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‘The Last Black Man in San Francisco’ and Loving a Complicated City

By Gareth Higgins
Screenshot from 'The Last Black Man in San Francisco' trailer / A24
Aug 14, 2019
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The Last Black Man in San Francisco is a film of operatic intensity, poetic emotion, political clarity, and a touch of magic realism.

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Screenshot from 'The Last Black Man in San Francisco' trailer / A24