Film and Television
- The film documentary "Enough is Enough: Live From Tent City in Richmond, CA," details a grassroots movement of Richmond city residents to fight violence on their streets. http://s-data.current.com/news/89473956_enough-is-enough-live-from-tent-city-in-richmond-ca-movie.htm
- Much of the movie Tucker: The Man and His Dream was filmed at the National Preservation Award winning Ford Assembly Building, now commonly referred to as Ford Point.
- Many scenes from the Robin Williams film, Patch Adams were filmed during a week in Point Richmond.
- The basketball movie, Coach Carter although filmed across the bay in San Francisco was based on the story of the Richmond High School Basketball team being benched for poor grades despite an undefeated season.
- In the T.V. Show The Game, character Latasha "Tasha" Mack grew up in Richmond.
- Many parts of the Mel Gibson movie Forever Young were filmed in Point Richmond.
- DeVry College has made a commercial showing businesses along San Pablo Avenue in Richmond.
- Kaiser Permanente made a commercial showing a man riding a bicycle in Point Richmond.
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Famous quotes containing the words film and/or television:
“All film directors, whether famous or obscure, regard themselves as misunderstood or underrated. Because of that, they all lie. They’re obliged to overstate their own importance.”
—François Truffaut (1932–1984)
“There was a girl who was running the traffic desk, and there was a woman who was on the overnight for radio as a producer, and my desk assistant was a woman. So when the world came to an end, we took over.”
—Marya McLaughlin, U.S. television newswoman. As quoted in Women in Television News, ch. 3, by Judith S. Gelfman (1976)
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