Citizen Film Movies

  • 1970
    Wendy MacNaughton Draws Castro Commons

    Wendy MacNaughton Draws Castro Commons

    Wendy MacNaughton Draws Castro Commons

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    This playful short film was produced in collaboration with the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco as part of a multimedia installation entitled...

    Wendy MacNaughton Draws Castro Commons
  • 1996
    It's Elementary: Talking About Gay Issues in School

    It's Elementary: Talking About Gay Issues in School

    It's Elementary: Talking About Gay Issues in School

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    Depicts what happens when students K-8 discuss LGBT-related topics in age-appropriate ways. Shot in six public and private schools (in San Francisco...

    It's Elementary: Talking About Gay Issues in School
  • 1970
    Ron and Mary Loar – SF Symphony

    Ron and Mary Loar – SF Symphony

    Ron and Mary Loar – SF Symphony

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

    Ron and Mary Loar – SF Symphony
  • 2018
    American Creed

    American Creed

    American Creed

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    Join former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, historian David Kennedy and a diverse group of Americans to explore whether a unifying set of...

    American Creed
  • 1970
    Wired for What?

    Wired for What?

    Wired for What?

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    Wired for What? visits four very different elementary schools grappling with computerization to find out if technology is helping to change our...

    Wired for What?
  • 1970
    Choosing Children: The Back Story

    Choosing Children: The Back Story

    Choosing Children: The Back Story

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    GroundSpark creates visionary films and dynamic educational campaigns that move individuals and communities to take action for a more just world....

    Choosing Children: The Back Story
  • 1970
    Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust

    Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust

    Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust

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    Each of the stories celebrates pioneers of a national movement to engage encore workers, adults age 50+, in solving problems, meeting important...

    Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust
  • 1970
    In the Maze of Our Own Lives

    In the Maze of Our Own Lives

    In the Maze of Our Own Lives

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    During the Great Depression, the Group Theater—including Stella Adler, Harold Clurman, Elia Kazan and Clifford Odets—gave voice to a new...

    In the Maze of Our Own Lives
  • 1970
    Joann Sfar Draws from Memory

    Joann Sfar Draws from Memory

    Joann Sfar Draws from Memory

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    Take a journey with master graphic novelist Joann Sfar as he finds inspiration in his Algerian-Jewish heritage and the lively streets and cafes of...

    Joann Sfar Draws from Memory
  • 1970
    Nathan Chan – SF Symphony

    Nathan Chan – SF Symphony

    Nathan Chan – SF Symphony

    01970HD

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

    Nathan Chan – SF Symphony
  • 2008
    Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union

    Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union

    Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union

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    Moscow, January 1948. In the bitter cold, a large crowd attends the State Funeral of the Yiddish actor and director Solomon Mikhoels. An official...

    Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union
  • 2021
    Prognosis: Notes on Living

    Prognosis: Notes on Living

    Prognosis: Notes on Living

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    When filmmaker Debra Chasnoff faces stage-4 cancer, she turns her lens on herself and the disease. What emerges is a portrait of her extended LGBTQ...

    Prognosis: Notes on Living
  • 1970
    Imperfection Salad

    Imperfection Salad

    Imperfection Salad

    01970HD

    Charlotte Biltekoff is the author of “Eating Right in America” where she traces the food reform movements throughout American history....

    Imperfection Salad
  • 2004
    One Wedding and a Revolution

    One Wedding and a Revolution

    One Wedding and a Revolution

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    This short film reveals the inspiration, motivation and political challenges at San Francisco City Hall during the frantic days leading up to the...

    One Wedding and a Revolution
  • 2007
    It's Still Elementary

    It's Still Elementary

    It's Still Elementary

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    In 1996, Women's Educational Media released their groundbreaking documentary Its Elementary-Talking About Gay Issues in School. It's Still Elementary...

    It's Still Elementary
  • 1970
    The Labor of Lunch

    The Labor of Lunch

    The Labor of Lunch

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    Making from-scratch meals for 5,000 kids is hard work for everyone, and it happens every day at the Berkeley Public Schools Central Kitchen. Part of...

    The Labor of Lunch
  • 1970
    Parks Conservancy

    Parks Conservancy

    Parks Conservancy

    01970HD

    Citizen Film collaborated with The Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy to tell the story of their pivotal work engaging youth in Bay Area national...

    Parks Conservancy
  • 1970
    A Foot in the Door

    A Foot in the Door

    A Foot in the Door

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    A Foot in the Door tells the story of Kindergarten to College (K2C), the first universal children’s savings account program in the United...

    A Foot in the Door
  • 1970
    Prolific: Joe Brainard

    Prolific: Joe Brainard

    Prolific: Joe Brainard

    01970HD

    In 2002, Sophie Constantinou interviewed Ron Padgett, Connie Lewellyn and Kenward Elmslie and recorded their recollections of Joe Brainard’s...

    Prolific: Joe Brainard
  • 1970
    Just Produce/Food Justice

    Just Produce/Food Justice

    Just Produce/Food Justice

    01970HD

    David and Johnathan are young African-American men passionate about their jobs managing a fresh produce stand in an East Bay “food...

    Just Produce/Food Justice