BAMPFA News
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Clockwise from top left: We pay tribute to the groundbreaking career of auteur and activist Marlon Riggs, showcase the towering oeuvre of Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami, and look back at the radical innovations of 1950s and ’60s British cinema.
Fall Films at BAMPFA: British New Wave, Marlon Riggs, Jacques Tati, and Abbas Kiarostami
The British are coming!
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VIDEO: Blasts of Pleasure with Frederick Hammersley
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"[Frederick Hammersley] was this dichotomy to me. He was both left and right-brained, geometric and organic. His paintings actually sum up many so many aspects of who he really was." —Elizabeth East, L.A. Louver -
Mayhem unfolds in Gimme Shelter, which scrutinizes the ill-fated free concert hosted by the Rolling Stones. This film screens July 19.
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Artist Lynn Hershman Leeson (far left) hosts UC Berkeley Professor of Chemistry Robert Harris's class for lunch in her San Francisco apartment, 1977. Among those students was Geraldine "Geri" Richmond (fifth from left, wearing overalls).
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BAMPFA Receives Two-to-One Matching Gift
New and Increased Gifts and Memberships Will Be Matched by Generous Family of BAMPFA Enthusiasts
The UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive has just received a remarkable opportunity . . . and challenge.
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New Exhibitions Celebrate UC Berkeley Graduate Students
Cal Conversations and MFA 2019 Open May 17
Two new exhibitions showcase the work of UC Berkeley graduate students, presenting fresh work by
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Arthur Jafa receiving the Golden Lion at the 58th Venice Biennale. Photo: La Biennale di Venezia.
From BAMPFA to the Biennale: Arthur Jafa Takes Top Honor in Venice Biennale
American artist Arthur Jafa received the Golden Lion award this weekend for best artist in the Venice Biennale’s central exhibition, May You Live in Interesting Times, for his video The White Album.
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