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Janet W. Lee When the coronavirus pandemic hit California in March, San Diego Film Festival artistic director Tonya Mantooth briefly considered canceling this year’s program.

But when it came down to the final decision, she recalls, her team held her back, saying, “Wait a second, our mission is to use film as a catalyst to bring different perspectives and get them to the forefront.

This is exactly why we exist as a festival — we need to stay in there and fight the good fight.”In a year that is seeing a resurgence of sociopolitical movements challenging systemic racism and advocating for LGBTQ+ rights, SDFF’s 2020 edition champions those messages as told through the big screen in a sincere effort to unite communities.

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