When it comes to films made in San Francisco, there are no shortage of classics: Vertigo, Escape from Alcatraz, Mrs. Doubtfire, Bullitt, Dirty Harry—and the list goes on indefinitely. In many of those films, the city itself becomes a main character: its famously steep inclines, the sweeping waterfront views, Victorian homes romantically huddled along the hills, and of course, the iconic Golden Gate Bridge.
But in many cases, its actual people are left out—or even worse, the locals are flattened into a monolithic stereotype that rarely, if ever, represents the true spirit of intergenerational, working, and middle class San Franciscans. Even less likely is that these films focus on San Francisco’s diverse, marginalized communities of color with a genuine, holistic lens.
Sometimes, it takes a real San Franciscan to tell it how it is…