Citizen Film Filmes

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1970
    Klaira's Story - Connection to the Past

    Klaira's Story - Connection to the Past

    Klaira's Story - Connection to the Past

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    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 - Connection to the Past
  • 1970
    Michael Morgan: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 2006

    Michael Morgan: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 2006

    Michael Morgan: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 2006

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    Michael Morgan, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2006 Community Leadership Awards for making symphonic music essential to the culture of the...

    Michael Morgan: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 2006
  • 1970
    Imperfection Salad

    Imperfection Salad

    Imperfection Salad

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

    Imperfection Salad
  • 2009
    Honorable Ronald V. Dellums: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 2005

    Honorable Ronald V. Dellums: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 2005

    Honorable Ronald V. Dellums: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 2005

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    Honorable Ronald V. Dellums, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2005 Community Leadership Awards (Robert C. Kirkwood Award) - for his decades of...

    Honorable Ronald V. Dellums: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 2005
  • 1970
    Ian James Made

    Ian James Made

    Ian James Made

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    Ian James has been creating leather goods for nearly a decade, but only recently realized his dream of opening his own shop. When James got laid off...

    Ian James Made
  • 1970
    Back On Track - Out Of The System

    Back On Track - Out Of The System

    Back On Track - Out Of The System

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    Low-level narcotics offenders too often cycle in and out of jail, re-offending soon after they hit the streets. District Attorney Kamala D. Harris...

    Back On Track - Out Of The System
  • 1970
    Harlem of the West: Then and Now

    Harlem of the West: Then and Now

    Harlem of the West: Then and Now

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    The Fillmore was once a thriving, vibrant, and multicultural community with one of the most prominent jazz scenes on the West Coast and hundreds of...

    Harlem of the West: Then and Now
  • 1970
    A Temple in Seattle

    A Temple in Seattle

    A Temple in Seattle

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    University of Washington professor Noam Pianko and his students collaborated with Citizen Film, the Pacific Northwest Jewish Archive and...

    A Temple in Seattle
  • 2016
    Collaboration: Ron Padgett

    Collaboration: Ron Padgett

    Collaboration: Ron Padgett

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    In 2002, Sophie Constantinou and Bill Weir interviewed Padgett about his life and works, specifically his friendship and collaborations with the New...

    Collaboration: Ron Padgett
  • 1970
    The Magic Project

    The Magic Project

    The Magic Project

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    At Ella Hill Hutch Community Center in the Fillmore, magic is happening. Throughout the 2024 school year, Magic Zone students in Citizen Film's...

    The Magic Project
  • 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
  • 1970
    E4FC - 2013 San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards

    E4FC - 2013 San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards

    E4FC - 2013 San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards

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    The San Francisco Foundation presents 2013 Community Leadership Awardee, Educators for Fair Consideration (E4FC), with The San Francisco Foundation...

    E4FC - 2013 San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards
  • 1970
    Nancy Hom - 2013 San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards

    Nancy Hom - 2013 San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards

    Nancy Hom - 2013 San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards

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    The San Francisco Foundation 2013 Community Leadership Awards presents Nancy Hom with the Helen Crocker Russell Award, made to an under-recognized,...

    Nancy Hom - 2013 San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards
  • 1970
    Michael Franti - The San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards

    Michael Franti - The San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards

    Michael Franti - The San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards

    01970HD

    Michael Franti, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2009 Community Leadership Awards (the Helen Crocker Russell Award) - artist, activist, founder...

    Michael Franti - The San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards
  • 1970
    Hard Work and

    Hard Work and "Whatever"

    Hard Work and "Whatever"

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

    Hard Work and
  • 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
  • 1970
    Bright Horizon Children's Home - Nepal

    Bright Horizon Children's Home - Nepal

    Bright Horizon Children's Home - Nepal

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    Citizen Film and the Bright Horizons Children’s Home created a short film about the innovative school that gives Nepali orphans, semi-orphans...

    Bright Horizon Children's Home - Nepal