man in San Francisco" Film Screening & 
 Discussion\n\n"Black Lives in Film" is the August theme at CinemaLit, a 
 film screening and discussion series sponsored by the Mechanics' Institute 
 Library of San Francisco.\n\nFri, Aug 28, 2020, 6:00 PM PDT\n\nCost: 
 FREE\n\nRSVP: 
 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-zoom-discussion-of-the-last-black-man-in-san-francisco-2019-121-minutes-registration-115291945312\n\nCome 
 join a screening and discussion of "The Last Black Man in San Francisco" 
 (2019, \n120 min) which follows the journey of a young Black man desperate 
 to reclaim the Victorian house once owned by his grandfather in San 
 Francisco's Fillmore neighborhood, at one time a thriving center of African 
 American homes and businesses before racially discriminating 
 redevelopment.and gentrification.\n\nThe making of "The Last Black Man in 
 San Francisco" is a lesson in tenacity, creative thinking, and problem 
 solving needed by talented young filmmakers in the 21st century. 
 Millennials \nJoe Talbot, director and co-screenwriter, and co-screenwriter 
 Jimmie Fails were best childhood friends growing up in Bernal 
 Heights.\n\nAs teenagers, the idea of making a movie starring Fails and 
 based loosely on his life took shape. He remembers the Fillmore Victorian 
 home of his grandfather, foreclosed when the family couldn't meet expenses 
 as the neighborhood gentrified. Fails' dream of returning and reclaiming 
 the property became a consuming personal quest.\n\n"Weird as it sounds, 
 this movie is a love story about me and a house," says Fails.\n\nBeing set 
 in a city losing the battle against gentrification, the film gains further 
 resonance by the ever-changing architectural and demographic face of San 
 Francisco. Talbot and his crew had to stay ahead of demolition and 
 construction to keep the film's visual continuity. And the title nearly 
 isn't hyperbole. The United States is 13.4% black. San Francisco is less 
 than 6%.\n\n"A lot of people who originally came here were escaping 
 something, or wanted to be part of a culture," said Talbot. "A lot of the 
 anxiety we feel now is that people are no longer coming to San Francisco 
 because they want to be part of San Francisco. They're just coming for the 
 gold rush."\n\nAdds Fails: "We're San Francisco natives. The movie isn't 
 some hateful diatribe against people coming in – we're just angry we no 
 longer get to have the city that inspired us and nurtured us."\n\nTalbot 
 had never directed a feature film, and secured funding from a Kickstarter 
 campaign. Eventually, "The Last Black Man in San Francisco" won awards at 
 Sundance, and appeared on many "Best" lists of 2019. This wistful, deftly 
 understated and self-assured film mixes a deep love of San Francisco with 
 universal themes of home and belonging.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/13/18835907.php
SUMMARY:"The Last Black Man in San Francisco" Film Screening & Discussion
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/13/18835907.php
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