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'The Last Black Man in San Francisco' is next Cinema 10 film in Potsdam

Posted 9/27/19

POTSDAM -- The 2019 U.S. film “The Last Black Man in San Francisco” directed by Joe Talbot will be the next featured film at the Cinema 10 series at the Roxy Theater on Main Street on Sept. 30. …

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'The Last Black Man in San Francisco' is next Cinema 10 film in Potsdam

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POTSDAM -- The 2019 U.S. film “The Last Black Man in San Francisco” directed by Joe Talbot will be the next featured film at the Cinema 10 series at the Roxy Theater on Main Street on Sept. 30.

The movie is 120 minutes and rated R.

Loosely based on actor Jimmie Fails’ life, “The Last Black Man in San Francisco” follows Jimmie’s attempts to reclaim the house believed to be built by his grandfather.

Celebrating the rich cultural tapestry of San Francisco without shying away from the problems associated with urban poverty, this movie is an “indelibly beautiful story of love, family and loss in America from two childhood friends turned filmmakers,” writes Manohla Dargis of the The New York Times.

The following films additional films are scheduled in coming weeks:

• Oct. 7 “Coming Home” (2019, USA, d. Bess O’Brian) 90 min NR, Q&A with director after the film

• Oct. 21 “I Am Rohingya: A Genocide in Four Acts” (2018, Canada, d. Yusuf Zine) 84 min NR, Q&A with director after the film

• Oct. 28 “Hail Satan?” (2019, USA, d. Penny Lane) 95 min R

• Nov. 4 “The Burial of Kojo” (2018, Ghana/USA, d. Sam Blitz Bazawule) 80 min NR

• Nov. 11 “Woman at War / Kona fer í stríð” (2018, Iceland/France/Ukraine, d. Benedikt Erlingsson) 101 min NR

• Nov. 19 “Amazing Grace” (2018, USA, d. Allan Elliott and Sydney Pollack) 89 min G.

The Cinema 10 series aims to bring films to the area which are significant artistically, socially or politically, but which generally are not popular enough in the mass market to reach local theaters.

Films are shown at 7:15 p.m. Mondays at the Roxy Theater, 20 Main St. Season tickets are $45 or $35 for students and senior citizens. Individual tickets are $5.50 or $4.50 for students and seniors, available at the door.