Films
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Cardinal X
Angie Wang / Narrative / USA / 2017 / 94 mins
In 1984, Angie Wang is both a co-ed and the biggest supplier of Ecstasy on the West Coast. After losing her scholarship to a prestigious college in San Francisco, she starts manufacturing the drug to make ends meet. All the while, she straddles the increasingly fractured line of her double life.Cardinal X
Alamo Drafthouse
March 10, 2017 9:00 pm Buy Tickets Buy TicketsCardinal X
New Parkway Theater
March 18, 2017 8:10 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets
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Caregiving: Circle of Love
Toan Lam / Shorts / USA / 2016 / 14 mins
AARP created this short film in partnership to help families start the often difficult but vital conversation about caregiving.Precedes: The People’s Hospital
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Catch Me
Hyunwoo Lee / Shorts / South Korea / 2015 / Narrative Fiction, Short / 11 mins
A girl named Myom is lost and anxiously searching for her parents. Along the way, she encounters and narrowly escapes from creepy men and a gang, against whom she winds up with in an epic fight. Fortunately, the day ends on a happy, yet unexpected, note.Plays In:
FOR THE FAINT OF HEART – SHORTS
Roxie Theater
March 11, 2017 5:10 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets
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Chee and T
Tanuj Chopra / Narrative / USA / 2016 / Bay Area Connection, Comedy, Narrative / 80 mins
Living in the tech bubble of Silicon Valley, dynamic duo Chee and T are anything but tech savvy. This charming buddy dramedy captures the growing pains of becoming an adult in an overtly selfish world. CHEE AND T highlights the adventures of two good friends and the odd variable that teaches them about family.Chee and T
Alamo Drafthouse
March 11, 2017 3:10 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets
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The Chinese Exclusion Act
Ric Burns & Li-Shin Yu / Gala Presentations / USA / 2017 / 130 mins
Filmmakers Ric Burns and Li-Shin Yu tackle a complicated and forgotten story of a significant piece of U.S. history — the only legislation barring an entire group of immigrants based on ethnicity and race. Through powerful and illuminating testimonies from subjects, scholars and experts, a wider, deeply American story comes to life, one that embodies the issues of globalization, immigration, labor and civil rights that continue to dominate headlines today.The Chinese Exclusion Act
Castro Theater
March 19, 2017 7:00 pm At Rush
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Cliff, Superfan!
Diane Quon / Shorts / USA / 2016 / 27 mins
In the last 22 years, Cliff Hiyashi has attended over 4,000 Stanford games. The parent of Stanford athletes, filmmaker Diane Moy Quon explores the history, charm and persistance behind the man nicknamed Stanford's "Superfan."
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Cowboy and Indian
Sujata Day / Shorts / USA / 2016 / Narrative Fiction, Short / 8 mins
In an unlikely encounter at a desert, a cowboy chances upon a young Bengali bride and the two develop a dynamic where both come to realize that things should not be taken at face value.Plays In:
IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE…MAYBE – SHORTS
Roxie Theater
March 10, 2017 9:40 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets
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Crescendo
Christina YR Jun / Shorts / USA / 2016 / Short / 6 mins
A dreamer has to decide between playing violin and an encroaching future. Through a dramatic decision and family bonds Vishal struggles past immigrant life and the realities of the American Dream.
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Cries from Syria
Evgeny Afineevsky / Special Presentations / 111 mins
CRIES FROM SYRIA is a stunning and brutal window into the lives of Syrian children, activists, families and ordinary citizens whose collective voice and struggle to be seen and heard by the world reveals hope in the face of unimaginable horror.Cries From Syria
Ninth Street Independent Film Center
March 16, 2017 7:00 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets
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Dancing Through Life: The Dorothy Toy Story
Rick Quan / Shorts / USA / 2016 / Short / 26 mins
Swinging and twirling Dorothy Toy Fong the legendary tap dancer is still exciting at 99 years old. Award-winning reporter Rick Quan traces Fong’s journey as a famous duo with Paul Wing and exciting run with her Oriental Showgirl group. Fong’s wondrous spirit dances off the screen and into your heart.
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