69 minutes of stolen time from dead strangers who never knew you'd be watching.
This year’s LOST LANDSCAPES OF SAN FRANCISCO (the 19th!) casts an archival gaze on the lives of San Franciscans and Bay residents. Drawn from over 400 newly scanned archival films plus a few old favorites, this year’s film revels in the textures and activities of everyday life, labor and celebration, replaying known and unknown historical moments, daylighting lost and found infrastructures, revealing the scars of settlement and pointing to more hopeful futures. Highlights include intimate views of the Mission District, recently discovered BART films, coverage of Western Addition redevelopment and displacement, and much more. Almost all of the footage has not been shown before.
Direction
Prelinger's live curation turns strangers into protagonists.
Editing
400+ sources woven into one breathing city.
Production
BART construction footage that predates your parents' commute.
Director
Rick Prelinger
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Prelinger's archive contains over 60,000 films rescued from bankruptcy dumpsters and closed institutions—he's literally saved American amnesia from itself.
The 'lost' in Lost Landscapes refers to both vanished places and the deliberate suppression of certain histories; the 2024 edit notably foregrounds Black and Brown San Franciscans previously relegated to background extras.
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