
Dìdi (弟弟)(2024)
In 2008, during the last month of summer before high school begins, an impressionable 13-year-old Taiwanese American boy learns what his family can't teach him: how to skate, how to flirt, and how to love your mom.


“Fight for your land. Fight for your home.”
Jimmie Fails dreams of reclaiming the Victorian home his grandfather built in the heart of San Francisco. Joined on his quest by his best friend Mont, Jimmie searches for belonging in a rapidly changing city that seems to have left them behind.

Jimmie Fails
Jimmie Fails

Jonathan Majors
Montgomery Allen

Rob Morgan
James Sr.

Tichina Arnold
Wanda Fails

Mike Epps
Bobby

Finn Wittrock
Clayton

Danny Glover
Grandpa Allen

Willie Hen
Preacher

Jamal Trulove
Kofi
Antoine Redus
Nitty
The Last Black Man in San Francisco is a drama film released in 2019 exploring themes of skateboarding, san francisco, california, male friendship, old house, gentrification, semi autobiographical. Directed by Joe Talbot, it stars Jimmie Fails, Jonathan Majors, Rob Morgan. Jimmie Fails dreams of reclaiming the Victorian home his grandfather built in the heart of San Francisco. Joined on his quest by his best friend Mont, Jimmie searches for belonging in a rapidly changing city that seems to have left them behind.
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