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Thursday, March 14 | 11:00 AM -12:00 PM | Chinatown North Beach Center Room 402
808 Kearny Street, San Francisco, 94108
Thursday, March 14 | 1:30 - 2:30 PM | Mission Center Room 109
1125 Valencia Street, San Francisco, 94110
Event contacts: Mauro Garcia mgarcia@ccsf.edu and Yi Liang yliang@ccsf.edu
Event sponsors: Chinatown North Beach Center, Chinatown North Beach Center Library, Friends of the Library, Mission Associated Students, Mission Center, Mission Center Library, Rosenberg Library and Learning Resources, Student Affairs Division
For disability access information, please call 415-241-2281
Learn the history, significance and cultural symbolism of different costumes
A short documentary to commemorate Anna May Wong, a pioneering Asian American Hollywood actress
Provides insights into the lives and contributions of activist Grace Lee Boggs
What It Meant to be Cantonese in China and America, 1850 - 1900
The journey and fight to get a new Chinatown North Beach Center built on 808 Kearny Street, San Francisco
Exhibit of photos and documents that captures the history of Chinatown North Beach Center from 1980's to 2012
Proudly Presented by Chinatown North Beach Center, Chinatown North Beach Center Library, and the Strong Workforce/Perkins Program
Events are held at Chinatown North Beach Center (CNB) 808 Kearny Street, San Francisco
City College of San Francisco Chinatown/North Beach Center
Room 402
808 Kearney Street
San Francisco CA, 94108
Contact Yi Liang (415) 452-5469 for more information
All events are free and open to the public
For disability access information call (415) 241-2281
Alice Statler Library presents a special semester-long series of in-person film screenings exploring themes of social justice and the culinary tradition. Each screening will be followed by a discussion hosted by CCSF Culinary Arts Librarian, Andrea Niosi.
Check out the Social Justice & Culinary Tradition Film Series Research Guide for more information on each film and related library resources!
City College Ocean Campus, Statler Wing, Smith Hall, Room 14
Produced and Directed by Joanna James | 71 mins | 2020 | A Fine Line Trailer
City College Ocean Campus, Statler Wing, Smith Hall, Room 14
Directed by Caroline Coz | 83 mins | 2021 | Food for the Rest of Us Trailer
City College Ocean Campus, Statler Wing, Smith Hall, Room 14
Directed by Jim Choi | 83 mins | 2014 | Changing Season Trailer
Masks are strongly recommended in all buildings on campus.
Event co-sponsor: Rosenberg Library Media Center
Featuring special guests: Jimmie Fails, TT Takemoto and Aliyah Dunn Salahuddin
Join us at SFMOMA for a special screening of Joe Talbot’s indie hit The Last Black Man in San Francisco. Rooted in personal experience and featuring actors Jimmie Fails and Jonathan Majors, the feature-length film is a San Francisco tale of gentrification, loss, and life on the margins. The FREE in person event will kick off with a screening of TT Takemoto’s four-minute film Wayward Emulsions, which the artist describes as “queer glimpses of a wayward woman captured in bits of emulsion lifted from stray reels of a 35mm Asian drama.”
Hosted by CCSF Cinema Faculty Anjali Sundaram the screening will be followed by a panel conversation with Aliyah Dunn-Salahuddin, PhD candidate, History, Stanford University, TT Takemoto and Jimmie Fails.
Wayward Emulsions + Last Black Man in San Francisco | Film Screening (126 min) + Live Panel Discussion (30 min) | RSVP Limited Seating
Get ready for this very special event (cancelled in 2020 due to COVID lockdown) by checking out Hiya Swanhuyser’s Fall 2019 Etc. Magazine piece “Jimmie Fails Succeeds: Creators of The Last Black Man in San Francisco Look Back at Their Time at City College.”
Event co-sponsors: CCSF Cinema Department, Strong Workforce Program, Rosenberg Library Media Center
City College Ocean Campus Multi-Use Building (MUB), Room 140
Featuring special guest: Ron Diamond, Curator
The Visual Media Design Department and the CCSF Library are happy to present the 22nd Animation Show of Shows, an annual celebration of animated short films from around the world. After a two year COVID hiatus, we are proud to not only host the return of the Animation Show of Shows to the big screen but also to welcome founder and producer Ron Diamond, who will be conducting a live Q&A in addition to the screening. This FREE in person event is a must-see for all fans of animation and short film!
