Jimmie Fails

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Summary

Jimmie Fails is a San Francisco actor and writer whose feature debut was The Last black Man in San Francisco, co-written with childhood friend Joe Talbot and based partly on Fails’s life. The film explores gentrification, family history, and Black belonging in a changing city. His later acting credits include Pieces of a Woman and Nickel Boys. No public statements on identity politics, DEI, political campaigning, or activism are on record.