See You At The Bar:
The Casa Loma Story

During the 1980s and early 1990s there existed a strange little bar in the ground floor of a gay residence hotel. Generation X misfits partied here until its closing in 1994. It sat empty and abandoned for over twenty years and now, in an almost unrecognizable San Francisco of the 21st century, the unique clientele and ambience is explored from the perspective of the people that once called this place "home."

Featuring music by…

Broun Fellinis

Eskimo

Jonathan Segel

Sister Double Happiness

The Mermen

The Popstitutes

Wilson Gil and the Willful Sinners

Short doc is one chapter of many

This short, 23 minute documentary film is but one of several chapters the filmmakers wish to create. Over the course of ten years many interviews have been conducted and we have hundreds of hours of footage and images that have never been seen. We consider this in-depth look at the Casa Loma bar one chapter in a longer story about the San Francisco of that time, before the World Wide Web, mobile phones or social media profiles. Before Y2K, George W. Bush, 911, The War on Terror, Barrack Obama, the Recession of 2008 or Trumpism. When young people still came to San Francisco in search of an alternative vision of how to live life.

Interviews:

Alvin Orloff

Annie Schlichter

Christof Certik

Christine Shields

Cindy Johnson-Kahl

Damon Hall

OK, OK…So how can I see it?

Now on Film Festival Circuit - next screening in April 2024 at The Poppy Jasper International Film Festival.

Producers are still looking for finishing funds for feature film “SF89” and will be finding a way to stream this short for people interested in seeing it. To be informed how when this will happen (or if you have money to complete feature’s post production) see this site’s CONTACT page or just shoot a message to: peterjacques67@gmail.com. Thank You.