Medicine for Melancholy

Friday, August 29 - Thursday, September 4, 2025

SHOWTIMES AT IFC CENTER

A love story of bikes and one-night stands told through two African-American twenty-something’s dealing with issues of class, identity, and the evolving conundrum of being a minority in rapidly gentrifying San Francisco-a city with the smallest proportional black population of any other major American city.

Screening as part of our series 20 Films for 20 Years

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  • Country USA
  • Year 2008
  • Running Time 87 minutes
  • Format DCP
  • Distributor IFC Entertainment Group
  • Director Barry Jenkins
  • Writer Berry Jenkins
  • Producer Justin Barber
  • Cast Wyatt Cenac, Tracey Heggins
  • Accessibility Assistive Listening, T-Coil

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