California Movies

Alexandra Jackonetti recounts the building of a children's playground of macrame in Bolinas, Calif., including her conception of the project and the...

Beyond the sensationalized stories dominating the news, real people share their unfiltered experiences of life in San Francisco, a city far more...

Six formerly incarcerated individuals paddle down the middle fork of the American River on a life-changing three-day rafting trip. Many of the...

One man, one camera, one goal...to capture the essence of adventure. An experimental, often abstract new type of filmmaking process creating color...

Designing with Nature provides a vivid account of a pivotal chapter in the architectural history of Northern California. Set in the late 19th and...

Arabella Martinez, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2005 Community Leadership Awards (The San Francisco Foundation Award), was recognized for...

Based on true events, the story revolves around the murder of four young women in Northern California in the late 1990s and the subsequent criminal...

Two young high school boys spike the punch at a Halloween party, mischievously let the air out of car tires, and finally steal a car to go for a...

One filmmaker's exploration of natural light in California and its influence on people's lives.

This Traveltalk series short looks at California, beginning with the diverse types of flowers found in the state. After a look at some popular...

A portal, a sorceress, a fictional device to portray existence as a moment encapsulated inside an instantaneous photograph to present fragmented...

Home movie collection of the Bohulano Family of Stockton, CA. Footage dates between the 1950s-1970s.

"I made this film when I went to the San Francisco Art Institute, after graduating from Smith a semester early. It was my reaction to California....

CMC’s visionary leaders and artists to celebrate one of San Francisco’s most-revered and longest-running community arts programs.

This in-depth analysis explores the disconnect between policymakers and regular Californians, causing a mass exodus from the state. It's an essential...

“Last Men Standing,” the first feature-length documentary from The San Francisco Chronicle, Northern California’s largest newspaper...

A documentary that captures the heart and soul of Humboldt County’s mountain biking revolution. From backwoods builders to community leaders,...

Girls Night In is a satirical horror short that was created based on the Bechdel test. The test examines works of fiction to see whether there are...

After three British women went missing from a motel in California, detectives are on the hunt for the cryptic killer but will they find him in time...

A series of static shots of the buildings of the California Mission system, as they existed in 1907. Because many of the Mission buildings were in...