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CinemaSFbay is a registered 501(c)(3) California non-profit public benefit corporation with a mission to educate the general public in the art and science of motion pictures, including independent, documentary, classic, foreign-language, underrepresented, and other culturally diverse and significant films, entertainment, and arts education and to ensure long-term sustainability of our historic neighborhood cinemas — Balboa Theater (1926), the Vogue Theater (1912), and the 4-Star Theater (1913). CinemaSFbay EIN: [99-1949270]
Three Theaters. One Love for Cinema.
Discover quality films for quality people at San Francisco’s historic independent theaters.
Choose your theater and see what’s playing.
BALBOA + 4-STAR
August 5 – August 9, 2026
Nine films, live introductions, audience conversations, and a celebration of independent filmmaking with an American original.
AUG 5
Balboa
HOLLYWOOD SHUFFLE (1987)
AUG 6
Balboa
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967)
THE GREAT WHITE HOPE (1970)
AUG 7
4-Star
A FACE IN THE CROWD (1957)
NETWORK (1976)
AUG 8
4-Star
CLAUDINE (1974)
THE FIVE HEARTBEATS (1991)
AUG 9
4-Star
B*A*P*S* (1997)
THE METEOR MAN (1993)
Speaker One
Actor and Special Guest
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Speaker Two
Director
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Speaker Three
Filmmaker and Moderator
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Speaker Four
Special Guest
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Robert Townsend
FILMMAKER · ACTOR · WRITER · PRODUCER
A pioneering independent filmmaker whose work includes Hollywood Shuffle, The Five Heartbeats, The Meteor Man and B*A*P*S.
Appearing throughout the residency
Balboa + 4-Star
Artist in Residence
Robert Townsend
FILMMAKER · ACTOR · WRITER · PRODUCER
A pioneering independent filmmaker whose work includes Hollywood Shuffle, The Five Heartbeats, The Meteor Man and B*A*P*S.
Appearing throughout the residency
Balboa + 4-Star
Artist in Residence
Robert Townsend
FILMMAKER · ACTOR · WRITER · PRODUCER
A pioneering independent filmmaker whose work includes Hollywood Shuffle, The Five Heartbeats, The Meteor Man and B*A*P*S.
Appearing throughout the residency
Balboa + 4-Star
Artist in Residence
Robert Townsend
FILMMAKER · ACTOR · WRITER · PRODUCER
A pioneering independent filmmaker whose work includes Hollywood Shuffle, The Five Heartbeats, The Meteor Man and B*A*P*S.
Appearing throughout the residency
Balboa + 4-Star