Sunday, April 21
Sunday, April 21, 2024
1 PM
Space is limited; RSVP required.
In this workshop, scent artist Leonora Zoninsein teaches us how to compose a perfume conceptually and technically.
Space is limited; RSVP required.
Series
Workshops
Sunday, April 21, 2024
11 AM–7 PM
Drop-In Art Making
The museum’s popular Fisher Family Art Lab welcomes drop-in visitors of all ages to explore their creativity through hands-on artmaking.
Series
Workshops 2023
Sunday, April 21, 2024
11:00 AM
BAMPFA Education staff offers a highly descriptive tour for blind and low-vision visitors. In this tour, we'll discuss a range of media by Black artists in the museum's collection.
Included with admission.
Sunday, April 21, 2024
2 PM
Tours of What Has Been and What Could Be: The BAMPFA Collection take place on selected Sundays at 2 PM and Free First Thursdays at 1:15 PM
Series
Exhibition Tours
Sunday, April 21, 2024
2 PM
Ousmane Sembène,
Burkina Faso, France, Senegal,
2004,
(124 mins)
Imported 35mm Print
Universally acclaimed, Ousmane Sembène’s final film portrays a mother’s courage in protecting the next generation of women from the terrible tradition of female genital mutilation. “A masterpiece of political filmmaking” (New York Times).
Series
Sembène 100
Sunday, April 21, 2024
3:00 PM
UC Berkeley graduate students in cultural geography and African American literature offer tours of A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration on selected Wednesdays at 12:15 and Sundays at 2:00, and on Free First Thursdays at 1:00.
Series
Exhibition Tours
Sunday, April 21, 2024
5 PM
Filipa César, Marinho de Pina,
Germany, Guinea-Bissau, Portugal,
2023,
(126 mins)
Moments from a collectively built new community space in Malafo, “a laboratory for archival practice, community gatherings, and communion with the ancestors’ knowledge, nature, and new technology” (Arsenal—Institute for Film and Video). With Mined Soil, on Amílcar Cabral.
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Filipa César
In PersonFilipa César is an artist, filmmaker, educator, and community organizer.
Monday, April 22
Tuesday, April 23
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
7 PM
Filipa César,
Germany, Guinea-Bissau,
2017,
(96 mins)
After decaying archival film materials from Guinea-Bissau’s war of independence were digitized, a mobile cinema screened them in the places where the original footage was shot. The resulting film is “a tribute, a documentary, and an excavation” (New York Times).
Doors will open at 6:30 PM
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Filipa César
In PersonFilipa César is an artist, filmmaker, educator, and community organizer.
Wednesday, April 24
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
9:00 AM–7:00 PM
Hatch Day returns to the big screen at BAMFPA! Annie, the Bay Area's beloved peregrine falcon, is once again nesting in the UC Berkeley Campanile with a new mate, Archie...and four eggs! Stop by the BAMPFA outdoor screen to (hopefully) catch a glimpse of the new chicks emerging!
Free all day on the outdoor screen
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
12:15 PM
UC Berkeley graduate students in cultural geography and African American literature offer tours of A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration on selected Wednesdays at 12:15 and Sundays at 2:00, and on Free First Thursdays at 1:00.
Series
Exhibition Tours
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
7 PM
(81 mins)
Three of Filipa César’s collaborative projects draw on memories and oral tradition: a militant school is re-created, Creole weaving is used to explore computer programming and globalization, and traditional round houses are compared to contemporary square ones.
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Filipa César
In PersonFilipa César is an artist, filmmaker, educator, and community organizer.
Thursday, April 25
Thursday, April 25, 2024
6:30 PM
Johan Grimonprez,
Belgium, France, Netherlands,
2024,
(150 mins)
Jazz becomes a successful smoke screen for the United States and its allies’ efforts, as well-meaning musicians’ diplomatic missions offer cover for a conspiracy to stage a coup against the Democratic Republic of the Congo Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba. Filmmaker and multimedia artist Johan Grimonprez is this year’s recipient of the Persistence of Vision Award.
BAMPFA members, watch your email for an exclusive SFFILM discount code. Not yet a member? Join today!
Special Admission
General: $20
BAMPFA members, SFFILM members, UC Berkeley students: $16
Non-UC students, 65+, disabled persons: $19
BAMPFA's second-feature discount does not apply to SFFILM programs. Tickets are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged. SFFILM vouchers may not be redeemed in person at BAMPFA.
In Conversation
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Johan Grimonprez
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Fumi Okiji
Fumi Okiji is Assistant Professor of Rhetoric at UC Berkeley. She arrived at UC Berkeley by way of the London jazz scene, in which she took an active part as a vocalist and improviser.
Friday, April 26
Friday, April 26, 2024
2 PM–7 PM
Drop-In Art Making
The museum’s popular Fisher Family Art Lab welcomes drop-in visitors of all ages to explore their creativity through hands-on artmaking.
