​Black Film as Protest: Aliyah Dunn-Salahuddin

​Join us for the return of the Black Film as Protest screening series! We're launching a new season focused on radical filmmakers from the global diaspora.

​​Screening: Sites of Memory and Recovery, A Black San Francisco Story in Dance

​AAACC (African American Art & Culture Complex)
Friday, February 13, 2026
6P (Doors open)
Free Community Screening
Filmmaker in person

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​Sites of Memory and Recovery, A Black San Francisco Story in Dance (10 mins)

​Sites of Memory and Recovery, A Black San Francisco Story in Dance, is a dance film short that explores the history and lived experience (past, present, and future) of the still present, but diminishing community of Black San Franciscans. It features improvisational dance performance and narrative of filmmaker Dunn-Salahuddin, Eyla Josie Moore (Dancer), and Jarrel Philips (Educator/Dancer)."

​About Filmmaker
Aliyah Dunn-Salahuddin is a performing artist, filmmaker, and current PhD candidate of History Department at Stanford University. Before entering Stanford, she earned both her BA and MA in history at San Francisco State University. She went on to become tenured faculty and served as Department Chair of African American Studies at City College of San Francisco. Her current research analyzes the Black freedom struggle in San Francisco from the intersection of race, infrastructure, and environment, with special focus on the Bayview-Hunters Point community. She is currently a Thomas D. Dee II Graduate Fellow with the Bill Lane Center for the American West (2025-2026) and a former ACLS/Mellon Dissertation Innovation Fellow (2024-2025). "

​About the BlackMaria Microcinema
The BlackMaria is a 40-seat brick-and-mortar space in San Francisco dedicated to cinema as study, discourse, and disruption. At its core is a cinema lens framework rooted in decolonization and abstract thinking, utilizing RDA (Rooted in Decolonization and Abstract Thinking).

​Venue Details:
Buriel Clay Theater
The African American Art & Culture Complex (AAACC)
762 Fulton St
San Francisco

​Details:

• ​Date: Friday, February 13, 2026

• ​Doors at 6:00 PM

• ​Screening at 6:30 PM

• ​Tickets: Free admission