SPOTLIGHT!
MONDAY NIGHT FILM SERIES!
Monday, October 7, 2019, Tilley Hall, UNB Campus
Film Society members: $5/General Admission: $8
THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO
Joe Talbot
USA, 2019
English
120 minutes
Principal Cast: Jimmie Fails, Jonathan Majors, Rob Morgan, Tichina Arnold, Danny Glover
The Monday Night Film Series presents THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO on Monday October 7th at 7:30pm in Tilley 102, UNB.
Director Joe Talbot’s debut feature is an ode to the city of San Francisco, rooted in the real-life experiences of his childhood best friend, Jimmie Fails. Though Fails is a non-actor, no one else could give a more genuine and heart- felt performance than he could - so Talbot cast him in the lead role.
The Last Black Man in San Francisco tells a story of the city through the eyes of a fictionalized version of Jimmie, who is obsessed by the idea of reclaiming the Victorian house in Fillmore that his grandfather built. This house is where he grew up and was the last real home he had before his family broke apart.
Jimmie spends most of his time hanging out with his best friend, aspiring playwright Montgomery (Jonathan Majors, Out of Blue, White Boy Rick), haunting the neighbour- hoods they knew as children and watching old black-and-white movies at the small house they share with Montgomery’s nearly-blind grandfather (Danny Glover, The Old Man and the Gun, The Color Purple).
Jimmie also visits and fixes up the house his grandfather built to keep it from falling into disrepair, much to the annoyance of its current owners. Unexpectedly, the house is one day left empty and an estate dispute ensues. Jimmie and Montgomery seize the opportunity to move in and live out a make-believe home life - but their dream can’t last forever.
This is a story about transformation, friendship, resilience, and what it means to belong to a community. And though the film is not directly about gentrification, that’s so much a part of the day-to-day reality of San Franciscans that the force of it can’t be ignored.
“An indelibly beautiful story of love, family, and loss in America from two childhood friends turned filmmakers.” Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
This term, 16 limited release, independent foreign & Canadian films will be shown. Admission is $8/film, but a half-yearly $12 student film society membership reduces admission cost to $5/film. The series is open to all. Memberships are available at Tilley 102 every Monday night.
For further info, contact NB Film Co-op 455-1632 info@nbfilmcoop.com http://www.nbfilmcoop.com/exhibition/monday-night-film-series
The NB Film Co-op in partnership with the UNB Faculty of Arts and the Toronto Film Festival presents the series.
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