A young man searches for home in the changing city that seems to have left him behind.A young man searches for home in the changing city that seems to have left him behind.A young man searches for home in the changing city that seems to have left him behind.
- Awards
- 18 wins & 59 nominations
Antoine Redus
- Nitty
- (as Antoine 'Milk' Redus)
Isiain Lalime
- Gunna
- (as Isiain Lalime)
Maximilienne Ewalt
- Mary
- (as Maxamilliene Ewalt)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaMichael Marshal, famous for singing the hook on the rap song "I Got 5 On It" by The Luniz, makes a cameo appearance as the man on the street singing his rendition of "San Francisco (Make Sure to Wear Flowers in your Hair)". After singing this song, a nod to his famous performance is given when he jokingly starts to sing "I Got 5 On It".
- GoofsIt is repeatedly said the house's location is at Golden Gate and Fillmore. When the house is first seen, however, the camera pans away, and a somewhat blurred street sign can be seen that says "20th". Neither 20th St. nor 20th Ave. is anywhere near that location. Articles about the making of the film note that the house that provided exterior location shots is actually on So. Van Ness between 20th and 21st Streets.
- Quotes
Jimmie Fails: You don't get to hate it unless you love it.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Last Black Man In San Francisco: Red Carpet (2019)
- SoundtracksMGV (Musique à grande vitesse)
Written by Michael Nyman
Published by G. Schirmer o/b/o Michael Nyman LTD.
By kind permission from Michael Nyman Limited
Featured review
Semi-autobiographical movie about the changing San Francisco.
My wife and I watched this at home via Amazon Prime streaming movies. Quite different from most movies, some parts I didn't like, especially when there was lots of screaming or street arguments among the street guys. However the core of the story, involving a young black man longing to reassemble his family after earlier being evicted, is done very well.
We see on the news frequently that the high cost of housing in San Francisco continues to create problems and this story builds on that realism.
Jimmie Fails wrote and starts as himself, Jimmie Fails. This is his story, their former home in San Francisco was built in 1946 by his grandfather and he continues to visit it, even care for parts of it, even though a family now lives in it. He holds out hopes that he can get it back, but it is probably worth $4Million now. But we gradually find that his is a false memory, and his attachment to it is on shaky ground.
In an interview Fails states, "It's actually more a story about family, the fleeting nature of love and happiness, and fighting to find one's place in an evolving world. When I lost my house, which is what happens in the movie, it wasn't at all because of gentrification, it is about San Francisco changing, but that's not what we set out to make a film about."
Very interesting movie, some will like it while others might find it much ado about very little, or maybe just a slice of life of a black person in San Francisco constantly struggling to find a worthwhile life.
We see on the news frequently that the high cost of housing in San Francisco continues to create problems and this story builds on that realism.
Jimmie Fails wrote and starts as himself, Jimmie Fails. This is his story, their former home in San Francisco was built in 1946 by his grandfather and he continues to visit it, even care for parts of it, even though a family now lives in it. He holds out hopes that he can get it back, but it is probably worth $4Million now. But we gradually find that his is a false memory, and his attachment to it is on shaky ground.
In an interview Fails states, "It's actually more a story about family, the fleeting nature of love and happiness, and fighting to find one's place in an evolving world. When I lost my house, which is what happens in the movie, it wasn't at all because of gentrification, it is about San Francisco changing, but that's not what we set out to make a film about."
Very interesting movie, some will like it while others might find it much ado about very little, or maybe just a slice of life of a black person in San Francisco constantly struggling to find a worthwhile life.
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- TxMike
- Dec 15, 2019
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- Người Da Đen Cuối Cùng Ở San Francisco
- Filming locations
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $4,515,719
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $235,272
- Jun 9, 2019
- Gross worldwide
- $4,637,830
- Runtime2 hours 1 minute
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
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