Series
Workshops 2023
Friday, April 26, 2024
4:00 PM
Farah Nabulsi,
Palestine, Qatar, United Kingdom,
2023,
(118 mins)
An educator (Saleh Bakri) in Palestine’s West Bank tries to steer a student away from the path of violence while hiding his own involvement with a hostage situation.
BAMPFA members, watch your email for an exclusive SFFILM discount code. Not yet a member? Join today!
Special Admission
General: $20
BAMPFA members, SFFILM members, UC Berkeley students: $16
Non-UC students, 65+, disabled persons: $19
BAMPFA's second-feature discount does not apply to SFFILM programs. Tickets are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged. SFFILM vouchers may not be redeemed in person at BAMPFA.
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Farah Nabulsi
In Person
Friday, April 26, 2024
7:00 PM
Jazmin Renée Jones,
United States,
2024,
(103 mins)
Closed Captioned
A spellbinding cyberspace adventure, Jazmin Renée Jones’s inquisitive directorial debut expands ideas around feminism and digital selfdom while searching for the real-life Black woman whose pixelated image taught a generation to type.
BAMPFA members, watch your email for an exclusive SFFILM discount code. Not yet a member? Join today!
Special Admission
General: $20
BAMPFA members, SFFILM members, UC Berkeley students: $16
Non-UC students, 65+, disabled persons: $19
BAMPFA's second-feature discount does not apply to SFFILM programs. Tickets are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged. SFFILM vouchers may not be redeemed in person at BAMPFA.
In Person
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Jazmin Renée Jones
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Guetty Felin
Guetty Felin is the producer of Seeking Mavis Beacon. -
Olivia Ross
Olivia Ross is an associate producer of Seeking Mavis Beacon.
Saturday, April 27
Saturday, April 27, 2024
11 AM–7 PM
Drop-In Art Making
The museum’s popular Fisher Family Art Lab welcomes drop-in visitors of all ages to explore their creativity through hands-on artmaking.
Series
Workshops 2023
Saturday, April 27, 2024
11:30 AM
Oskar Alegría,
Spain,
2023,
(89 mins)
Armed with a Super 8 camera and accompanied by an elegant donkey named Paolo, director Oskar Alegría employs his keen eye and poetic voice-over as he traverses a scenic shepherding route in northern Spain.
BAMPFA members, watch your email for an exclusive SFFILM discount code. Not yet a member? Join today!
Special Admission
General: $20
BAMPFA members, SFFILM members, UC Berkeley students: $16
Non-UC students, 65+, disabled persons: $19
BAMPFA's second-feature discount does not apply to SFFILM programs. Tickets are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged. SFFILM vouchers may not be redeemed in person at BAMPFA.
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Oskar Alegría
In Person
Saturday, April 27, 2024
2:15 PM
Shiori Ito,
Japan, United Kingdom, United States,
2024,
(104 mins)
Journalist Shiori Ito becomes the face of Japan’s #MeToo movement after a powerful newsman sexually assaults her and she investigates her own case in a determined quest to see justice done.
BAMPFA members, watch your email for an exclusive SFFILM discount code. Not yet a member? Join today!
Special Admission
General: $20
BAMPFA members, SFFILM members, UC Berkeley students: $16
Non-UC students, 65+, disabled persons: $19
BAMPFA's second-feature discount does not apply to SFFILM programs. Tickets are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged. SFFILM vouchers may not be redeemed in person at BAMPFA.
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Shiori Ito
In Person
Saturday, April 27, 2024
5:00 PM
Ramata-Toulaye Sy,
France, Mali, Senegal,
2023,
(87 mins)
The titular Senegalese couple at the heart of this visually ravishing romantic drama faces challenges of drought and communal responsibility. Ramata-Toulaye Sy’s poetic debut competed at the Cannes Film Festival in 2023.
BAMPFA members, watch your email for an exclusive SFFILM discount code. Not yet a member? Join today!
Special Admission
General: $20
BAMPFA members, SFFILM members, UC Berkeley students: $16
Non-UC students, 65+, disabled persons: $19
BAMPFA's second-feature discount does not apply to SFFILM programs. Tickets are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged. SFFILM vouchers may not be redeemed in person at BAMPFA.
Saturday, April 27, 2024
7:15 PM
María Zanetti,
Argentina,
2023,
(87 mins)
Independence and escape from an unstable homelife beckon sixteen-year-old Lola when the opportunity arises to spend a semester abroad in this vibrant coming-of-age tale inspired by filmmaker María Zanetti’s own life.
BAMPFA members, watch your email for an exclusive SFFILM discount code. Not yet a member? Join today!
Special Admission
General: $20
BAMPFA members, SFFILM members, UC Berkeley students: $16
Non-UC students, 65+, disabled persons: $19
BAMPFA's second-feature discount does not apply to SFFILM programs. Tickets are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged. SFFILM vouchers may not be redeemed in person at BAMPFA.
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María Zanetti
In Person
Through July 7
Through July 14
Through September 22
Through April 28
Through May 2
Through May 5
Through May 11
Through July 3
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