Sunday, April 2
Sunday, April 2, 2017
11 AM–7 PM
Sunday, April 2, 2017
2 PM
Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet,
France, Germany,
1989,
(99 mins)
Straub and Huillet pay tribute to one of their artistic heroes. With the companion film A Visit to the Louvre, featuring Cezanne's uncompromising examination of paintings by Ingres, Delacroix, Courbet, Tintoretto, and others.
Sunday, April 2, 2017
2 PM
Guided exhibition tour of Hippie Modernism: The Struggle for Utopia led by UC Berkeley graduate students.
Included with admission; no advance reservation required
Series
Guided Tours 2017
Sunday, April 2, 2017
4 PM
Jason Silverman, Samba Gadjigo,
Senegal, United States,
2015,
(97 mins)
This profile of legendary Senegalese filmmaker Ousmane Sembène is “an enormously moving portrait of the profound way that art can transform those who come in contact with it” (New York Magazine). With Billy Woodberry’s short Marseille après la guerre.
Series
African Film Festival 2017
Sunday, April 2, 2017
6 PM
Ousmane Sembène,
Senegal,
1968,
(90 mins)
BAMPFA Collection Print
A comic fable about a middle-aged man in Dakar whose life changes when he receives a money order from Paris. “Sembène’s approach is spare, laconic, slightly ironic, and never patronizing” (New York Times).
Series
African Film Festival 2017
Monday, April 3
Monday, April 3, 2017
The previously scheduled lecture by Richard Koci Hernandez has been cancelled. We regret any inconvenience or disappointment.
Tuesday, April 4
Wednesday, April 5
Wednesday, April 5, 2017
12 PM
Syjuco, Assistant Professor of Sculpture and Oakland-based artist, speaks about her work and its intersection with politics.
Free
Wednesday, April 5, 2017
12-2 & 5-6:20
Four programs of short films screening each afternoon feature works by Jordan Belson, Bruce Conner, John Whitney, and others, plus a 1967 documentary about San Francisco’s blossoming hippie scene.
Included with admission
Wednesday, April 5, 2017
1:30 PM
Guided exhibition tour of Hippie Modernism: The Struggle for Utopia led by UC Berkeley graduate students.
Included with admission; no advance reservation required
Series
Guided Tours 2017
Wednesday, April 5, 2017
7 PM
Raoul Peck,
Belgium, France, Switzerland, United States,
2016,
(93 mins)
Peck’s acclaimed documentary is an invigorating look at the great writer James Baldwin, and at the fight for civil rights both in the past and now. “An act of provocation and prophecy” (Village Voice).
Series
African Film Festival 2017
Thursday, April 6
Thursday, April 6, 2017
12–2 & 5–6:20
Four programs of short films screening each afternoon feature works by Jordan Belson, Bruce Conner, John Whitney, and others, plus a 1967 documentary about San Francisco’s blossoming hippie scene.
Included with admission
Thursday, April 6, 2017
4–7 PM
Thursday, April 6, 2017
4–7 PM
Thursday, April 6, 2017
5 PM
De Monchaux reads from and signs his new book Local Code: 3659 Proposals About Data, Design, and the Nature of Cities.
Included with admission
Series
Readings 2017
Thursday, April 6, 2017
5–7 PM
Come by the BAMPFA Art Lab to draw and collage your own political posters inspired by the protest art in Hippie Modernism.
Included with admission
Series
Workshops 2017
Thursday, April 6, 2017
6:30 PM
Jem Cohen,
United States,
2016,
(77 mins)
This portrait of Southend-on-Sea, a working-class resort town, gently leads us into a forgotten Britain where the unspoken specter of Brexit looms. With Cohen’s shorts Birth of a Nation and Bury Me Not.
General admission: $15; BAMPFA members, SFFILM members, UC Berkeley students: $13; Non–UC Berkeley students, 65+, disabled persons: $14. BAMPFA’s second-feature discount does not apply to this program. Tickets are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged. CineVouchers may not be redeemed in person at BAMPFA. Onsite ticket sales are subject to limited availability.
Thursday, April 6, 2017
8:30 PM
Albert Serra,
France, Portugal, Spain,
2016,
(115 mins)
Set in the bedchamber of the dying Louis XIV (Jean-Pierre Léaud), this masterful film presents a painstaking observation of royalty that hovers between the somber reality of death and the humor that lies in the details.
General admission: $15; BAMPFA members, SFFILM members, UC Berkeley students: $13; Non–UC Berkeley students, 65+, disabled persons: $14. BAMPFA’s second-feature discount does not apply to this program. Tickets are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged. CineVouchers may not be redeemed in person at BAMPFA. Onsite ticket sales are subject to limited availability.
Thursday, April 6, 2017
All Day
Friday, April 7
Friday, April 7, 2017
12–2 & 5–8:15
Four programs of short films screening each afternoon feature works by Jordan Belson, Bruce Conner, John Whitney, and others, plus a 1967 documentary about San Francisco’s blossoming hippie scene.
Included with admission
Friday, April 7, 2017
4–9 PM
Friday, April 7, 2017
6 PM
Programmed by Chika Okoye and David Brazil
Join pastor, author, and community activist Pinkard for a lecture and conversation about historical and cultural moments that form a “usable past” for New World Africans.
Free with admission
Series
Black Life 2017
Friday, April 7, 2017
6:30 PM
Kasper Collin,
Sweden, United States,
2016,
(91 mins)
This riveting documentary draws a you-are-there portrait of New York’s 1960s jazz scene and one of its key players, Lee Morgan, whose career was cut short in 1972 when his common-law wife shot him to death.
