Selome Hailu The Bay Area’s newest film festival has a curious dress code. “No blue, green, orange, gray or all-white clothing,” reads an email sent to attendees by an event organizer.
White is allowed if combined with other colors, but all black is always safe, the instructions continue. Open-toed and open-backed shoes are not permitted.
Rules like that come with the territory when you’re planning the world’s first-ever film festival inside a prison. The San Quentin Film Festival, taking place Oct.
10-11 at the San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, aims to help “system-impacted people to be seen, heard and felt,” says co-founder Rahsaan “New York” Thomas.
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