This 22nd edition comprises 10 films from10 countries -- nine recent, along with one restored classic -- which deal with both the anxieties and hopes of a world faced with a seemingly endless series of existential crises. All are inventive, their tone ranges from the whimsical to the profound; their techniques, from stop-motion to hand-drawn to computer-aided.
The 22nd Annual Animation Show of Shows | Film Screening (90 min.) + Live Q&A | Trailer
CCSF Ocean Campus, Multi Use Building (MUB), Room 140 | Map & Directions
Masks are required in all buildings on campus.
Event co-sponsors: Rosenberg Library Media Center, CCSF Visual Media Design Department
Featuring special guest: Ron Diamond, Curator
The Visual Media Design Department and the CCSF Library are happy to present the 22nd Animation Show of Shows, an annual celebration of animated short films from around the world. After a two year COVID hiatus, we are proud to not only host the return of the Animation Show of Shows to the big screen but also to welcome founder and producer Ron Diamond, who will be conducting a live Q&A in addition to the screening. This FREE in person event is a must-see for all fans of animation and short film!
This 22nd edition comprises 10 films from10 countries -- nine recent, along with one restored classic -- which deal with both the anxieties and hopes of a world faced with a seemingly endless series of existential crises. All are inventive, their tone ranges from the whimsical to the profound; their techniques, from stop-motion to hand-drawn to computer-aided.
The 22nd Annual Animation Show of Shows | Film Screening (90 min.) + Live Q&A | Trailer
CCSF Ocean Campus, Multi Use Building (MUB), Room 140 | Map & Directions
Masks are required in all buildings on campus.
Event co-sponsors: Rosenberg Library Media Center, CCSF Visual Media Design Department
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Events
Featuring special guest: Josh Chuck, Filmmaker
In celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we invite the campus community to watch and discuss Chinatown Rising, a documentary directed by Bay Area natives Harry and Josh Chuck. This love letter to San Francisco’s vibrant Chinatown weaves together never-before-seen archival footage and photographs, chronicling key Chinatown community leaders who started an activist movement during the 1960s, and foregrounds today’s battles for social justice and equality. (summary from Caamfest37)
Join us on Wednesday, May 11th at 12 pm for a post screening discussion featuring filmmakers, Josh and Harry Chuck.
Chinatown Rising | *Virtual Screening + Webinar Discussion | Event Recording
*Watch the 86-minute documentary on your own before the free Webinar Discussion
CCSF Faculty, Students and Staff – Watch Chinatown Rising Online Now with RAM ID | Chinatown Rising Trailer
Check out the East Meets West: Asian American and Pacific islander Heritage Month Research Guide for library resources and other events!
Event co-sponsors: Rosenberg Library Media Center, Asian American Studies, Adult Education Programs, Office of Academic and Institutional Affairs, CCSF Film Club
In the spirit of Diego Rivera's historic Pan American Unity mural, we invite the campus community to watch and discuss Alice Street, a documentary depicting the struggle to preserve Oakland’s ethnic arts and culture communities amid rapid gentrification. The film is centered around the Community Rejuvenation Project (CRP) Universal Language mural and the intersection of activism and the arts.
Join us on Unity Day, Friday, March 25th for a post screening panel discussion featuring special guests: filmmaker, Spencer Wilkinson and muralists, Desi Mundo and Pancho Pescador. CCSF students who attend this event will receive a free ticket to SFMOMA to explore the current Bay Area Walls exhibition and more!
Alice Street | *Virtual Campus Community Screening + Webinar Discussion | Event Recording
*Watch the 70-minute documentary on your own before the free Webinar Discussion
CCSF Faculty, Students and Staff – Watch Alice Street Online Now with RAM ID | Alice Street Trailer
This online event is hosted by City College of San Francisco in partnership with SFMOMA.
Check out the Visiting Artists @ CCSF/SFMOMA Research Guide for library resources and event details!
