Film captures the loss of black San Franciscans

Actor Jimmie Fails draws from his own story in his portrayal of a young black man navigating a shifting racial landscape in"The Last Black Man in San Francisco." His tale is a familiar one in affluent U.S. cities.

All the while, Jimmie dreams of reclaiming the grand Victorian home he says his grandfather built in the Fillmore District, before his father lost the home to drugs. Talbot, who is white, says it has become that much harder to make ends meet, even in the five years they've taken to make the film. San Francisco never had a large African American population, hitting its peak of 95,000 in the 1970 U.S. Census, or 13%. That figure tumbled to 11% in 1990, and then to just under 8% in 2000.

African Americans started moving to San Francisco in the 19th century, drawn by its reputation for tolerance, writes Albert S. Broussard in"Black San Francisco." Among those was William Alexander Leidesdorff, who came to San Francisco before it was called San Francisco, and served on its first town council.

That would be true for most people today living in all blue state shitholes. LOL.

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Film captures the loss of black San FranciscansSkyrocketing housing costs have driven many African Americans out of San Francisco. A new film explores that shifting racial landscape through the eyes of a native who doesn’t recognize the city he grew up in. Thank the democrats Of course ... Well I mean who would want to live there anyway? Needles and poop everywhere
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