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IMDb rating 7.3
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Critic rating 8.6

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Critic Odie Henderson
rated 10

It’s a tribute to the notion of home that we all carry. This is one of the year’s best films.

Read full review at Roger Ebert
Critic Simran Hans
rated 8

A quirky approach gives Joe Talbot’s fact-based drama the feel of a fable.

Read full review at The Guardian
Critic Kambole Campbell
rated 8

There’s a lot of love in Adam Newport-Berra’s handsome, almost painterly camerawork.

Read full review at Empire
Critic Joyce Slaton
rated 10

...this tale of an ordinary man crushed by extraordinary pressures may be the best movie about San Francisco ever made.

Read full review at Common Sense Media
Critic Stefan Hedmark
rated 8

Slående vacker film med en poetisk ådra.

Read full review at Aftonbladet
Critic Sara Prahl
rated 8

...det kan være [svært] at sætte de helt rigtige ord på et værk, der er så helt igennem sit eget.

Read full review at Soundvenue
Critic Claus Nygaard Petersen
rated 8

Der er tunge emner som svigt, længsel, racisme og gentrificering på spil, men alligevel formår Joe Talbot at indgyde en underliggende tone af håb.

Read full review at Filmmagasinet Ekko

Cast & Crew

Joe Talbot
Director
Danny Glover
As Grandpa Allen
Mike Epps
As Bobby
Jello Biafra
As Tour Guide
Thora Birch
As Becca
Tichina Arnold
As Wanda Fails
Finn Wittrock
As Clayton

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The Last Black Man in San Francisco is a poignant and sweeping story of friendship, community, and the true meaning of home. Jimmie Fails, a young man living in Bayview–Hunters Point, San Francisco, dreams of reclaiming the Victorian home his grandfather built in the heart of the city. Joined on his quest by his best friend Mont Allen, Jimmie searches for belonging in a rapidly changing city that seems to have left them behind. As they struggle to reconnect with their family and reconstruct the community they long for, their hopes blind them to the reality of their situation. The film is a deep and resonant meditation on the stories we tell ourselves to find our place in the world.

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