General admission: $15; BAMPFA members, SFFILM members, UC Berkeley students: $13; Non–UC Berkeley students, 65+, disabled persons: $14. BAMPFA’s second-feature discount does not apply to this program. Tickets are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged. CineVouchers may not be redeemed in person at BAMPFA. Onsite ticket sales are subject to limited availability.
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Kasper Collin
In person
Friday, April 7, 2017
8:45 PM
Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne,
Belgium, France,
2016,
(106 mins)
The Dardenne brothers have won the Cannes Palme d’Or twice for their incomparable portraits of underrepresented lives. Here, their protagonist is a doctor who sets out to uncover the identity of a woman who died near her office.
General admission: $15; BAMPFA members, SFFILM members, UC Berkeley students: $13; Non–UC Berkeley students, 65+, disabled persons: $14. BAMPFA’s second-feature discount does not apply to this program. Tickets are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged. CineVouchers may not be redeemed in person at BAMPFA. Onsite ticket sales are subject to limited availability.
Saturday, April 8
Saturday, April 8, 2017
1 PM
Screening weekly in Theater Two, this award-winning documentary is the story of Tibetan refugee lama Tarthang Tulku and his efforts to preserve the sacred texts of his tradition.
Included with admission
Saturday, April 8, 2017
11:30–1 PM
Ages 6 to 12 with accompanying adult(s)
Use inks to create eye-popping 3-D posters of your very own design. 3-D glasses included!
Free for kids plus one adult
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Raphael Noz
With artistRaphael Noz holds an MS degree in education from Wheelock College and an MFA from California College of the Arts (CCA).
Series
Family Events 2017
Saturday, April 8, 2017
1:30 PM
Jean-Stéphane Bron,
France, Switzerland,
2016,
(110 mins)
In the wake of the November 2015 terrorist attacks, the legendary Paris Opera has several shows to mount and numerous difficulties to face. This expertly crafted and brilliantly entertaining documentary demonstrates how the show manages to still go on.
General admission: $15; BAMPFA members, SFFILM members, UC Berkeley students: $13; Non–UC Berkeley students, 65+, disabled persons: $14. BAMPFA’s second-feature discount does not apply to this program. Tickets are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged. CineVouchers may not be redeemed in person at BAMPFA. Onsite ticket sales are subject to limited availability.
Saturday, April 8, 2017
1–2:30 PM
Ages 6 to 12 with accompanying adult(s)
Use inks to create eye-popping 3-D posters of your very own design. 3-D glasses included!
Free for kids plus one adult
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Raphael Noz
With artistRaphael Noz holds an MS degree in education from Wheelock College and an MFA from California College of the Arts (CCA).
Series
Family Events 2017
Saturday, April 8, 2017
2:30–9 PM
Saturday, April 8, 2017
3 PM
Recommended for ages 8 and up (younger kids welcome as listeners)
Read the beginning of Dahl’s warmhearted tale of a lovable giant, and pick up a copy to continue reading at home.
Free for kids plus one accompanying adult
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Karen Bennett
Reading led byKaren Bennett is head of school and family programs at BAMPFA.
Series
Family Events 2017
Saturday, April 8, 2017
3-7:30 PM
Four programs of short films screening each afternoon feature works by Jordan Belson, Bruce Conner, John Whitney, and others, plus a 1967 documentary about San Francisco’s blossoming hippie scene.
Included with admission
Saturday, April 8, 2017
4 PM
Owsley Brown,
United States,
2016,
(72 mins)
This vibrant documentary tribute to the students and teachers of Sainte Trinité Music School in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, testifies to the role that art can play in creating community and sustaining hope under the most difficult of circumstances.
General admission: $15; BAMPFA members, SFFILM members, UC Berkeley students: $13; Non–UC Berkeley students, 65+, disabled persons: $14. BAMPFA’s second-feature discount does not apply to this program. Tickets are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged. CineVouchers may not be redeemed in person at BAMPFA. Onsite ticket sales are subject to limited availability.
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Owsley Brown
In personand others
Saturday, April 8, 2017
6 PM
Brillante Ma Mendoza,
Philippines,
2016,
(110 mins)
Unfolding in what feels like real time with a gritty social realist style, Brillante Mendoza’s latest is the harrowing and timely story of a couple arrested for selling drugs and their children’s race to find the money to bribe corrupt police.
General admission: $15; BAMPFA members, SFFILM members, UC Berkeley students: $13; Non–UC Berkeley students, 65+, disabled persons: $14. BAMPFA’s second-feature discount does not apply to this program. Tickets are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged. CineVouchers may not be redeemed in person at BAMPFA. Onsite ticket sales are subject to limited availability.
Saturday, April 8, 2017
8:30 PM
(75 mins)
Cosponsored by San Francisco Cinematheque
Curated by Vanessa O’Neill and Kathy Geritz
How we see others and understand them is explored through six poetic films by Janie Geiser, Christoph Girardet and Matthias Müller, Adam Levine and Sara Smith, Brigid McCaffrey, Jesse McLean, and Madi Piller.
General admission: $15; BAMPFA members, SFFILM members, UC Berkeley students: $13; Non–UC Berkeley students, 65+, disabled persons: $14. BAMPFA’s second-feature discount does not apply to this program. Tickets are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged. CineVouchers may not be redeemed in person at BAMPFA. Onsite ticket sales are subject to limited availability.
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Madi Piller
In person
Through April 24
Through July 7
Through July 7
Through September 22
Through April 21
Through April 24
Through May 2
Through May 5
Through May 11
Through May 12
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