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Black Cinema, Black History

BAMPFA celebrates Black cinema through the Film Library’s collection of rare films, images, and cinema ephemera. Read the story.

Photo: Albert Johnson, left, at the former BAMPFA building.

Streaming Films

Existence Is Longing: Wong Kar Wai
Streaming Spotlight: The New Brazilian Cinema
Documentary Voices
Johanna d’Arc of Mongolia
Mandabi
Acasă, My Home
Mayor
The Mirror
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Virtual Exhibitions

Rosie Lee Tompkins: A Retrospective
Art Wall: Edie Fake
Orbits of Known and Unknown Objects: SFAI Histories / MATRIX 277
Ron Nagle: Handsome Drifter
Divine Women, Divine Wisdom
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Online Events

Livestream: Among Quilters: Carolyn Mazloomi and Ora Clay on Rosie Lee Tompkins
Black Life: Dax Pierson
Gender Justice: Perspectives on Transgender Health and Policy
Views and Voices: Constance Lewallen on Paul Kos’s Equilibre II
From Collective Isolation
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ART LAB AT HOME

#1: Stamp and Postcard Making

#2: Printing with Leaves

#3: Paper Plant Making

#4: Camera Obscura

#5 Part 1: Natural Dyeing

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For Families

Virtual Gallery + Studio: Codices: From Symbols to Stories

Virtual Roundtable Reading: The Only Black Girls in Town by Brandy Colbert

Virtual Gallery + Studio: Collaged Quilt Tops

Virtual Roundtable Reading: Becoming Muhammad Ali by James Patterson & Kwame Alexander

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News

Julie Rodrigues Widholm Appointed to Lead BAMPFA

Announcing the 2020 Theresa Hak Kyung Cha Fellowship Recipients

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From The Archives

Off the Shelves—Black Cinema, Black History

Off the Shelves: Hispanic and Latinx Collection Spotlight

Off the Shelves: Saving Top Value Television (TVTV)

Off the Shelves: Digitizing Filmmaker Recordings from Cassette Tape

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