Frederick Wiseman: On Documentary
Frederick Wiseman: On Documentary
September 13–October 12, 2018
BAMPFA is honored by a visit from Wiseman, whose incisive, wide-ranging explorations of complex institutions have set a standard for nonfiction filmmaking.
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La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet
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High School
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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
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Belfast, Maine
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Films - Past
Films - Past
Events
Past Films
La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet
Frederick Wiseman
France, United States, 2009Thursday, September 13 7 PMView DetailsWiseman “haunts the stairways, rehearsal rooms, and watery subterranean corridors of the Palais Garnier. . . . It’s a joyous experience to see an institution in full flower” (New Yorker).
La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet
Frederick Wiseman
France, United States, 2009Friday, September 21 3:30 PMView DetailsWiseman “haunts the stairways, rehearsal rooms, and watery subterranean corridors of the Palais Garnier. . . . It’s a joyous experience to see an institution in full flower” (New Yorker).
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
Frederick Wiseman
United States, 2017Saturday, September 22 2 PMView DetailsWiseman’s latest documentary provides welcome confirmation of the survival of intelligent life in discouraging times, following the work behind and beyond the books at the New York Public Library.
An Evening with Frederick Wiseman
Thursday, September 27 7 PMFrederick Wiseman and Michael Fox in ConversationView DetailsIn this lecture illustrated with clips from his films, Wiseman talks about the intellectual, aesthetic, and practical decisions involved in making a documentary. Don’t miss this chance to hear a great filmmaker speak in depth about his work.
High School
Frederick Wiseman
United States, 1969Friday, September 28 3:30 PMFrederick Wiseman in PersonView DetailsWiseman’s documentary on a large urban high school in Philadelphia got to the core of American conformity and conditioning; seen as an antiestablishment indictment in the Vietnam War era, it has only gained resonance with age.
Belfast, Maine
Frederick Wiseman
United States, 1999Sunday, September 30 2 PMView DetailsA beautiful portrait of ordinary life in a New England port town, Belfast, Maine is “an immensely rich and immeasurably valuable microcosm of American life at the end of the twentieth century [and] a microcosm of Wiseman’s art” (The Nation).
At Berkeley
Frederick Wiseman
United States, 2013Friday, October 12 12 PMView DetailsThis study of the University—which clocks in at more than four hours—presents the complexities of the campus from multiple angles and is "a summation of sorts of Frederick Wiseman’s exceptional career” (Variety).