Sports & CultureVariety•1 min read•11/10/2026 (2h ago)

Sean Penn, Ava DuVernay and Laura Poitras Turn Out For San Francisco’s Doc Stories

Sean Penn, Ava DuVernay and Laura Poitras Turn Out For San Francisco’s Doc Stories
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Sean Penn isn’t exactly a fixture on the regional documentary festival circuit. But SFFILM’s Doc Stories has a way of attracting high-profile supporters. On Saturday, Penn was at the fest’s Vogue Theatre in San Francisco to introduce James Marcus Haney’s “Black Sunflowers,” a documentary about a generation of young Ukrainians coming of age amid martial […]

Key Takeaways

  • Sean Penn isn’t exactly a fixture on the regional documentary festival circuit.
  • But SFFILM’s Doc Stories has a way of attracting high-profile supporters.
  • On Saturday, Penn was at the fest’s Vogue Theatre in San Francisco to introduce James Marcus Haney’s “Black Sunflowers,” a documentary about a generation of young Ukrainians coming of age amid martial […]

Sean Penn isn’t exactly a fixture on the regional documentary festival circuit. But SFFILM’s Doc Stories has a way of attracting high-profile supporters. On Saturday, Penn was at the fest’s Vogue Theatre in San Francisco to introduce James Marcus Haney’s “Black Sunflowers,” a documentary about a generation of young Ukrainians coming of age amid martial […]

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