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  • JCCSF
  • Piedmont Theatre
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  • Narrative Features
  • Shorts Programs
July 28, 2026

Local Spotlight: Dust Bowls and Jewish Souls: Another Side of Woody Guthrie

USA English SFJFF 2026
July 28
Piedmont Theatre
5133, 4186 Piedmont Ave
Oakland, CA 94611
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From the dust storms of Oklahoma to the lox and bagels of Coney Island, discover a whole new side of Woody Guthrie that will forever change your view of one of America’s most celebrated songwriters and cultural icons.

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Landscapes of Memory

USA English German
July 28
Piedmont Theatre
5133, 4186 Piedmont Ave
Oakland, CA 94611
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While living and working in Germany, filmmaker Leah Galant reckons with family trauma and the the historical memory of the Holocaust. Stories of a Holocaust-survivor descendant, a Nazi-descendant historian, exiled Palestinian artists, and her father living with ALS reveal the uses and abuses of memory culture.

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The Legend of Juan Jose Mundo

USA English
July 28
Piedmont Theatre
5133, 4186 Piedmont Ave
Oakland, CA 94611
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It’s 1984 in suburban New York and Julie Gornick is hosting a charismatic, larger-than-life Spanish exchange student. As he starts hooking up with the girls in her class, Julie falls in love with him. Or what she thinks is love.

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Shorts: Narratives

July 28
Piedmont Theatre
5133, 4186 Piedmont Ave
Oakland, CA 94611
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From cacophonous seders to maternity photoshoots, step into the imaginative visions of these filmmakers whose fictional shorts showcase the heartfelt and hilarious truths of the human condition.

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