Indie This Week in the East Bay worth going out for.

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Top picks

Cereal Cinema

Cereal Cinema

Sat, Aug 29 · 10:30 AM

Koreatown Northgate

Retro cartoons & cereal

Nathaniel Dorsky & Jerome Hiler: Film Offerings Program 4 – Arboretum Cycle

Nathaniel Dorsky & Jerome Hiler: Film Offerings Program 4 – Arboretum Cycle

Sat, Aug 29 · 3:00 PM

Downtown Berkeley

Silent 16mm meditations

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

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”

Film Screening – “Skin of Glass”

Sun, Aug 30 · 3:30 PM

Southside

Film Screening – “Skin of Glass”

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.

Saint Omer

Saint Omer

Thu, Sep 3 · 7:00 PM

Southside

French courtroom drama

Port Chicago Film and Discussion

Port Chicago Film and Discussion

Wed, Sep 2 · 11:30 AM

Richmond

WWII film & discussion

Vanta Black SciFi/Fantasy Club

Vanta Black SciFi/Fantasy Club

Fri, Aug 28 · 6:00 PM

Lakeshore

Afrofuturist film screenings

Cult Classics After Dark

Cult Classics After Dark

Sat, Aug 29 · 10:00 PM

Emeryville • $$

Cult films & cocktails

Not everyone knows about these

Black August Film Screening: The Strike

Black August Film Screening: The Strike

Fri, Aug 28 · 5:00 PM

Jingletown

Film, healing & resistance

CatVideoFest 2026

CatVideoFest 2026

Sat, Aug 29 · 12:00 PM

Elmwood

curated feline internet shorts

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