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Walking Cinema: Museum of the Hidden City

Museum of the Hidden City is a mobile application designed by Walking Cinema, which tells the history of redevelopment that occurred in San Francisco’s Fillmore neighborhood in the 1960s - 70’s. The application guides users through a walking tour of the neighborhood through a combination of immersive audio, GPS, and augmented reality.

The project is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and was produced in partnership with Youth Speaks.

CAST AND CREW  Michael Epstein, Director Maxim Antiori, Developer Grandbank$$, Sound Designer/Composer Laura Sylvia, Designer/Animator Samuel Getachew, Writer/Performer Tianna Bratcher, Writer/ Performer Natalie Baszile, Writer Arwen Curry, Producer/Researcher Lea Redmond, Installation Designer Tim Stelloh, Research

RECEPTION In 2020, the application was awarded with a Gold MUSE Award in the Mobile Application category from the American Alliance of Museums.

An article in SF Weekly described the project as a "75 minute academic and literary exploration of one of the darkest and most significant moments in San Francisco’s history."

A Scientific American article stated the application provides “powerful visual evidence of the way racist ‘slum clearance’ projects transformed a minority neighborhood.”