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Common-Produced and Scored Doc Short ‘Four Letters’ to Premiere During San Quentin Prison Film Festival (EXCLUSIVE)
The San Quentin Film Festival — the first-ever film festival taking place inside of a prison — has added a new title to its lineup: “Four Letters,” a documentary short that was scored and executive produced by Common.The First Film Festival Inside a Prison: How a Formerly Incarcerated Documentarian Secured Approval, Funding and Celebrity Jurors for San Quentin's Inaugural Event The festival marks the first industry and press screening of “Four Letters,” but its world premiere took place on screens across all state prisons administered by California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation in April as a part of Second Chance Month,...
Neighbors re-imagine neglected Bernal Heights block as community garden
Not all heroes wear capes. Some, like a group of Bernal Heights neighbors transforming their neglected block into a community space, carry garden trowels. San Francisco is known for its hills and steep roads. It’s also home to ‘unaccepted streets,’ poorly-paved pathways that don’t meet municipal standards and are unmaintained by the city. Many of these streets — often littered with debris — have been abandoned for decades.
Today’s Alameda Treasure – 1031 San Antonio Ave., the Tilden Mansion, Part 3
In Part 1 and Part 2 of this story, we took a look at the extraordinary Italian Renaissance Villa that has graced this spot on San Antonio Avenue since 1896, and which has been known for generations as the Tilden Mansion, due to its association with Major Charles L. Tilden (1857-1950). Though Charles Tilden died in 1950, his stepdaughter Marion Mitchell inherited the home and lived in it until her death in 1966. A series of just three owners have been the caretakers since then, and they have kept the grand villa in spectacular condition.
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