Documentaries This Week in the Bay Area worth going out for.

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Happiest Place on Earth: Walt’s Disneyland (2025)

Fri, Aug 28 · 2:00 PM

Presidio Terrace

Walt's voice, rare footage

Sensory-Friendly Film Screening: Happiest Place on Earth: Walt’s Disneyland (2025)

Fri, Aug 28 · 11:00 AM

Presidio Terrace

Disney history documentary

Happiest Place on Earth: Walt’s Disneyland (2025)

Fri, Aug 28 · 2:00 PM

Presidio Terrace

Archival Disneyland documentary

Film Screening – “Tongues Untied”

Sat, Aug 29 · 7:00 PM

Southside

Poetic documentary double feature

Tongues Untied & The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement

Sat, Aug 29 · 7:00 PM

Downtown Berkeley

Black identity documentaries

Film Screening – “Skin of Glass”

Sun, Aug 30 · 3:30 PM

Southside

A daughter excavates her father's crumbling architectural legacy in São Paulo's iconic glass tower, now home to hundreds of squatters. Stay for a post-screening conversation with director Denise Zmekhol and UC Berkeley professor Teresa Caldeira.

Revolutions Per Movie presents: URGH! A MUSIC WAR

Sun, Aug 30 · 3:00 PM

Mission District

80s punk on the big screen

Film Screening – “Skin of Glass”

Sun, Aug 30 · 3:30 PM

Downtown Berkeley

A daughter searches for her father's ghost in a glass tower now ruled by squatters. This documentary weaves family memory, urban decay, and South American modernism into one haunting story, followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker.

OpenScreening

Thu, Sep 3 · 8:00 PM

Mission District

Underground film forum

American Doctor

Thu, Sep 3 · 5:50 PM

Mission District

Catch a documentary screening with filmmaker Poh Si Teng and subjects Dr. Thaer Ahmad and Dr. Feroze Sidhwa in the room for a real-deal Q&A. The Roxie keeps cinema intimate, with cheap beers and the buzz of unexpected encounters.

Not everyone knows about these

TIME AND WATER – Film Screenings

Fri, Aug 28 · 4:30 PM

San Rafael

Glacial meditation on home

Pompei: Below the Clouds

Fri, Aug 28 · 4:15 PM

San Rafael

Poetic volcano documentary

MARY OLIVER: Saved by the Beauty of the World Film Screening

Tue, Sep 1 · 4:30 PM

San Rafael

Poetry on the big screen

Film Screening: Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World

Fri, Aug 28 · 4:30 PM

San Rafael

Poetry & nature documentary

Black August Film Screening: The Strike

Fri, Aug 28 · 5:00 PM

Jingletown

Film, healing & resistance

Pompei: Below the Clouds

Sat, Aug 29 · 4:45 PM

San Rafael

Documentary on life under vesuvius

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I go through what's actually on locally and keep the ones worth going to. Nothing pay-to-play, no filler, just the things I'd text a friend about.

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