Tag: film screenings

Our primary audience is the Bayview Hunters Point community, but we serve the entire city. We center Black and Brown artists, youth and families. Programming ranges from live music, theater and cultural festivals to workforce development, artist residencies, film screenings and community forums. It’s intentionally multi-use — art, culture and civic engagement all under one roof.

I went to San Francisco’s 2017 Dr. King Day celebration riding the same wave that hounded every other participant. As I suspected, a tragic election caused crowd levels to swell significantly compared to a year ago. I’d say at least three times the number of 2016 attendees walked in this year’s march. One ugly cloud loomed: the transfer of federal powers – which finally did arrive four days later – had crept oh so dreadfully near.