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Previously unreleased footage from the 1969 Altamont festival, featuring the Rolling stones, was released in January 2022.

The Library of Congress revealed previously unseen footage from Altamont in 1969, including the Flying Burrito Brothers and CSNY.

WASHINGTON - When Library of Congress film expert Mike Mashon heard about newly found...

The National Audio-Visual Conservation Center has found a never-before-seen home movie of the infamous Altamont Free Concert in 1969, during which a member of the Hells Angels killed a member of the audience. The incident became a cultural turning point of the era.

The Library of Congress has recently acquired the Prelinger Collection, comprising more than 48,000 historical "ephemeral" motion pictures, from its owner, Prelinger Archives of San Francisco.

Tim Berners-Lee’s $ 5M NFT sale is what it means for web history It joins Berners-Lee’s NFT an eclectic company, Including Jack Dorsey’s first tweet, a New York Times column, Pringles Flavor called “CryptoCrisp,” a lifetime coupon code for an online kratom shopper, a rental for a space located in the San Francisco Mission District, a 52-minute live message that the shameless actor Armie Hammer believes is sexually explicit. peten audio file. But this last file has been added An endle...

G. Allen Johnson April 11, 2021 A scene from the found-footage documentary “Lost Landscapes: Oakland,” created by alex cruse and Rick Prelinger. Photo: SFFilm What can Oakland’s past teach us about its post-pandemic future? More on that in a moment. But first, let’s talk about the present. That filmmaker alex cruse and Grammy-winning blues musician Fantastic Negrito can present their collaboration, titled “Lost Landscapes: Oakland,” as part of this year’s San Francis...

"Valley Of Souls" After getting cancelled thanks to last year’s coronavirus lockdowns, the San Francisco International Film Festival (hereafter SFFILM) returns this year with its 2021 edition.  Running from April 9-18, 2021, this year’s SFFILM mixes together online streaming and live events at the Fort Mason Center drive-in.  This year’s program presents 103 films from 41 different countries.  13 of these films are World Premieres. One of these World Premieres takes Opening Night honor...

G. Allen Johnson April 2, 2021 John Boyega stars in “Naked Singularity,” which will make its world premiere as the opening night film of the 2021 San Francisco International Film Festival on April 9. Photo: SFFilm Programming a film festival in 2021 has an inherent difficulty: Because of the coronavirus pandemic, filmmakers toiling away in 2020 were challenged like never before. Worries about budget and resources are a constant in independent filmmaking; adding COVID-19 proto...

 (Rick Prelinger) The local news of the week, Entertainment Division, is that the multi-talented Boots Riley ( Sorry to Bother You) is making a half-hour, Oakland-set series for Amazon with Jharrel Jerome playing a 13-foot man-child. Riley previously described I’m A Virgo as “dark, absurd, hilarious and important,” which jibes with the writer-director’s latest statement: “This show will either have me lauded or banned, and as such, I have demanded payment up front.” Lost Landscape...