Arrows of Time
Sunday, April 29, 2:00 pm
McBean Theater, 3601 Lyon Street (Exploratorium)
Admission $5. Tickets available only at the door. Cash only.
Documentary footage of Jacques Derrida and John Berger collides with interviews of physicists at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center and a fictional crime story in this live cinema performance by Ken McMullen.
Fabricating Tom Zé
Tuesday, May 1, 8:30 pm
El Rio, 3158 Mission Street (César Chávez/Valencia)
Admission $5. Tickets available only at the door. Cash only.
One of Brazilian music’s unsung pioneers gets heads bopping and hips swinging in this on-the-road documentary bursting with rhythmic energy, Tropicalismo tunes and showstopping concert performances.
Rob Nilsson@Eye Candy
Tuesday–Thursday, May 1–3, 7:00 pm
Justin Herman Plaza, Embarcadero Center Four
Director Rob Nilsson ran the Tenderloin Group’s film acting workshops for street people, inner-city residents, professional actors and all-comers from 1991 to 2005, producing ten feature films. Scenes from Chalk and the nine 9@NIGHT films, featuring the lives of 50 fictional characters from San Francisco’s night streets, will play on SFIFF’s outdoor screen.
Wonders Are Many
Sunday, May 6, 7:00 pm and 9:30 pm
Intersection for the Arts, 446 Valencia Street (15th/16th)
Admission $5. Tickets available only at the door. Cash only.
Award-winning documentarian Jon Else provides a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the making of Doctor Atomic, an opera about J. Robert Oppenheimer created in 2006 for the San Francisco Opera by composer John Adams and director Peter Sellars.
Halou, Tarentel and the GreenWorld
Wednesday, May 9, 9:30 pm.
Mighty, 119 Utah Street (near 15th)
Members $9, general public, $12
Beloved local bands Halou and Tarentel take the stage for contrasting and intense multimedia performances that merge electronic and psychedelic music with dreamy
visuals. Videos made by the winner and finalists of the GreenWorld online contest will be screened as well. Admission to Mighty ages 21 and up only; proof of age will be required at the door.
WED MAY 9 9:30 MIGHTY HALO09M