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The Presidio Parkway celebrates its tenth anniversary in July 2025
This acclaimed Parkway has woven together the Presidio, creating the space for the now well beloved Tunnel Tops while also carrying more than 100K cars a day safely from the Golden Gate Bridge to the city streets. It is a hopeful symbol of San Francisco’s “can do” attitude, and the innovative approaches of the region.
We have written a popular book to describe the dramatic story of this Parkway, as Michael Painter’s vision overcame ordinary thinking against all odds.
Now it is time to complete the movie Tunnel Magic to spread this story even more widely, to make it come even more alive on the screen
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Your donations will fund the completion of this film. All donations will be credited on the film, and donors will be honored at the premiere. Clarity Films, a 501(c)(3) is the fiscal sponsor for Tunnel Magic. Donations are tax deductible according to current law.
About the filmmakers
Kristina Woolsey
(Executive Producer/Co-Producer)
served as the Project Director for the relocation of the Exploratorium from the Palace of Fine Arts to Pier 15 on the Embarcadero. She was also a Distinguished Scientist at Apple, in recognition of her pioneering work in human interface and multimedia design, and was a Visiting Faculty Member at MIT in the Architecture Department. She holds a Ph.D. in cognitive science, with an emphasis on visual spatial representation of places.
Wendy Slick
(Director/Co-Producer)
is an established Bay Area film producer, director, writer, and editor. She has produced a wide range of films over the last decades, establishing herself as a talented and sensitive filmmaker who is effective in multiple roles and a variety of contexts. “Passion and Power — a women’s rights film” — garnered a successful run following a Lincoln Center premiere. Her work for American Playhouse, PBS, Lucasfilm, Disney, Showtime, and Apple has been honored with Emmy and ACE nominations. She recently produced and directed “A Love Poem to My Friend Ethel” — a portrait of a longtime activist in her 80’s that premiered at the 2016 Mill Valley Film Festival.
David Lawrence
(Editor/Designer)
is a designer, producer, researcher and media artist with over 30-years of expertise in all aspects of digital media. His early work at Lucasfilm Ltd. includes pioneering research, design and production of innovative multimedia projects that launched the interactive digital world we take for granted today. He is an associate and co-founder of Public Matters, a multidisciplinary nonprofit with expertise in public art, education, new media, community building and youth leadership development.