DIRECTOR: Joe Talbot
PRODUCERS: Khaliah Neal, Joe Talbot, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Christina Oh
SCREENPLAY: Joe Talbot, Rob Richer. Based on a story by Jimmie Fails and Joe Talbot
PHOTOGRAPHY: Adam Newport-Berra
EDITOR: David Marks
MUSIC: Emile Mosseri
WITH: Jimmie Fails (Jimmie Fails), Jonathan Majors (Montgomery Allen), Tichina Arnold (Wanda Fails), Rob Morgan (James Sr), Mike Epps (Bobby), Finn Wittrock (Clayton), Danny Glover (Grandpa Allen)


FESTIVALS: Locarno, London, Los Angeles 2019
AWARDS: Directing Award, Sundance 2019

REVIEW

“Director Joe Talbot and writer-performer Jimmie Fails create a gorgeous, inventive meditation on art, architecture, black culture and gentrification in California’s Bay Area.

Jimmie (Jimmie Fails) dreams of reclaiming the beautiful late 19th century home his grandfather built in the heart of the city, before harder times and changing demographics forced his family out. He and best friend Mont (Jonathan Majors) scheme to make this happen while Jimmie annoys the sitting tenants with guerrilla gardening on the beloved Fillmore house. A skateboarder and dreamy, suit-wearing playwright, the pair are at odds with the tough guys around the neighbourhood, and spend their time working to deliver Jimmie’s dream while living with Mont’s grandfather (Danny Glover). Occasionally, a film comes around that thrillingly invents its own cinematic rhythms, perfectly suited to its subject. The Last Black Man in San Francisco is such a film and it’s one to make your head sing and heart soar.”

– Tricia Tuttle, London Film Festival 2019

“Piercing study of race, urban gentrification, and male friendship; heady meditation on nostalgia and memory; love letter to a singular city: It’s hard to exactly define The Last Black Man in San Francisco, but it’s impossible not to fall under its spell.”

– Leah Greenblatt, Entertainment Weekly

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