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This event is in the past.It took place on April 1, 2026 at Gray Area / Grand Theater.

SF Cinematheque Presents: Abigail Child: Is This What You Were Born For? 1
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SF Cinematheque Presents: Abigail Child: Is This What You Were Born For?

Mission District

Pioneer experimental filmmaker Abigail Child makes her first San Francisco appearance since 2013 with a rare retrospective of her groundbreaking "Is This What You Were Born For?" series. Expect audiovisual fragmentation, startling musicality, and politically charged montage that transforms preexisting footage into something volatile and utterly unexpected.

avant-garde cinema
political filmmaking
sound-image interplay
challenging viewing

Tips

🎬"active viewing is a necessary pleasure" (Mark McElhatten)
⏱️87-minute program, 7 short films
🎭Child appears in person for Q&A

Gray Area / Grand Theater

2665 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA

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