Event co-sponsors: Rosenberg Library Media Center, CCSF Art Department, Cinema Department, African American Studies, and Asian American Studies
African American History Month Research Guide
Presented in collaboration with the CCSF Black History Month Committee
African American Studies Department
Jason Vassor-Elong, MFA
Shrimp: one man's journey to find his African ancestry and identity | Free Online Presentation | Join Event
African American Studies Department
Mosheh Milon, Master Drummer
Sun Drummer: African roots of African American music and the healing power of the drum | Free Online Presentation | Join Event
Multicultural Retention Services Department (UMOJA/AASP Program)
HBCU Transfer Informational Day | Free Online Presentation | Register in Advance
African American Studies Department
Kimani Norrington-Sands, PhD
Is Your Job Mask Making it Hard for You to Breathe? | Free Online Presentation | Join Event
Michele McKenzie, Librarian
Nature Walk Meet Up! - Tilden Regional Park | Free Outdoor Event | RSVP via Eventbrite
Wildcat Canyon Road, Berkeley
Office of Student Equity (Speaker Series)
Sonia Russell
Blackfullness | Free Online Presentation | Register in Advance
African American Studies Department
Terrilyne Cole, MD
COVID-19 and the Black Community: dispelling myths and educating the masses | Free Online Presentation | Join Event
Produced and directed by Zanah Thirus
*Virtual Screening + Online Discussion | Join the Discussion | Black Feminist Trailer
*Watch the 53-minute documentary on your own before the free Online Discussion
CCSF Faculty, Students and Staff – Watch Black Feminist online now with RAM ID
Event co-sponsor: Rosenberg Library Media Center
Directed by Michele Stephenson
*Virtual Screening + Online Discussion | Join the Discussion | Stateless Trailer
*Watch the 90-minute documentary on your own before the free Online Discussion
CCSF Faculty, Students and Staff – Watch Stateless online now with RAM ID
Event co-sponsor: Rosenberg Library Media Center
Underwater Dreams | *Virtual Screening + Online Discussion | Event Flyer
*Watch the 44-minute documentary on your own before joining the student led online discussion
CCSF Faculty, Students and Staff – Watch Online Now with RAM ID
We encourage you to also watch Spare Parts (2015, 114 mins.), a narrative film counterpart to the documentary.
CCSF Faculty, Students and Staff – Watch Online Now with RAM ID
SMAC is a student-led program that works to create transformative leadership opportunities for community college students in educational policy advocacy, innovative community engagement, and organizing.
Event co-sponsors: Students Making a Change (SMAC), CCSF Film Club, Rosenberg Library Media Center
*Virtual Community Screening + Webinar Discussion | Register in Advance | Trailer
*Watch the 97-minute documentary: Available streaming online through San Francisco and other Bay Area Public Libraries | CCSF Faculty, Students and Staff – Watch Online Now with RAM ID
Event co-sponsors: Project Survive, Women's Resource Center, Queer Resource Center, Rosenberg Library Media Center
Featuring special guest: David Weissman, Filmmaker and CCSF Alumnus
The Cockettes | *Virtual Community Screening + Webinar Discussion | Register in Advance
*Watch the 99-minute documentary on your own before the free Webinar Discussion:
Available streaming online through San Francisco and other Bay Area Public Libraries | Trailer
CCSF Faculty, Students and Staff – Watch Online Now with RAM ID
Event co-sponsors: Rosenberg Library Media Center
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Research Guide
Guest Speaker, Wei Su, Lyricist, Professor of Yale University
Virtual Community Screening + Q&A | Register for Virtual Colloquium in Advance
*Watch the 56-minute symphony on your own before the free Q&A discussion: Watch Men of Iron and the Golden Spike Online Now
Event co-sponsor: Office of Student Equity & Success
American Revolutionary: the Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs | *Virtual Screening + Discussion | Meeting Link to Join the Discussion
*Watch the 84 min. film on your own | American Revolutionary Trailer
CCSF Faculty, Students and Staff | Watch American Revolutionary Online Now with RAM ID
Event co-sponsor: Rosenberg Library Media Center
The Apology | *Virtual Screening + Discussion | Meeting Link to Join the Discussion
*Watch the 104 min. film on your own | The Apology Trailer
CCSF Faculty, Students and Staff | Watch The Apology Online Now with RAM ID
Event co-sponsor: Rosenberg Library Media Center
The Rosenberg Library Media Center stands in solidarity with our Asian American faculty, students, staff and the broader community in denouncing the tragic killings in Atlanta, anti-Asian sentiment and hate crimes against seniors. To inform our response to this moment, it’s important to reflect on America’s troubling history of violence and discrimination towards Asian Americans. In the spirit of healing and resistance, we invite the campus community to watch the powerful documentary Vincent Who? (2009, 40 min.)
