Lefty O'Doul: America's Forgotten Hero

“Lefty” O’Doul was a man of peace and a humanitarian who went through life disguised as a baseball superstar. While O’Doul is best known for his lifetime batting average of .349, the fourth best in baseball history, few remember his mission to unite two bitter enemies four years after the end of WWII. The US occupied Japan for the first time in its long history, a shattered husk reeling from the destruction of war, atomic bombs, corruption, disease, and food shortages, along with a fractured economy, society, and a deep resentment of American occupation. Something had to be done.

Power Through

In February 2020, 85 year-old powerlifter Jim Gallagher is training for a world-record attempt at the USPA Summer Nationals in Vista, CA. Then the Covid pandemic shuts down the world and jeopardizes all he's worked for— and his life.

Post-Atlantic: The Art of Dewey Crumpler

SNEAK PREVIEW SCREENING. What is a political artist? In POST-ATLANTIC, artist Dewey Crumpler struggles with these issues and reveals the evolution of his thinking in beautiful, often abstract paintings that explore slavery, Black liberation, globalization, and pop culture. A crucial figure in the Black Arts Movement from his youth working with the Black Panther Party to his teaching young luminaries like Kehinde Wiley and Adrian Burrell at the San Francisco Art Institute, Dewey has challenged orthodoxies, exclusions, and foregone conclusions. POST-ATLANTIC: The Art of Dewey Crumpler tells Crumpler’s story and follows him in his studio, at home, around the Bay, and at a recent high-profile opening of his new work - “Post-Atlantic” - at a New York gallery. The film is not hagiography, but an examination of what it is to be a working artist with a conscience in a society experiencing turmoil and backlash.

Not All Those Who Wander

In "Not All Those Who Wander," Michael Pierson, an Oceanic Society naturalist based in San Francisco, embarks on a singular mission: to find Morris, the only northern gannet in the Pacific. Totally isolated from his nearest relatives, Morris has vanished in the aftermath of severe winter storms.

Michael, a gay man disowned by his family due to his sexual orientation, shares a deep, unspoken connection with Morris - both are far from their original homes, and Michael sees his own resilience reflected in Morris's struggle to adapt to an unfamiliar and isolating environment.

Rockland Palace

Rockland Palace hosted the largest of the drag balls in not only Harlem but New York City during the Roaring Twenties. This stylized reimagining of the ball contextualizes snippets of conversation actually heard at the drag and published in the scandalous gay novel, The Young and Evil, in 1933.