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the last black man in san francisco mother's abandonment

THE LAST BLACK MAN
IN SAN FRANCISCO
When There’s No Home
In A Mother’s Heart

July 24, 2019 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

What are the basic ingredients in Joe Talbot and Jimmie Fails’s The Last Black Man In San Francisco? An old Victorian house. A young man who has no home. A mother who abandoned him and can’t keep him in her heart. A necessary fantasy. A Greek Chorus (that speaks the anger, hate, and under it, …

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IN SAN FRANCISCO
When There’s No Home
In A Mother’s Heart

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“We come to Film and TV to find our hidden stories. If we look deeply into a character’s psyche, there is much to see about ourselves.”

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