Berkeley Film Foundation: Celebrating Ten Years of Local Filmmaking
Berkeley Film Foundation: Celebrating Ten Years of Local Filmmaking
September 12–October 27, 2019
The 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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This Ain’t No Mouse Music!
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Dogtown Redemption
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Hale (screening with The Whistleblower of My Lai)
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In the Image: Palestinian Women Capture the Occupation
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Inequality for All
- Upcoming
Films - Past
Films - Past
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Past Films
Free Outdoor Screening: This Ain’t No Mouse Music!
Maureen Gosling, Chris Simon
United States, 2013Thursday, September 12 7 PMMaureen Gosling and Chris Simon in PersonView DetailsLongtime Les Blank collaborators Maureen Gosling and Chris Simon codirected this loving musical tribute to Bay Area legend Chris Strachwitz, the founder of folk/roots/blues label Arhoolie Records.
Dogtown Redemption
Amir Soltani, Chihiro Wimbush
United States, 2015Sunday, September 22 1 PMAmir Soltani and Chihiro Wimbush in PersonView DetailsThis intimate story of recyclers in West Oakland chronicles their battles to survive in Oakland’s Dogtown neighborhood, an area battered by addiction, violence, and unemployment—and about to be changed by gentrification.
RESCHEDULED—Free Outdoor Screening: Inequality for All
Jacob Kornbluth
United States, 2013Rescheduled
This film has been rescheduled to screen Thursday, October 24.Thursday, October 10 7 PMRobert Reich, Jacob Kornbluth, and Robin Fryday in PersonView DetailsIn this entertaining, still timely documentary, UC Berkeley professor Robert Reich takes on the American economy. “Smart, funny and articulate” (Los Angeles Times). With Gail Dolgin and Robin Fryday’s The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement.
In the Image: Palestinian Women Capture the Occupation
Judith Montell, Emmy Scharlatt
United States, Israel, Palestine, 2014Sunday, October 13 2:30 PMJudith Montell and Emmy Scharlatt in PersonView DetailsGet a first-person POV on Palestinian life under Israeli occupation from this powerful film that grew out of The Camera Project, which empowered Palestinian women on the West Bank to capture their day-to-day experiences and struggles.
The Whistleblower of My Lai
Connie Field
United States, 2018Tuesday, October 22 7 PMConnie Field, Gregory Scharpen, and Brad Bailey in PersonView DetailsLongtime activist/filmmaker Connie Field (The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter) follows the Kronos Quartet’s production of the opera My Lai. With short Hale, on the influential Bay Area disability-rights activist Hale Zukas.
Free Outdoor Screening: Inequality for All
Jacob Kornbluth
United States, 2013Thursday, October 24 7 PMJacob Kornbluth in PersonView DetailsIn this entertaining, still timely documentary, UC Berkeley professor Robert Reich takes on the American economy. “Smart, funny and articulate” (Los Angeles Times). With Gail Dolgin and Robin Fryday’s The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement.
CANCELED—The Pushouts
Dawn Valadez, Katie Galloway
United States, 2018Canceled
This screening has been canceled due to the UC Berkeley campus power shutdown. Please watch this page for updates on rescheduling and ticket refund information.Sunday, October 27 4 PMDawn Valadez, Katie Galloway, and Serginho Roosblad in PersonView DetailsThis documentary tells the true story of Victor Rios, a former prisoner and Oakland gang member who became an award-winning professor, author, and mentor. With Serginho Roosblad’s short on the infamous MacArthur freeway interchange, The Maze.