The Fillmore: PBS documentary, San Francisco, jazz, Black history, urban renewal

Description: It was called "the Harlem of the West"....then urban renewal came to save it. From the Peabody and Emmy Award-winning PBS series Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco comes the remarkable story of San Francisco's Fillmore District. Remembered today mainly for its rock & roll auditorium, the Fillmore District is one of the great cautionary tales of American urban life. From the wholesale removal of Japanese Americans during World War II, to the jazz heyday of the 1950s, to the bulldozers of urban renewal, the Fillmore District has seen its share of drama. Now The Fillmore brings to life the many worlds of the neighborhood, past and present: from the music of Count Basie, John Handy and the Jefferson Airplane, to the bittersweet memories of the residents who fought for the survival of one of the nation's premiere African American communities. The film provides the real documentary history behind what happened to San Francisco's Black community in the 20th century - a story now coming to light in feature films like "Medicine for Melancholy" and "The Last Black Man in San Francisco." "A handsome, informative and ultimately wistful documentary." --San Francisco Chronicle "I've been showing this in a class I teach for years. It's comprehensive, fascinating and heart-breaking. It's a must see for everyone because we are forgetting our history." --AinBmore (Amazon review) Winner, Northern California Emmy for Outstanding Documentary Written & Produced by Peter L. Stein; directed by Rick Butler; edited by Joseph DeFrancesco; associate producer Elizabeth Pepin Narrated by Ossie Davis 84 minutes; color and b&w. © 1999 KQED, Inc. This DVD is shrink-wrapped and in original packaging.ISBN 978-0-9841369-1-9 Contact seller for orders of more than 5.

Price: 10.25 USD

Location: San Francisco, California

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