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The San Quentin Project: Nigel Poor and the Men of San Quentin State...
August 21–November 17, 2019Following the evolution of artist Nigel Poor’s collaboration with men incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison, this exhibition features visual documents, photographs from the prison’s archive, and episodes of the award-winning podcast Ear Hustle.
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In Focus: Abbas Kiarostami
August 28–September 25, 2019Lecture/Screening Series
Complementing our Abbas Kiarostami retrospective, special guest lecturers offer varied perspectives on the great Iranian director’s work.
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Arts + Design Thursdays @ BAMPFA: Responsible Design from Bits to...
August 29–November 21, 2019This lecture series examines the role of the designer in articulating new methods connecting the conceptual knowledge for asking why with technical skills for asking how.
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War and Peace
September 1–27, 2019Back by popular demand! Sergei Bondarchuk’s Academy Award–winning adaptation of Tolstoy’s revered novel was hailed by Roger Ebert as “the definitive epic of all time”; it demands to be seen on the big screen.
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Alternative Visions
September 4–November 13, 2019Our annual series of avant-garde and artist-made films returns with a stellar roster of in-person guests, as well as programs of strange and wonderful surrealist works from around the world.
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Arts + Design Mondays @ BAMPFA: Equity and Democracy
September 9–December 2, 2019Join Berkeley Arts + Design and dozens of UC Berkeley campus organizations every Monday as we explore the connections among creative practice, social movements, and the strategic research of our public university.
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Out of the Vault: Native American Reelism
September 12–November 14, 2019Drawn from the BAMPFA collection, three programs of films by and about Native Americans explore geographical belonging and dislocation, political and social action, and questions of representation.
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Berkeley Film Foundation: Celebrating Ten Years of Local Filmmaking
September 12–October 27, 2019The Berkeley Film Foundation is an essential lifeline for East Bay filmmakers. We celebrate BFF’s tenth anniversary with a diverse selection of films—many with makers in person—including two free screenings on BAMPFA’s outdoor screen.
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Kader Attia / MATRIX 274
September 18–November 17, 2019Part of French-Algerian artist Kader Attia’s ongoing investigation of the concept of repair and healing from the trauma of war, this exhibition presents his seminal installation J’accuse.
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No Regrets: A Celebration of Marlon Riggs
September 19–November 25, 2019In his lucid and provocative video essays, Marlon Riggs grappled with African American culture, representation, and identity. This retrospective presents all of his films, in dialogue with works by other filmmakers.
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Looking Back at the British New Wave
September 21–November 30, 2019Look back at 1950s and ’60s British cinema and rediscover the England of Angry Young Men and working-class heroes, boundary-crossing writing and innovative direction, and electrifying acting by the likes of Richard Burton, Albert Finney, Tom Courtenay, and Julie Christie.
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Hinges: Sakaki Hyakusen and the Birth of Nanga Painting
October 2, 2019–February 2, 2020The first US exhibition focused on Sakaki Hyakusen, the founding father of the Nanga school of painting in Japan, this presentation reveals his pivotal role in the history of eighteenth-century Japanese art and highlights the conservation of his masterpiece Mountain Landscape.
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In Focus: The British New Wave
October 2–23, 2019Lecture/Screening Series
Film historian David Thomson expands on our British New Wave retrospective with a series of four illuminating presentations on the writers, directors, and actors of sixties Britain.
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Zheng Junli: From Shanghai’s Golden Age to the Cultural Revolution
October 3–November 16, 2019Anchored by new restorations from the China Film Archive, this series explores the extraordinary career of Zheng Junli, an actor, director, film theorist, and victim of the Cultural Revolution.
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Jacques Tati: Comedy as Choreography
October 25–November 30, 2019Revel in the modernist comedy of Jacques Tati—both his slapstick exploits as Monsieur Hulot and his astonishing talent behind the camera.
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Strange: Surrealist Tendencies in Cinema
November 6–10, 2019Encounter uncanny landscapes, enigmatic characters, and other mysteries and wonders in these screenings presented in conjunction with the exhibition Strange.
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Soviet Silent Cinema: Peter Bagrov on Treasures from the BAMPFA...
November 6–10, 2019Lecture/Screening Series
Film archivist Peter Bagrov joins us to share his deep expertise on Soviet cinema with this series of silent classics and rarities from the BAMPFA collection.
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Sylvia Fein / MATRIX 275
November 13, 2019–March 1, 2020Sylvia Fein first made a name for herself as a Midwest Surrealist in the 1940s; seven decades later, she continues to paint daily. This career-spanning centenary tribute showcases a wide array of works drawing on both the personal and the fantastical.
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