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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“The obvious parallels between Star Wars and The Wizard of Oz have frequently been noted: in both there is the orphan hero who is raised on a farm by an aunt and uncle and yearns to escape to adventure. Obi-wan Kenobi resembles the Wizard; the loyal, plucky little robot R2D2 is Toto; C3PO is the Tin Man; and Chewbacca is the Cowardly Lion. Darth Vader replaces the Wicked Witch: this is a patriarchy rather than a matriarchy.”
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