Screening at San Francisco Public Library, Noe Valley Branch, 451 jersey street. In February 1990 Nelson Mandela was finally released from prison after twenty-seven years. We honor the thirtieth anniversary of that event by looking at a remarkable film made in the midst of an apartheid regime in which a minority of whites systematically oppressed… Read more »
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We Make Movies
February 23, 2020 – 4:00 pm
The Los Angeles-based film collective, We Make Movies is bringing its signature Writers Workshop back to the San Francisco film community. The nine-year-old LA film collective, which has executive produced dozens of films in Los Angeles and Canada, and collaborated on hundreds more, is excited to partner with the esteemed Artists Television Access, with the… Read more »
Other Cinema: X~peri~MENTAL ANIMATION
February 22, 2020 – 8:30 pm
TOMMY BECKER + JANIE GEISER + SALLY CRUIKSHANK + SALISE HUGHES +OC opens with a dazzling performance and celebration of both new and older pixilated cinema! Our spotlight focuses on SFs own word-image-sound alchemist Tommy Becker, performing FOUR of his musical poems that foreground animation passages. ALSO premiering are two sublime shorts by Janie Geiser–Reserve Shadow and Fluorescent Girl. AND Jeremy Rourke/Rebecca Solnit’s A Fine… Read more »
Young Choreographer Showcase
February 21, 2020 – 7:00 pm
Young Choreographer Showcase will feature short works by Maria Donjacour, Nekai Abriol, Katelyn Dallke, Bella Mini, and Shequira Ingram. This showcase is for underground choreographers in the Bay Area to showcase their unique perspectives.