Commissioned to explore the history of Bayview-Hunters Point particularly from the perspective of its prominent African American population, this film was written, produced, and directed by Tumani Onabiyi. Tumani has documented Black cultural life in the Bay Area since the 1970s. His film is a multilayered portrait of people and migration which includes the Muwekma Ohlone, Chinese immigrants and their shrimping industry (abruptly halted due to racism), and Black communities who were drawn to the Bayview from the South by the promise of work at the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard. Tumani closes by introducing viewers to local artist and activist Malik Seneferu, who recites a poem against a contemporary backdrop of neighborhood scenes such as soul food restaurant Auntie April’s and The Fire Next Time (1984): a mural by Dewey Crumpler.

Film by Tumani Onabiyi.