Press Kit

Synopsis

An independent documentary filmed guerrilla-style inside the 7×7 picturesque footprint of SF.

Natural light only. No tripods. No studios.

Featuring 30+ intimate, honest stories.

A cinematic mosaic of San Franciscans: weird, messy, beautiful and resilient. Just like their city.

Filmed guerrilla-style · Natural light only · No tripods · No studios

Specs

91 minutes · Documentary · TV-MA · Director: Adam Leao · From Above Media, LLC

Director

Adam Leao

Director · From Above Media

Adam Leao is a San Francisco–based filmmaker and the director and producer of San Francisco Rising, his first feature-length documentary, made through his company From Above Media. A Loyola Marymount film graduate, he spent more than a decade as a creative producer at Lyft, Postmates and Uber before leaving tech to make the film. Shot guerrilla-style over one year with a four-person crew, San Francisco Rising took two years to make.