On Friday night, a locally produced film called 'I'm Charlie Walker' premieres in San Francisco, telling the story of what seems like a lost chapter of Bay Area history.
But this disaster meant opportunity for Charlie Walker, a black trucker who up until that point couldn't get any work. As a result, he got the contract to lead the cleanup effort at Stinson Beach – one of the least desirable and most challenging operations at the time.
Brown was good friends with Walker then and that remains the case today. He also has a role in the film.The film portrays a San Francisco that looks drastically different than it does today. "As he was trying to clean the beach, they were trying to get him out of there because he was not the face or the figurehead that they wanted to see at the clean-up," said writer and director Patrick Gilles."This was a snapshot of one person's life who dealt with the monumental task of cleaning up an oil spill in 1971, but also, dealing with racial discrimination at the time.
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