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, Ava DuVernay and Laura Poitras Turn Out For San Francisco’s Doc Stories
Nov 9, 2026 | 5:02 PM