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    'The Last Black Man In San Francisco' Is A Ravishing, Achingly Heartfelt Elegy

    A young man attempts to reclaim a grand home in San Francisco's gentrified Fillmore district in this "wistful fairy tale built from real-life materials."
    by Ella Taylor Jun 06, 2019 2 minutes
    <em>The Last Black Man in San Francisco</em>, directed by Joe Talbot, wowed audiences at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.

    Elegies for a dead or dying San Francisco lie thick on the ground, but a ravishing new film made by two friends who grew up there offers a loving elegy for the city's black community.

    is about a man trying to reclaim a house. It's also about reclaiming the history of the Fillmore district, a neighborhood dubbed the Harlem of the West whose black) of all stripes.

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