Posted on Jun 8, 2019
'The Last Black Man In San Francisco' Is About Who Belongs In A Beloved City
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The Last Black Man in San Francisco is a film inspired by the real-life story of Jimmie Fails. He tries to reclaim the Victorian-style house where his family once lived, in the now-gentrified Fillmore District. Through the movie, he dreams of what it could be again.
We meet up with Fails and his best friend, Joe Talbot, who directed and co-wrote the movie, on a windy San Francisco day. They sit at a bench in Duboce Park with actor Jamal Trulove, who has a role in the movie.
"It's crazy, like, sticking out like a sore thumb at the Duboce Park," Fails says. "Being black shouldn't be a thing. I mean, Jamal and I are the only black people probably at this park right now."
This area, the Fillmore, was once known as the Harlem of the West — a lively African American neighborhood filled with jazz and blues clubs.
"It was blacker, you know," Fails says. "It used to be like out of a Spike Lee flick or something: boom boxes and dice games. It wasn't this ... dog park."
We meet up with Fails and his best friend, Joe Talbot, who directed and co-wrote the movie, on a windy San Francisco day. They sit at a bench in Duboce Park with actor Jamal Trulove, who has a role in the movie.
"It's crazy, like, sticking out like a sore thumb at the Duboce Park," Fails says. "Being black shouldn't be a thing. I mean, Jamal and I are the only black people probably at this park right now."
This area, the Fillmore, was once known as the Harlem of the West — a lively African American neighborhood filled with jazz and blues clubs.
"It was blacker, you know," Fails says. "It used to be like out of a Spike Lee flick or something: boom boxes and dice games. It wasn't this ... dog park."
'The Last Black Man In San Francisco' Is About Who Belongs In A Beloved City
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Thank you, my friend PO1 William "Chip" Nagel for making us aware that the "Last Black Man in San Francisco" is a film inspired by the real-life story of Jimmie Fails.
As seems typical for "gentrified" districts the authorities and realtors, bankers etc encouraged the inhabitants to move out so that gentrification could begin.
Jimmie Fails tried to reclaim the Victorian-style house where his family once lived, in the now-gentrified Fillmore District.
"It was blacker, you know," Fails says. "It used to be like out of a Spike Lee flick or something: boom boxes and dice games. It wasn't this ... dog park."
FYI Maj William W. "Bill" Price Capt Seid Waddell Capt Tom Brown 1stSgt Eugene Harless CW5 John M. MSG Andrew White SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4"SCPO Morris Ramsey SGT Michael Thorin SGT Robert George SGT John " Mac " McConnell SP5 Mark Kuzinski SP5 Robert Ruck SPC Margaret Higgins Maj Marty Hogan SSgt Brian Brakke Sgt Arthur Caesar SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL
As seems typical for "gentrified" districts the authorities and realtors, bankers etc encouraged the inhabitants to move out so that gentrification could begin.
Jimmie Fails tried to reclaim the Victorian-style house where his family once lived, in the now-gentrified Fillmore District.
"It was blacker, you know," Fails says. "It used to be like out of a Spike Lee flick or something: boom boxes and dice games. It wasn't this ... dog park."
FYI Maj William W. "Bill" Price Capt Seid Waddell Capt Tom Brown 1stSgt Eugene Harless CW5 John M. MSG Andrew White SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4"SCPO Morris Ramsey SGT Michael Thorin SGT Robert George SGT John " Mac " McConnell SP5 Mark Kuzinski SP5 Robert Ruck SPC Margaret Higgins Maj Marty Hogan SSgt Brian Brakke Sgt Arthur Caesar SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL
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Gentrification had overtaken many areas, making them unaffordable for the average person.
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Good Morning everyone , am very satisfied to learn about this great story concerning my grand father who live in san Francisco long years ago before I come to this ground , then we are so much one people living together in this beautiful country USA . God bless our military and civilian communities about Rallypoint .Thanks
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