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### FILM SCREENINGS ON SATURDAYS 4PM!
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Held at The Clarion Performing Arts Center on 2 Waverly Pl, San Francisco.
COMMUNITY CINEMA is a space for artists and movie-lovers to gather together and watch local films made in the Bay Area.
Community Cinema attracts many residents of Chinatown, Nob Hill, North Beach and other neighboring districts, as well as college students and young working professionals in the city.
Films shown at Community Cinema range from documentary films about gender, sexuality, war, politics, poetry and arts, to narrative films like rom-com, action thriller and etc.
Since its launch in May 2021, Community Cinema has screened 47 films, and counting! We are grateful to have collaborated with amazing filmmakers like Emmy-Nominated director James Q. Chan, Vietnamese filmmakers Ngoc Le and Tam Ngo and Henry Rosenthal.
Meet Community Cinema Curator, Jeff Giordano
Jeff M. Giordano has curated film series on both coasts of the United States. Since 2004, he has been directing independent documentaries and has interviewed over 180 people for various projects.
In addition to filmmaking, Giordano paints abstract-expressionist art and collaborates on musical projects. Follow Jeff’s artistic endeavors at [jeffmgiordano.com](https://theclarionsf.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eead0190e09be98c59a3ecb34&id=ca0818ba06&e=05936e4f22) & [youtube.com/c/jmgfilms](https://theclarionsf.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eead0190e09be98c59a3ecb34&id=964f0980b6&e=05936e4f22)
Upcoming events (2)
See all- Follow the Drinking Gourd, 2020, Film ScreeningClarion Performing Arts Center, San Francisco, CA
Follow the Drinking Gourd is a family-friendly, funny, and moving feature documentary that connects the legacy of slavery, capitalism, and climate change to our fight for food security.
Produced by Liberated Lens, an Oakland-based social justice film collective, Follow the Drinking Gourd is a family-friendly, funny, and moving feature documentary that connects the legacy of slavery, capitalism, and climate change to our fight for food security.
It features many of the movement’s major players, including:Leah Penniman – author of Farming While Black
Naima Penniman – of the award-winning, spoken word duo, Climbing Poetree, recently featured on TED
stic.man – of hip hop duo, dead prez; founder of RBG Fit Club
Rahanna Bisseret-Martinez – former Top Chef Junior finalist
Carl Anthony – environmentalist author of The Earth, the City, and the Hidden Narrative of Race
Will Scott – President of the African American Farmers of California
Wanda Stewart – founder of Obsidian Farm
Chanowk Yisrael – founder of Yisrael Family Urban Farm
Students of Acta Non Verba Youth Urban Farm Projecthttps://liberatedlens.wordpress.com/followthedg/
Anna Karewicz, documentary filmmaker and photographer, member of Liberated Lens Film Collective. Producer, cinematographer and editor on "Follow the Drinking Gourd".
Official selection:
Wild & Scenic FF,
Reframe FF,
One Earth FF,
Oklahoma Black FF,
UNAFF 2020,
SF Black FF,
Princeton Environmental FF,
Denton Black FF,
AfroSci FFQ&A with the Director will be live**-**streamed on our YouTube channel
- Pins and Noodles, Film ScreeningClarion Performing Arts Center, San Francisco, CA
PINS & NOODLES, the second installment of Persona Grata Productions, follows videographer and noodle enthusiast Paul Kwan on a gastronomic safari in search of a cure for his food allergies. Kwan has discovered, much to his dismay, that shellfish and the rich, spicy foods that give him such great pleasure may be the cause of red, itchy rashes and major discomfort.
Kwan's journey from San Francisco Chinatown to Saigon, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, seeking the best and most palatable remedies for his ailment. In addition to delivering mouth-watering visuals for his travels, this documemoir presents a memorable series of characters and scenes-fascinating examples of East and West meeting. Kwan's physician of choice is a 90-year-old Dr. Ng, who treats both Asian and non-Asian patients with Chinese herbs and acupuncture. In Taiwan, another practitioner of Chinese medicine uses a computer and modern technology to update his diagnosis.
The tension builds as Kwan's odyssey turns into a life-threatening ordeal when, midway through making the video, he suffers a debilitating stroke. Kwan's experience and the process of recovery lend extra significance to this video's preoccupation with food, medicine, culture, and health.
Show in:
San Francisco Asian Art Museum,
Asian American Film/Video Festival.Paul Kwan and Arnold Iger have been collaborating on documentary films for PBS since 1991.
http://www.persona-grata-productions.org/
Q&A with the Director will be live-streamed on our YouTube channel
