Citizen Film Movies
- 1996
It's Elementary: Talking About Gay Issues in School
It's Elementary: Talking About Gay Issues in School5.51996HD
Depicts what happens when students K-8 discuss LGBT-related topics in age-appropriate ways. Shot in six public and private schools (in San Francisco...
- 1984
Choosing Children
Choosing Children11984HD
CHOOSING CHILDREN is a pioneering film about parenting in non-traditional families and helped to open dialogue about the meaning and reality of the...
- 2008
Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union
Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union02008HD
Moscow, January 1948. In the bitter cold, a large crowd attends the State Funeral of the Yiddish actor and director Solomon Mikhoels. An official...
- 1970
Wendy MacNaughton Draws Castro Commons
Wendy MacNaughton Draws Castro Commons01970HD
This playful short film was produced in collaboration with the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco as part of a multimedia installation entitled...
- 2004
One Wedding and a Revolution
One Wedding and a Revolution12004HD
This short film reveals the inspiration, motivation and political challenges at San Francisco City Hall during the frantic days leading up to the...
- 1970
Nathan Chan – SF Symphony
Nathan Chan – SF Symphony01970HD
A Studio B Production – Co-produced by Citizen Film for the San Francisco Symphony
- 1970
Students Respond to American Creed
Students Respond to American Creed01970HD
Citizen Film partnered with co-producer WTTW Chicago Public Media, the National Writing Project (NWP), Facing History and Ourselves, PBS...
- 2021
Prognosis: Notes on Living
Prognosis: Notes on Living02021HD
When filmmaker Debra Chasnoff faces stage-4 cancer, she turns her lens on herself and the disease. What emerges is a portrait of her extended LGBTQ...
- 1970
A Foot in the Door
A Foot in the Door01970HD
A Foot in the Door tells the story of Kindergarten to College (K2C), the first universal children’s savings account program in the United...
- 1970
Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust
Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust01970HD
Each of the stories celebrates pioneers of a national movement to engage encore workers, adults age 50+, in solving problems, meeting important...
- 1970
Ron and Mary Loar – SF Symphony
Ron and Mary Loar – SF Symphony01970HD
A Studio B Production – Co-produced by Citizen Film for the San Francisco Symphony
- 1970
Milk Barn: The Future of a Swiss Family Farm - Armon Meyer
Milk Barn: The Future of a Swiss Family Farm - Armon Meyer01970HD
Thousands of feet up in Switzerland’s Engadine Valley you’ll find a community of people working together to carry out centuries-old...
- 2018
American Creed
American Creed02018HD
Join former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, historian David Kennedy and a diverse group of Americans to explore whether a unifying set of...
- 2007
It's Still Elementary
It's Still Elementary12007HD
In 1996, Women's Educational Media released their groundbreaking documentary Its Elementary-Talking About Gay Issues in School. It's Still Elementary...
- 1970
Wired for What?
Wired for What?01970HD
Wired for What? visits four very different elementary schools grappling with computerization to find out if technology is helping to change our...
- 1970
Choosing Children: The Back Story
Choosing Children: The Back Story01970HD
GroundSpark creates visionary films and dynamic educational campaigns that move individuals and communities to take action for a more just world....
- 1970
Leo T. McCarthy Center for Public Service and the Common Good
Leo T. McCarthy Center for Public Service and the Common Good01970HD
The Leo T. McCarthy Center for Public Service and the Common Good is dedicated to inspiring and preparing students at University of San Francisco to...
- 1970
We Hunger For…
We Hunger For…01970HD
Justice, opportunity, connection, equity, friendship, respect, experience, community, knowledge, health, success, love – what do I, you,...
- 1970
The Labor of Lunch
The Labor of Lunch01970HD
Making from-scratch meals for 5,000 kids is hard work for everyone, and it happens every day at the Berkeley Public Schools Central Kitchen. Part of...
- 1970
Avein Tafoya - Piper Fellowship
Avein Tafoya - Piper Fellowship01970HD
Saaty-Tafoya reflects on her eight week sabbatical, during which she visited healthcare centers across the United States that are innovators in...