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10 Years of Doc Stories News

SFFilm Doc Stories: Behind a presidential assassination attempt in Union Square, a half-century before Trump

SF Chronicle Datebook: Crime in the Union Square area has prominently featured in the news lately, but the most notorious incident in its history will turn 50 next year. On Sept. 22, 1975, a 45-year-old woman named Sara Jane Moore reached into her purse, took out a revolver and fired two shots at President Gerald R. Ford as he emerged from the St. Francis Hotel.

SFFILM Doc Stories to Celebrate 10-Year Anniversary with ‘One to One: John & Yoko’ on Opening Night

IndieWire: The 2024 edition of SFFILM Doc Stories is celebrating a milestone year as the festival toasts its 10th anniversary.

This year’s four-day program will take place from October 17 through 20, and open with Kevin Macdonald and Sam Rice-Edwards’ “One to One: John & Yoko,” about John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s 18 months living in the U.S.

SFFILM’s Doc Stories To Showcase John And Yoko Documentary, Janis Joplin Film, ‘Suburban Fury,’ ‘Ernest Cole’ And More At 10th Anniversary Event

DEADLINE: SFFILM’s prestigious Doc Stories is set to welcome a slew of Oscar-winning and Oscar-nominated filmmakers to its 10th anniversary event next month, along with industry heavyweights Keri Putnam, Laura Kim, Carrie Lozano, and Justine Nagan.

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