Available streaming online through San Francisco and other Bay Area Public Libraries | Vincent Who? Trailer
CCSF Faculty, Students and Staff – Watch Vincent Who? Online Now with RAM ID
CCSF Women’s Resource Center Presents an Intersecting Identities Conference: Visionaries Event
Featuring special guest: Catherine Ryan, Filmmaker
*Virtual Screening + Webinar Discussion | Register for Webinar Discussion in Advance | My Love Affair with the Brain Trailer
*Watch the 57-minute documentary on your own before the free Webinar Discussion:
CCSF Faculty, Students and Staff – Watch My Love Affair with the Brain online now with RAM ID
Event co-sponsor: Rosenberg Library Media Center.
Join African American and Asian American community and student leaders for a series of critical discussions about recent events.
African American and Asian American Community Leaders | Register for Webinar in Advance
Featuring special invited guests:
CCSF AAPI and BSU Student Leaders | Register for Webinar in Advance
Student panel discussion moderated by Vick Van Chung – CCSF Board of Trustees, Student Trustee
Event co-sponsors: CCSF Departments of African American Studies, Asian American Studies and Philippine Studies; Rosenberg Library.
Alice Statler Library and the Culinary Arts and Hospitality Studies Department Present a Woman's History Month Event
*Virtual Screening + Webinar Discussion | Register for Webinar Discussion in Advance
*Watch the film on your own before the free webinar discussion | A Fine LineTrailer
CCSF Faculty, Students and Staff | Watch A Fine Line Online Now with RAM ID
Event co-sponsor: Rosenberg Media Center
African American History Month Research Guide
Presented in collaboration with the CCSF Black History Month Committee
San Francisco Public Library - More than a Month 2021
de Young Museum Docent Talk - "Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power" | Free Online Presentation | Register in Advance
San Francisco African American Historical & Cultural Society - 2021 Black History Month
Keynote Speaker, Charles Collins, Executive Director Emeritus, YMCA
"The Black Family: Representation, Identity and Diversity Kick-Off" | Free Online Presentation | Live Stream and Archive
Multicultural Retention Services Department (UMOJA/AASP Program)
Evan Wade, M.A. Professor of History and Social Justice Studies at San Joquin Delta College
"Black Women Rock: The History of Black Women and Rock and Roll" | Free Online Presentation | Register in Advance
African American Studies Department
Edythe Boone, Artist, Educator and Civil Rights Activist
A New Color: the Art of Being Edythe Boone | *Virtual Community Screening + Q&A | Register in Advance
*Watch the documentary on your own before the free Q&A discussion
Available streaming online through San Francisco and other Bay Area Public Libraries | Trailer
CCSF Faculty, Students and Staff | Watch Online Now with RAM ID
African American Studies Department
Dr. Michelle M. Wright, Augustus Baldwin Longstreet Professor of English at Emory University
"Truth and Power: Why Black Women Should Make Their Own Time" | Free Online Presentation | Register in Advance
African American Studies Department
Dr. Kym Morrison, CCSF Adjunct Faculty and Professor of History at San Francisco State University
Harriet + She Came to Slay: the Life and Times of Harriet Tubman | *Virtual Community Screening + Read + Discussion | Register in Advance
*Watch the film and read the book on your own before the free discussion | Trailer
CCSF Faculty, Students and Staff | Watch Online Now and Read eBook with RAM ID
Suited | *Virtual Community Screening + Online Discussion | Register in Advance
*Watch the 78-minute documentary on your own before the free Online Discussion:
Available streaming online for free through San Francisco and other Bay Area Public Libraries | Trailer
CCSF Faculty, Students and Staff – Watch Online Now with RAM ID
Event co-sponsor: Rosenberg Library Media Center
Featuring special guest: David Weissman, Filmmaker and CCSF Alumnus
We Were Here: the AIDS years in San Francisco | *Virtual Community Screening + Webinar Discussion | Register in Advance
*Watch the 90-minute documentary on your own before the free Webinar Discussion:
Available streaming online through San Francisco and other Bay Area Public Libraries | Trailer and Interview with the Filmmakers
CCSF Faculty, Students and Staff – Watch Online Now with RAM ID
Event co-sponsors: CCSF Departments of Cinema and LGBTQQI* Studies; Rosenberg Library Media Center.
