Citizen Film Movies

"Throwing Curves" uses striking archival images, observational footage of the 97-year old industrial designer, Eva Zeisel, who is still an artist at...

Depicts what happens when students K-8 discuss LGBT-related topics in age-appropriate ways. Shot in six public and private schools (in San Francisco...

CHOOSING CHILDREN is a pioneering film about parenting in non-traditional families and helped to open dialogue about the meaning and reality of the...

Moscow, January 1948. In the bitter cold, a large crowd attends the State Funeral of the Yiddish actor and director Solomon Mikhoels. An official...

This playful short film was produced in collaboration with the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco as part of a multimedia installation entitled...

"People of the Graphic Novel" is a playful introduction to the history of an art form: from the first "funny pages" to seminal artists including Will...

The San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards presents Ravenswood Family Health Center with the John R. May Award for providing high...

Chris Renfro doesn’t just grow and harvest grapes on a hillside high above San Francisco’s Highway 280 to make delicious local wine. He...

National Center for Lesbian Rights, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2009 Community Leadership Awards (the John R. May Award), for its...

Insight Prison Project, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2005 Community Leadership Awards (John R. May Award) - for its dedication to breaking...

The East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation has earned the John R. May Award for transforming neighborhoods and creating new economic...

A Foot in the Door tells the story of Kindergarten to College (K2C), the first universal children’s savings account program in the United...

On the way to creating a new future, the New Jewish Filmmaking Project is rediscovering the past. 11 young storytellers, ages 15-25, collaborated...

Take a journey with master graphic novelist Joann Sfar as he finds inspiration in his Algerian-Jewish heritage and the lively streets and cafes of...

Gracenter is a recovery residence that offers a supportive and gently challenging program for women who wish to strengthen their early sobriety....

Puente de la Costa Sur, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2004 Community Leadership Awards (John R. May Award) - for its creative, grassroots...

Ester Hernandez, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2004 Community Leadership Awards (Helen Crocker Russell Award) - for fostering community and...

In 2002, Sophie Constantinou interviewed Ron Padgett, Connie Lewellyn and Kenward Elmslie and recorded their recollections of Joe Brainard’s...

This documentary was produced by Citizen Film and Young Community Developers, in collaboration with a coalition of organizations, enterprises, city...

Ian James has been creating leather goods for nearly a decade, but only recently realized his dream of opening his own shop. When James got laid off...