First, we talk with local filmmaker Barry Jenkins about his new movie, “Medicine for Melancholy.” The film, starring The Daily Show’s Wyatt Cenac, follows two young people as they explore romance and race in San Francisco. Then, San Francisco’s African-American population has declined dramatically — from about 13 percent in 1970 to an estimated 6.5 percent in 2005. In the second half hour, we talk to some of the city’s black leaders about the reasons for the out-migration, and find out what’s being done to address it.
Medicine for Melancholy / San Francisco's Declining Black Population
Guests:
Sophie Maxwell, San Francisco supervisor, District 10 and chair of the Land Use and Economic Development Committee (second half hour)
Amos Brown, president of the San Francisco NAACP, senior pastor at Third Baptist Church, former supervisor for the City and County of San Francisco and member of the African American Out-migration Task Force (second half hour)
Barry Jenkins, writer and director of "Medicine for Melancholy," and short films including "My Josephine" and "Little Brown Boy" (first half hour)
Wyatt Cenac, correspondent for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and co-star of the film "Medicine for Melancholy" (first half hour)
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