Whose Streets? | *Virtual Community Screening + Online Discussion | Register via Eventbrite
Watch the 103-minute documentary on your own before the free Online Discussion: Available streaming through San Francisco and other Bay Area Public Libraries | Trailer
CCSF Faculty, Students and Staff – Watch Online Now with RAM ID
Event co-sponsors: CCSF Departments of African American Studies, BEMA, Cinema, Interdisciplinary Studies, Latin American and Latinx Studies, Women's and Gender Studies; Rosenberg Library Media Center; Office of Student Equity; CCSF Collective.
Amir Khan, Founder of Marl5 Accelerator (and CCSF alum) Eventbrite Registration
Curtis Panasuk, Author and TedX Speaker Eventbrite Registration
Justine Reichman, founder of NextGenChef Eventbrite Registration
Stacy Bradford, Hardware Manager Indiegogo Eventbrite Registration
Anne Ahola Ward, CEO and co-founder of CircleClick Media Eventbrite Registration
Dirk Leuth, Ph.D, Co-founder, Uplandme.Inc. Eventbrite Registration
A series of virtual screenings presented in collaboration with the CCSF East Meets West Program Committee, Asian American Studies, Women's & Gender Studies, LGBT Studies and Cinema departments. Special thanks to New Day Films.
CCSF Faculty, Students and Staff - Click on the film title and login with your RAM ID to watch online.
Forever Chinatown (English subtitles)
Documentary Short (Dir. James Q. Chan, 2016)
Running Time: 32 min. | Trailer
Finding Kukan (English subtitles)
Finding Kukan (Chinese subtitles)
Documentary (Dir. Robin Lung, 2016)
Running Time: 75 min. | Trailer
Golden Gate Girls (Chinese and English subtitles)
Documentary (Dir. S. Louisa Wei, 2014)
Running Time: 90 min. | Trailer
CCSF Women's & Gender Studies Department Presents
Dr. Mauro Osborne-Sifuentes, Instructor of Intro to Masculinity Studies (WGST 35, Fall 2020)
The Mask You Live In | *Virtual Community Screening + Webinar Discussion | Register via Eventbrite
*Watch the 90-minute documentary on your own before the free Webinar Discussion:
Available streaming online through San Francisco and other Bay Area Public Libraries | Trailer
CCSF Faculty, Students and Staff – Watch Online Now with RAM ID
African American History Month Research Guide
A series of events presented in collaboration with the CCSF Black History Month Committee
Friday 2/7/20 from 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
CCSF Queer Resource Center
KIKI | Film Screening + Light refreshments and snacks
CCSF Ocean Campus, Women's Resource Center, Smith Hall 103/104
Tuesday 2/11/20 from 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
CCSF Black Student Union and African American Studies Department
Black Wellness | Workshop + Conversation on Black Health, Healing and Self Esteem
CCSF Ocean Campus, Rosenberg LLRC 4TH Floor, Media Center/Collaboratory Room R403
Wednesday 2/12/20 from 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
CCSF Black Student Union and African American Studies Department
Angela Scott, Transitional Coach YMCA Bayview Hunters Point
Black Entrepreneurship Basics | Seminar
CCSF Ocean Campus, Wellness Center, Room 103
Tuesday 2/18/20 from 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
CCSF Office of Student Equity
Amekila Gaston, Founder of The International Cultural Arts and Healing Sciences Institute
The System of Racial Inequality | Equity Talks Speaker Series
CCSF Ocean Campus, Multi-Use Building, MUB 140
Wednesday 2/19/20 from 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Librarian, Michele McKenzie
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Hands/Feeling Heart | Film Screening
CCSF Ocean Campus, Rosenberg LLRC 3RD Floor, Multimedia Room R305
Friday 2/21/20 from 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
CCSF Black Student Union and African American Studies Department
I Am Not Your Negro | Film Screening
CCSF Ocean Campus, Multi-Use Building, MUB 140
Saturday 2/22/20
CCSF African American Studies Department
De Young Museum Meet Up! - "Soul of a Nation" Exhibition | Free admission RSVP via Eventbrite
50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, San Francisco
Thursday 2/27/20 from 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm 2:45 pm - 5:00 pm
CCSF Office of Student Equity
Cracking the Codes: the System of Racial Inequality | Film Screening + Q&A
CCSF Ocean Campus, Rosenberg LLRC 3RD Floor, Multimedia Room R305
Saturday 2/29/20
CCSF African American Studies Department
Museum of the African Diaspora (MOAD) Meet Up! | Admission $5
685 Mission Street, San Francisco
