Community Movies

Based in the Western Addition neighborhood in San Francisco, CommunityGrows teaches cooking and gardening in local elementary schools and after...

A small karaoke studio becomes a quiet refuge for a group of strangers turned friends. Over the course of four years, music weaves together lives,...

A long-term resident of Pacific Beach explores the gradual gentrification of his once sleepy neighborhood in San Diego, California.

Apple Gatherers follows two workers in an apple cider factory, the Peeler and the Shoveller. The film explores the loneliness and dissatisfaction of...

In the coastal village of Amed, Bali, life moves to a rhythm set by the sea and the volcano. However, an unexpected change is taking shape on the...

Arnold Perkins, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2007 Community Leadership Awards (the San Francisco Foundation Award). Arnolds broad...

Four peoples’ lives are brought together by the opioid crisis in a small Georgia city. A seasoned firefighter saves the life of a young woman...

A young man breaks his dead brothers car and through the community he fixes it.

A documentary tracing the journey of a volunteer teacher in Frankadua, a remote African village in the eastern side of Ghana. It explores the...

The San Francisco Foundation presents 2013 Community Leadership Awardee, Educators for Fair Consideration (E4FC), with The San Francisco Foundation...

Mexican documentary short film that portrays the importance of the self-management process of communities in the republic around the cacao seed, not...

Jane, a person with cancer gets supported by Gwen who shows her that the community still cares about her.

Sixteen best friends from across the planet meet for the first time and experience loss, love, and grief through the power of live music. Can they...

'Cultural Preservation' is a short documentary film which discusses the importance of community and how the development of gentrification can become...

This is a documentary that follows a group of friends as they see what it takes to play at the first ever Roundnet World Championships. Showcasing...

The San Francisco Foundation 2013 Community Leadership Awards presents Nancy Hom with the Helen Crocker Russell Award, made to an under-recognized,...

This documentary explores the ancient water system of Douiret-Sbâa, Morocco, a remarkable network fed by a local spring that has sustained the...

Yard One shows fragments of people navigating the city of Brussels through dreams, family and community. It's a tribute to its rich electronic music...

In the Chicago suburbs, a community of passionate folks find connection and escape on the gravel courts of a local bocce league.