San Francisco Documentary Festival 2022

Shorts 2: What Remains (plus Q&A)

Expired June 13, 2022 6:59 AM
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6 films in package
Our Very Own Emperor
Our Very Own Emperor is the love story between the city of San Francisco and its most famous street character, Emperor Joshua Abraham Norton the First, where the real seems eternally mystical.
The Game God(s)
The Game God(S) shows 4 characters: Martina, Frank, Brianna and Craig. They share their experiences as the Goddess of the Crossroads pushes us between the then and the now, connecting The Game God, The Game and Capitalism to the Blackness.
The Last Call for Alcohol!
The film covers the whole fascinating history of Bar in San Francisco called Lucky 13.
What Remains
Over a series of photographs, Georgette Quan tells the story of her family's shrimping business, from the age of the Chinese Exclusion Act, to its present day status as a state park.
Closed captions available
On Patrol: Stopping Anti-Asian Violence One Street At A Time
Spurred by a rise in anti-Asian violence, 'Asians with Attitudes,' a volunteer-based evening patrol group in Oakland's Chinatown, has galvanized the Asian American community to become one of the loudest voices in the fight to stop Asian hate.
What Remains Q&A

The film covers the whole fascinating history of Bar in San Francisco called Lucky 13.


The building was built right after the 1906 earthquake, which went on to become a string of hippie, disco, and western-themed gay bars like Mind Shaft, Alfie’s, and the High Chapparal. The main focus of the story is the quest to turn the building into condos, which started in 2015. The bar with the black cat sign seemed to have nine lives, surviving possible closure many, many times, but eventually going the way of other dearly departed Church and Market legends like Sparky’s diner and Aardvark Books.


The bar became another casualty of a gentrified neighborhood leaving a community broken and angry as events unfolded.

  • Runtime
    27 minutes
  • Country
    United States
  • Director
    Martin Francis Reade
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