Revisit Sacramento in 1966 – Sunday, 10/17 at the Living Library

In 1966, young filmmaker Richard Simpson took his 16MM camera down to Sacramento’s waterfront district just as wrecking crews descended on everything west of Second Street.  Documenting the end of an era, Simpson interviewed the down and outers who filled what has been called ‘the worst slum west of the Mississipi’ as the jackhammers and wrecking balls sound around them.   The resulting half hour film, Marshes of 2 Street, premiered on KVIE and showed extensively on public TV stations across the country.  Simpson will screen the film (its first public showing in decades) and will discuss the making of the documentary, its reception, and the long-lost Sacramento world it depicts.

Sacramento Living Library
Richard Simpson
7PM, All Ages, Free,
Time Tested Books, 1114 21st Street