DocFest 2023 Press Coverage

Posted by sfindie June 7, 2023 551 views

 

 

 

 

DAILIES

SF Chronicle

https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/sfdocfest-movies-san-quentin-roxie-18105878.php 

Tweet published 5/30: https://twitter.com/sfchronicle/status/1663508230545317889 

Film roundup published 6/1 feat. FANTASTIC NEGRITO, SATAN WANTS YOU, BLACK BARBIE, AMERICAN BABY, SECRET SONG, WE R HERE, FRIENDLY SIGNS: https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/entertainment-movies-sfdocfest-18105879.php 

 

BANG Newspapers – San Jose Mercury News, East Bay Times, Marin I.J. 

https://piedmontexedra.com/2023/06/pass-the-remote-wide-variety-packs-sf-docfest-at-roxie-and-virtually

https://www.newsbreak.com/san-francisco-ca/3042618444290-bcnarts-pass-the-remote-wide-variety-packs-sf-docfest-at-roxie-and-virtually 

 

SFGATE

Randy Myers’ article was syndicated to SFGATE, published 5/30: https://www.sfgate.com/news/bayarea/article/pass-the-remote-wide-variety-packs-sf-docfest-at-18126702.php 

Daily Californian

Reviewed MUSEUM OF THE REVOLUTION: https://dailycal.org/2023/06/13/museum-revolution and LOCKED OUT https://dailycal.org/2023/06/16/locked-out

 

MONTHLIES

 

Bay View

BLACK BARBIE, 26.2 TO LIFE and FANTASTIC NEGRITO. Published 6/3:

https://sfbayview.com/2023/06/black-barbie-documentary-review/ 

https://sfbayview.com/2023/06/fantastic-negrito-have-you-lost-your-mind-yet-a-review/

 

Diablo Magazine

FANTASTIC NEGRO published 5/30: https://trendmag2.trendoffset.com/publication/?m=3642&i=791817&p=16&ver=html5 

 

Marin Magazine

In calendar section of June issue: https://marinmagazine.com/calendar/30-things-to-do-this-june-summer-activities-and-more/ 

 

Nob Hill Gazette

Published 5/30: https://www.nobhillgazette.com/events/calendar/festivals-flowers-and-more-to-fill-up-your-june-days/article_d68f3656-edc1-11ed-a709-1f30f8bfb198.html 

Print Issue, page 14: https://www.flipsnack.com/nobhillgazette/nob-hill-gazette-june-2023/full-view.html

 

Noe Valley Voice

SECRET SONG and SEAN DORSEY for June issue. http://www.noevalleyvoice.com/2023/June/index.html

Front page. Link here to PDF too: https://drive.google.com/file/d/18M6GuFda4QmPX4DCNm8h3Ihq7J91fKxG/view?usp=drive_link 

 

Richmond Review/Sunset Beacon

HOW TO HAVE AN AMERICAN BABY. Feature ran in the May issue of the Sunset Beacon. Posted 5/6:

https://sfrichmondreview.com/2023/05/06/local-filmmaker-debuts-how-to-have-an-american-baby/

 

SF Arts Monthly

Sura Wood covering BLACK BARBIE for June print issue on June 4. Page 14: https://indd.adobe.com/view/d28ffb29-8384-4bb4-a87d-86fa6893a95b 

 

San Francisco Magazine

https://sanfran.com/san-francisco-festivals

 

WEEKLIES

 

Bay Area Reporter

Brian Bromberger watched RUTH BRINKER and SEAN DORSEY for issue of May 28. Article published, 5/23: https://www.ebar.com/story.php?ch=events&sc=arts_events&id=325513 

Article published in print, 5/25: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NYTdSqCurSiDDTgw5WHbh17lYFMZh7c2/view?usp=share_link 

Jim added as a calendar event, 5/25: https://www.ebar.com/story.php?ch=BARtab&sc=Nightlife&id=325637 

 

East Bay Express

FANTASTIC NEGRITO and WE R HERE.

