San Francisco California Movies

  • 1970
    Klaira's Story - Berezka

    Klaira's Story - Berezka

    Klaira's Story - Berezka

    01970HD

    Klaira presents a surprising vision of assimilation and a loving depiction of San Francisco. She and her grandparents explore how the experience of...

    Klaira's Story - Berezka
  • 1979
    In the Red

    In the Red

    In the Red

    61979HD

    A collage of live performance, intimate interviews, and cityscapes featuring San Francisco punk club Mabuhay Gardens. With Flipper's Will Shatter,...

    In the Red
  • 2015
    Taking Alcatraz

    Taking Alcatraz

    Taking Alcatraz

    02015HD

    A documentary account by award-winning filmmaker John Ferry of the events that led up to the 1969 Native American occupation of Alcatraz Island as...

    Taking Alcatraz
  • 1970
    CommunityGrows

    CommunityGrows

    CommunityGrows

    01970HD

    Based in the Western Addition neighborhood in San Francisco, CommunityGrows teaches cooking and gardening in local elementary schools and after...

    CommunityGrows
  • 2005
    Piece By Piece

    Piece By Piece

    Piece By Piece

    62005HD

    Piece by Piece is a groundbreaking film that documents San Francisco's highly controversial graffiti art movement. A story told by those who live the...

    Piece By Piece
  • 1970
    Yelena's Story - Everything You Need to Know to Be a Jew

    Yelena's Story - Everything You Need to Know to Be a Jew

    Yelena's Story - Everything You Need to Know to Be a Jew

    01970HD

    This Ukrainian-Jewish teenager immigrated to San Francisco as a young child. Now on the brink of adulthood, she interviews her grandparents about...

    Yelena's Story - Everything You Need to Know to Be a Jew
  • 2016
    Last Men Standing

    Last Men Standing

    Last Men Standing

    02016HD

    “Last Men Standing,” the first feature-length documentary from The San Francisco Chronicle, Northern California’s largest newspaper...

    Last Men Standing
  • 2023
    Something is missing

    Something is missing

    Something is missing

    02023HD

    What is the worst thing for a photographer? When the light is perfect, the subject interesting and the composition meaningful... what could be...

    Something is missing
  • 1970
    Remember When We Immigrated Here?

    Remember When We Immigrated Here?

    Remember When We Immigrated Here?

    01970HD

    This Ukrainian-Jewish teenager immigrated to San Francisco as a young child. Now on the brink of adulthood, she interviews her grandparents about...

    Remember When We Immigrated Here?
  • 1978
    The Mutants at Napa State

    The Mutants at Napa State

    The Mutants at Napa State

    01978HD

    On June 13, 1978, the soon-to-be legendary rock band the Cramps went to play Napa State, a psychiatric hospital in the small town of Napa in Northern...

    The Mutants at Napa State
  • 1906
    San Francisco Disaster

    San Francisco Disaster

    San Francisco Disaster

    3.71906HD

    This pseudo-newsreel uses special effects to illustrate the fire caused by the San Francisco earthquake. A miniature model of downtown San Francisco...

    San Francisco Disaster
  • 1970
    Alexander Barantschik - San Francisco Symphony

    Alexander Barantschik - San Francisco Symphony

    Alexander Barantschik - San Francisco Symphony

    01970HD

    A Studio B Production – Co-produced by Citizen Film for the San Francisco Symphony

    Alexander Barantschik - San Francisco Symphony
  • 2018
    Two Minute Date

    Two Minute Date

    Two Minute Date

    82018HD

    A bored newspaper editor tries to make life more interesting through the brief human connection he finds at speed dating.

    Two Minute Date
  • 2007
    Globe Trekker: Chinatown

    Globe Trekker: Chinatown

    Globe Trekker: Chinatown

    72007HD

    In this special edition of Globe Trekker Chinatown, Lavinia Tan, Justine Shapiro and Megan McCormick travel worldwide to explore the magic and...

    Globe Trekker: Chinatown
  • 1970
    Klaira's Story - Why Was I Here?

    Klaira's Story - Why Was I Here?

    Klaira's Story - Why Was I Here?

    01970HD

    Klaira presents a surprising vision of assimilation and a loving depiction of San Francisco. She and her grandparents explore how the experience of...

    Klaira's Story - Why Was I Here?
  • 1970
    Buchanan Stories / Buchanan Change

    Buchanan Stories / Buchanan Change

    Buchanan Stories / Buchanan Change

    01970HD

    Buchanan Mall is five consecutive blocks of public parkland in the heart of San Francisco’s Western Addition. 7,000 low-income residents who...

    Buchanan Stories / Buchanan Change
  • 2015
    Death Angel - A Thrashumentary

    Death Angel - A Thrashumentary

    Death Angel - A Thrashumentary

    02015HD

    Documentary on legendary San Francisco Bay Area Thrash Metal band Death Angel.

    Death Angel - A Thrashumentary
  • 1995
    Premonition

    Premonition

    Premonition

    71995HD

    The San Francisco Embarcadero Freeway comes to life in this elegy for modernity. The Freeway was deemed a triumph of engineering, a monument for...

    Premonition
  • 2002
    daMNaged

    daMNaged

    daMNaged

    4.32002HD

    When a guy's reflection escapes from his mirror, he gains a whole new perspective on his concerns about his appearance.

    daMNaged
  • 2026
    Exit Through the Sky

    Exit Through the Sky

    Exit Through the Sky

    102026HD

    A painter with artist's block is sent on a disorienting journey after a mysterious painting appears in his home.

    Exit Through the Sky