CALENDAR Upcoming Events Past Events Home / Calendar / Home | Wood Street — Oakland International Film Festival Home | Wood Street — Oakland International Film Festival Oakland – Film/Movie Saturday, September 12, 2026, 5:00 PM M14-202 Music Building Littlefield Concert Hall, M14-Lobby Music Building Tickets Presented by the Oakland International Film Festival Sponsored by Mills Performing Arts & Northeastern University Open to the Public Tickets: $17.85 — Registration requested Free with a Northeastern University ID (limited tickets available at the door) Home Director: Kelvin Wade Garvanne Runtime: 00:11:12 Estelle Gilmore is an upbeat African American GenZer living with her family; parents Anthony, Ruth,and older sister Isabelle in Los Angeles. She is preparing to visit Hannah, her aging grandmother in Boston. The tone of her visit changes when she realizes it is a welfare check on the aging matriarch. Hannah’s neighbor Bill is a long time neighbor who watches out for her. However, Bill isn’t capable of helping Hannah with everything. When Estelle arrives in Boston with her parents they quickly realize a decison must be made about her care. However, Hannah is steadfast about staying in her home and protecting the legacy embodied in her Wood Street Director: Caron Creighton Runtime: 01:43:00 The feature documentary Wood Street follows unhoused organizers John and LaMonté as they grapple with addiction, displacement, and city bureaucracy while trying to save their long term encampment community from eviction. The film is a powerful call to action grounded in a simple belief: Housing is a human right. FULL FESTIVAL SCHEDULE More information: https://oaklandfilmfestival.org/