Published 5/31: https://eastbayexpress.com/22nd-sf-docfest/ 

 

The Jewish News of Northern California

NAFKOT. Ran 6/1

https://jweekly.com/event/nafkot-yearning/2023-06-01/ 

BEFORE US. Ran 6/2.

https://jweekly.com/2023/06/02/at-sf-docfest-secrets-from-a-jewish-mothers-hippie-past/

 

 

RADIO/TV

 

ABC7 KGO-TV

Segment on DOCFEST. aired 5/30 on 7AM news and 11AM news with mentions to 26.2 to Life, Black Barbie, Jesszilla and interviewing Chris Metzler. https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cs4OpiHuXmz/ 

 

KALX Film Close-Ups

 https://spinitron.com/KALX/pl/17388424/Film-Close-Ups 

 

KIQI Hecho en California

Interviews set up with FANTASTIC NEGRITO, PARKLUNCHGOD, and GIRL FROM 7TH. All to air before June 1st. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IW6Fh3VsDFKbKeNQNgBaEdnxyd8h5GHu/view?usp=drive_link 

 

KPFA Upfront

Segment on June 1st with Samantha Campbell from THE SECRET SONG and fest director Jeff Ross. https://archives.kpfa.org/data/20230601-Thu0700.mp3 and https://kpfa.org/episode/upfront-june-1-2023/ 

 

KTVU News

Interview with Christine Yoo aired on 6:00pm news, May 26 with 26.2 TO LIFE, and published 5/29: https://www.ktvu.com/video/1227407, also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqsQ4Lipo00 

 

KWMR Airwaves

Raul Gallyot interviewed JESSZILLA, SATAN WANTS YOU, 40 BELOW & MOTEL DRIVE airing live on May 30th (https://kwmr.org/broadcasts/44730) and June 6th (https://kwmr.org/broadcasts/44849) at 9am.

 

KWMR Art’s Desire

Julie Motz mentioned the festival and TELL ME IGGY on the show, 5/30 at 1:30pm. https://kwmr.org/broadcasts/44732 

 

Sing Tao Radio

Yar Wei previewed various films from the festival airing on his shows 5/26 and 6/2. http://www.chineseradio.com/main/songs/mweekly10/ 

 

Sports By-Line

THE SECRET SONG interview with Samantha was live on 5/30.

https://drive.google.com/drive/u/3/folders/1EHsi5AkuYfu7tB6hSx2wdXgNP6YwbKWC

 

ONLINE

 

48 Hills

Published 5/30: https://48hills.org/2023/05/screen-grabs-22nd-edition-of-docfest-races-to-cover-world-around-us/ 

 

8Asians

YouTube capture of QA for AMERICAN BABY, 6/4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTZN1K2qDCU 

Review: https://www.8asians.com/2023/06/09/sf-docfest-how-to-have-an-american-baby/

 

Berkeleyside

FANTASTIC NEGRITO, SATAN WANTS YOU, JOIN OR DIE, MOTEL DRIVE, SONG OF THE CICADA and WE R HERE, published 5/30: https://www.berkeleyside.org/2023/05/30/fantastic-negrito-sf-docfest-2023 

 

Beyond Chron

https://beyondchron.org/reviews-from-s-f-docfest-22/

 

Broke-Ass Stuart

Capsule reviews published 5/30: https://brokeassstuart.com/2023/05/30/the-22nd-san-francisco-documentary-film-festival-is-here/ 

Sent in June 1st newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/brokeassstuart.com/whats-behind-the-character-assassination-of-sf?e=5a42374dee 

Calendar event:

https://brokeassstuart.com/2023/05/30/the-best-bay-area-events-for-5-30-6-5/ 

 

Edge Media Network

Syndication of EBAR from Brian Bromberger: https://www.edgemedianetwork.com/story.php?325513 

 

Film Threat

https://filmthreat.com/reviews/no-time-to-fail/ 

https://filmthreat.com/reviews/40-below-the-toughest-race-in-the-world/ 

https://filmthreat.com/reviews/before-us/ 

https://filmthreat.com/reviews/sk8face/ 

https://filmthreat.com/reviews/jesszilla/ 

https://filmthreat.com/reviews/song-of-the-cicada/ 

 

