''Romeo Is Bleeding'' is a 2015

documentary film A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional film, motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". Bill Nichols (film critic), Bil ...

directed by Jason Zeldes focusing on poets and students of

Richmond, California Richmond is a city in western Contra Costa County, California, United States. The city was municipal corporation, incorporated on August 7, 1905, and has a Richmond, California City Council, city council.

as they prepare an adaptation of ''

Romeo and Juliet ''Romeo and Juliet'' is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about the romance between two Italian youths from feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetim ...

'' based on the decades-long violent conflict between the neighborhoods of

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and

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Richmond. The film explores the sources of this conflict and includes voices from citizens, city government, and the Richmond police department. The primary focus of the film is poet

Donté Clark Donté Clark is a poet, actor, and community activist from unincorporated North Richmond, California who works with youth organizations throughout the Richmond area. As a student in high school, Clark was recruited by his English teacher Molly Ra ...

. It premiered April 29, 2015 as part of the

San Francisco International Film Festival The San Francisco International Film Festival (abbreviated as SFIFF), organized by the San Francisco Film Society, is held each spring for two weeks, presenting around 200 films from over 50 countries. The festival highlights current trends in in ...

at the

El Cerrito High School El Cerrito High School is a four-year public high school in the West Contra Costa Unified School District. It is located on Ashbury Avenue in El Cerrito, California, United States and serves students from El Cerrito, a portion of eastern Richmo ...

theater where the play, ''Té's Harmony'', was originally staged. ''

The Mercury News ''The Mercury News'' (formerly ''San Jose Mercury News'', often locally known as ''The Merc'') is a morning daily newspaper published in San Jose, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is published by the Bay Area News Group, a subsidiar ...

'', in an article about the festival, called ''Romeo Is Bleeding'' "one of the best in the bunch."Besides a documentary on Steve Jobs, what's good at SF Film Festival?
by Randy Myers. April 14, 2015. Accessed April 30, 2015.

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* 2015 films 2015 documentary films American documentary films Films set in the San Francisco Bay Area Documentary films about African-American gangs Documentary films about theatre Romeo and Juliet African-American theatre Richmond, California Documentary films about California 2010s English-language films 2010s American films {{arts-documentary-film-stub