In connection with One City One Book - Alive in Necropolis - the San Francisco History Center is presenting two documentary films on Tuesday, September 29 in the Koret Auditorium of the Main Library. Trina Lopez's A Second Final Rest: The History of San Francisco's Lost Cemeteries and Justin Schein's Gravediggers will be shown. Trina Lopez, a local filmmaker, will be present for a Q&A session.
Ms. Lopez's initial inspiration for making A Second Final Rest came from Dr. Weirde's Weirde Tours: A Guide to Mysterious San Francisco. After many hours of archival research (including in the San Francisco History Center), numerous interviews and countless days exploring San Francisco's waterfront, park space, and the adjacent town of Colma, Ms. Lopez crafted A Second Final Rest into her thesis project for her Master of Fine Arts degree in Cinema at San Francisco State University, 2004. Watch the preview and learn more about the film A Second Final Rest.
In Gravediggers you will meet the men who have devoted their lives to tending the graves of Holy Cross Cemetery. Mr. Schein received his Masters in Documentary from Stanford University with Gravediggers as one of his student projects. The documentary first aired on PBS in 1993 and screened at the Mill Valley Film Festival. Mr. Schein has shot over 50 documentary films including the eco-dramedy documentary No Impact Man that is currently playing at the Lumiere Theater (Place your hold now for Colin Beavan's accompanying book!)
Related and upcoming San Francisco History Center / One City One Book programs and display -
Timothy Keegan, The Death/Funeral Culture in San Francisco, 1880-1940
Timothy Keegan will share research and present a talk about the rituals and customs with death and funerals in late 19th century to early 20th century San Francisco.
Wednesday, September 30 - 6:30 p.m.
San Francisco Main Library, Latino/Hispanic Room B - 100 Larkin St.
Nancy Peterson, author of Raking the Ashes: Genealogical Strategies for pre-1906 San Francisco Research - Old San Francisco Cemetery Records
Nancy Peterson, Certified Genealogist and Research Director for the California Genealogical Society, will present and answer questions about San Francisco’s old cemeteries - Where did the bodies go and what records followed them? Who and what was left behind and never moved at all?
Saturday, October 17 – 11 a.m.–1 p.m.
San Francisco Main Library – Latino/Hispanic Room B – 100 Larkin St.
San Francisco History Center Display: 19th century Odd Fellows’ Cemetery Tombstones – These Odd Fellows’ Cemetery tombstone fragments had been unearthed in San Francisco backyards. The Odd Fellows’ Cemetery was dedicated in 1865. In 1933, the bodies were removed to the Greenlawn Cemetery in Colma. Most of the stonework was used to construct the seawall at Aquatic Park, although some odds and ends were left behind.
September – November 2009
San Francisco Main Library – San Francisco History Center
100 Larkin St., 6th Floor
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