Flipboard

From SF Chronicle article: https://flipboard.com/article/7-films-to-watch-during-s-f-docfest-2023/f-6c8b1cb1bd%2Fsfchronicle.com 

 

Frisc

https://thefrisc.com/not-just-about-the-seats-local-filmmakers-debate-the-castro-theatre-s-fate-3eee9fe97e3c

 

Gay Sonoma

Interview with CISCO KID ran 5/30.https://www.gaysonoma.com/2023/05/san-francisco-docfest-2023-interview-cisco-kid-director-emily-kaye-allen/ 

Overall festival, 5/15: https://www.gaysonoma.com/2023/05/announcing-the22nd-sf-documentary-film-festivalsf-docfest-june-1-11-2023/ 

 

Local News Matters

Published article, 5/29: https://localnewsmatters.org/2023/05/29/pass-the-remote-wide-variety-packs-sf-docfest-at-roxie-and-virtually/ 

 

Mission Local

Calendar listing, 5/25: https://missionlocal.org/event/ruths-table-creative-growth-pop-up-sf-doc-fest-post-screening-celebration/

 

MSN

Berkeleyside article was syndicated to MSN, 5/31: https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/fantastic-negrito-tells-his-own-story-in-new-documentary/ar-AA1bUfEY 

LocalNewsMatters article was syndicated to MSN, 5/29: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/pass-the-remote-wide-variety-packs-sf-docfest-at-roxie-and-virtually/ar-AA1bQnMV 

 

Sebastopol Film Festival

Inclusion of RUTH BRINKER, 5/30:  https://sebastopolfilmfestival.org/sfdocfest-ruthbrinkerstory/ 

 

VIMooZ

Overview article published, 5/11: https://www.vimooz.com/2023/05/11/22nd-san-francisco-docfest-lineup-26-2-to-life-fantastic-negrito/ 

 

Yahoo! News

KTVU segment syndicated to Yahoo! On 5/30: https://news.yahoo.com/documentary-shines-light-running-club-021346730.html 

 

CALENDAR/NEWSLETTERS

 

7×7

Tweet with mention to FANTASTIC NEGRITO, 5/31: https://twitter.com/7×7/status/1663926073044729861 

 

48 Hills

Email newsletter inclusion, 5/15: https://drive.google.com/file/d/19Os35epHgRrapET4INOdzsomdNyxfuLD/view?usp=sharing 

 

 

Animation Newsletter

Karl included in his June newsletter all the animated films. http://asifa-sf.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/June-2023-ASIFA-SF.pdf 

 

 

Do the Bay

https://dothebay.com/events/2023/6/3/docfest-how-to-have-an-american-baby-tickets 

https://dothebay.com/events/2023/6/1/22nd-sf-documentary-film-festival-sf-docfest-tickets 

 

Indybay

Posted on calendar listing 5/22. https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2023/05/22/18856279.php 

 

Mission Local

Calendar listing, 5/25: https://missionlocal.org/event/ruths-table-creative-growth-pop-up-sf-doc-fest-post-screening-celebration/

SATAN WANTS YOU in newsletter from 6/8: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eQxogHEhDR5Tc_KtJg-W4mwwVYneJo_y/view?usp=drive_link 

 

Patch

Calendar event live on 5/22.

https://patch.com/california/san-francisco/calendar/event/20230608/f794fccf-e807-4099-96d0-0aa3b9507caf/22nd-san-francisco-documentary-festival-sf-docfest 

 

SF Funcheap

Posted on calendar listings 5/22. https://sf.funcheap.com/22nd-san-francisco-documentary-festival-sf-docfest-june-111/ 

https://sf.funcheap.com/sf-docfest-opening-night-art-show-afterparty/

 

SF Station

https://www.sfstation.com/22nd-san-francisco-documentary-festival-e2461918 

Ticket giveaway, 5/24: https://www.sfstation.com/2023/05/23/win-tickets-to-docfest-2023/ 

Fantastic Negrito, 5/31: https://www.sfstation.com/fantastic-negrito-have-you-lost-your-mind-yet-e2462477