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Temescal Street Cinema: Outdoor Films & Free Popcorn | Oakland

Every Thursday - 8:00 pm | Cost: FREE
49th and Telegraph | 49th St. and Telegraph, Oakland, CA

The Temescal Street Cinema homegrown outdoor film series is back for 2012 showing films on the side of the Bank of the West Building in Oakland, with live music, films and free popcorn.

Rather than showing boring major blockbusters, these are strange and interesting films by Bay Area artists and filmmakers that you’re unlikely to see anywhere else.

Temescal Street Cinema | 2012
Thursdays, June 14 – July 19, 2012.
49th Street @ Telegraph Ave. in Oakland
- Festivities begin at 8pm. Films at 8:45pm.
- Free popcorn and live music
- Seating is limited, so come early and bring a low chair.

JUNE 14
The Waiting Room (Peter Nicks)
A moving, chaotic, at times humorous character-driven documentary depicting a day in the life of the emergency room at Oakland’s Highland Hospital.

JUNE 21
Windows into Worlds
Shorts program featuring:
Bachelorette #34 by Kara Herold
Music Man Murray by Richard Parks
Victoria by Charles Sommer
Scrapertown by Zackary Canepari, Drea Cooper
Why I Ride Slow and Low by Conscious Youth Media Crew

JUNE 28
A FIERCE GREEN FIRE: The Battle For a Living Planet (Mark Kitchell)
The first big-picture exploration of the environmental movement

JULY 5
Short Films / Live Music w/ Jeremy Rourke + WHO IS BOZO TEXINO? (Bill Daniel)
The picaresque chronicle of a 16-year search for the source of a ubiquitous rail graffiti–a simple sketch of a blank-staring character with an infinity-shaped hat and the scrawled moniker, “Bozo Texino”–a drawing seen on railcars for over 80 years.

JULY 12
The Welcome: A Healing Journey for War Veterans and Their Families (Kim Shelton, Bill McMillan)
At a 5-day healing retreat for veterans, “examples of unflinching honesty, courage and love lift us up, inspiring all of us once again to feel our common humanity, always the first casualty of war.”

JULY 19
Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone (Lev Anderson & Chris Metzler)
Everyday Sunshine follows Punk/Funk band Fishbone’s lead singer Angelo Moore and bassist Norwood Fisher as they struggle to keep the band rolling.

Opening Shorts presented by The Royal NoneSuch Gallery

Links: Event details

Cost: FREE

This event is scheduled every Thursday:
Please be aware that recurring events like this may occasionally be cancelled or postponed by the promoter - especially on holidays. We always suggest you contact the promoter or venue to confirm for a particular day.