Barry Jenkins Presents The Underground Railroad
March 15–17, 2024
Barry Jenkins presents his brilliant adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize–winning magnum opus in person at BAMPFA this March. In this essential reckoning with America’s history of slavery and white supremacy, Jenkins renders Whitehead’s uncanny, antebellum American South with profound sensitivity and exquisite artistry.
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The Underground Railroad: Chapters 1 & 2
Friday, March 15 7 PMBarry Jenkins, Joi McMillon, and Damon Young in ConversationView DetailsBarry Jenkins presents his brilliant adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize–winning magnum opus in person. In this essential reckoning with America’s history of slavery and white supremacy, Jenkins renders Whitehead’s uncanny, antebellum American South with profound sensitivity and exquisite artistry.
The Underground Railroad: Chapters 3 & 4
Saturday, March 16 3 PMBarry Jenkins, Mychal-Bella Bowman, and Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers in ConversationView DetailsBarry Jenkins presents his brilliant adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize–winning magnum opus in person. In this essential reckoning with America’s history of slavery and white supremacy, Jenkins renders Whitehead’s uncanny, antebellum American South with profound sensitivity and exquisite artistry.
The Underground Railroad: Chapters 5, 6 & 7
Saturday, March 16 7 PMBarry Jenkins, Joi McMillon, Mychal-Bella Bowman, and Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers in ConversationView DetailsBarry Jenkins presents his brilliant adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize–winning magnum opus in person. In this essential reckoning with America’s history of slavery and white supremacy, Jenkins renders Whitehead’s uncanny, antebellum American South with profound sensitivity and exquisite artistry.
The Gaze
Barry Jenkins
United States, 2021Sunday, March 17 11:30 AMIntroduced by Barry JenkinsView DetailsUntethered from narrative, immaculately costumed, and on location, actors from The Underground Railroad look back at the camera, as if through time and history, emphasizing their existence while compelling viewers to consider the foundations of their own point of view.
The Underground Railroad: Chapters 8 & 9
Sunday, March 17 1:00 PMBarry Jenkins, Joi McMillon, and Roshanak Kheshti in ConversationView DetailsBarry Jenkins presents his brilliant adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize–winning magnum opus in person. In this essential reckoning with America’s history of slavery and white supremacy, Jenkins renders Whitehead’s uncanny, antebellum American South with profound sensitivity and exquisite artistry.
The Underground Railroad: Chapter 10
Sunday, March 17 5 PMBarry Jenkins and Brandi Thompson Summers in ConversationView DetailsBarry Jenkins presents his brilliant adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize–winning magnum opus in person. In this essential reckoning with America’s history of slavery and white supremacy, Jenkins renders Whitehead’s uncanny, antebellum American South with profound sensitivity and exquisite artistry.
