Sunday, April 17
Sunday, April 17, 2016
10 AM–12 PM
Join poets Denise Newman and Hazel White for a walk along the creek in the UC Botanical Garden and help them poetically reorder the plant collection.
At UC Botanical Garden
Included with Botanical Garden admission. Space is limited.
Sunday, April 17, 2016
11 AM-9 PM
Drop-in Artmaking
Visit the Art Lab to participate in an evolving series of hands-on projects with a focus on drawing, collage, prints, and books. For all ages.
Included with admission
Sunday, April 17, 2016
2 PM
Get more out of your visit with a guided tour of BAMPFA's inaugural exhibition, Architecture of Life.
Included with admission; no advance reservations necessary.
Series
Guided Tours 2016
Sunday, April 17, 2016
2:30 PM
Nuri Bilge Ceylan,
Turkey,
2014,
(196 mins)
Inspired by Dostoevsky, Ibsen, and Chekhov, Ceylan’s slow-burning masterpiece of fear and self-loathing among a well-off family in breathtakingly beautiful Cappadocia won the Palme d’Or at Cannes.
Sunday, April 17, 2016
6:30 PM
Radu Muntean,
France, Germany, Romania, Sweden,
2015,
(93 mins)
East Bay Premiere!
"An expertly executed slow-burn thriller reminiscent of Hitchcock’s Rear Window.”—TIFF
Monday, April 18
Tuesday, April 19
Wednesday, April 20
Wednesday, April 20, 2016
12 PM
(90 mins)
In Conversation with Shannon Jackson
Admission free. Please note that a ticket is required to visit the galleries.
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Bruce Beasley
Sculptor Bruce Beasley earned his BA from UC Berkeley in 1962. -
Lisa Wymore
Wymore is associate professor in the Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies at UC Berkeley.
Series
Big Ideas
Wednesday, April 20, 2016
3:10 PM
Kenji Mizoguchi,
Japan,
1952,
(170 mins)
Lecture/screening class (3 hours). Special admission applies.
Lecture by Alan Tansman
The story of a noblewoman’s fall from grace becomes “perhaps the finest film made in any country about the oppression of women” (Joan Mellen) in the hands of director Mizoguchi and actress Kinuyo Tanaka.
General admission: $13.50; BAMPFA members: $9.50; UC Berkeley students: $7.50; Seniors, disabled persons, UC Berkeley faculty and staff, non-UC Berkeley students, and 18 & under: $10.50
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Alan Tansman
Kenji Mizoguchi’s The Life of OharuDirector of the Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities at UC Berkeley
Wednesday, April 20, 2016
7 PM
Isaac Julien,
United Kingdom,
1988,
(73 mins)
Isaac Julien in conversation with Stephen Best
Julien’s lyrical reimagining of the cultural legacy of revered African American poet Langston Hughes forms a study of artistic expression and the nature of black gay desire. With shorts The Attendant and The Long Road to Mazatlán.
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Isaac Julien
In Conversation -
Stephen Best
In ConversationAssociate Professor of English at UC Berkeley
Series
Isaac Julien
Thursday, April 21
Thursday, April 21, 2016
12:15 PM
Get more out of your visit with a guided tour of BAMPFA's inaugural exhibition, Architecture of Life.
Included with admission; no advance reservations necessary.
Series
Guided Tours 2016
Thursday, April 21, 2016
6-9 PM
Drop-in Artmaking
Visit the Art Lab to participate in an evolving series of hands-on projects with a focus on drawing, collage, prints, and books. For all ages.
Included with admission
Thursday, April 21, 2016
7 PM
Progammed by Sarah Cahill
An encounter with homemade and experimental instruments, featuring Paul Dresher, Joel Davel, Edward Schocker, Laura Inserra, and Guy Klucevsek.
Please note seating is very limited.
Included with admission
Series
Full 2016
Thursday, April 21, 2016
7 PM
(75 mins)
Isaac Julien in conversation with Leigh Raiford
Julien discusses his recent installations Playtime and Kapital, which respond to the global financial crisis through an elegant fusion of fiction and documentary. Plus an excerpt from his exploration of Chinese culture, Ten Thousand Waves.
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Isaac Julien
In Conversation -
Leigh Raiford
In ConversationAssociate Professor of African American Studies at UC Berkeley
Series
Isaac Julien
Friday, April 22
Friday, April 22, 2016
12:15 PM
Lunchtime Talk
UC Berkeley professor of South Asian art and architecture Sugata Ray explores the work of twentieth-century Indian artist Ganesh Haloi.
Included with admission
Friday, April 22, 2016
4 PM
Hong Sang-Soo,
Republic of Korea,
2015,
(121 mins)
A middle-aged artist, a young ingenue, existential crises, romantic fumblings and confessional drinkathons—like Monet and his water lilies, Hong Sang-soo keeps returning to the same core material and refining his pitch-perfect preoccupation with what fools lovelorn men can be.
Please note that onsite ticket sales are subject to limited availability
Special Pricing Applies
Friday, April 22, 2016
6-9 PM
Drop-in Artmaking
Visit the Art Lab to participate in an evolving series of hands-on projects with a focus on drawing, collage, prints, and books. For all ages.
Included with admission
Friday, April 22, 2016
6:30 PM
Kelly Duane De La Vega, Katie Galloway,
United States,
2016,
(81 mins)
After California voters reversed the state’s Three Strikes law, thousands of inmates became suddenly eligible for resentencing and release. This provocative and touching documentary chronicles what happened next.
SOLD OUT
Friday, April 22, 2016
8:45 PM
Federico Veiroj,
France, Spain, Uruguay,
2015,
(80 mins)
Looking for a fresh start, perennial philosophy flunk-out and sexually frustrated Madrid thirty-something Gonzalo (Álvaro Ogalla) demands the Catholic Church relinquish its symbolic hold on his misspent life by removing his name from the baptismal record.
Please note that onsite ticket sales are subject to limited availability
Special Pricing Applies
Saturday, April 23
Saturday, April 23, 2016
11 AM-9 PM
Drop-in Artmaking
Visit the Art Lab to participate in an evolving series of hands-on projects with a focus on drawing, collage, prints, and books. For all ages.
Included with admission
Saturday, April 23, 2016
2 PM
Take a guided tour to learn more about the design of the new BAMPFA.
No advance reservations necessary
Included with admission
Saturday, April 23, 2016
4:15 PM
Svetla Tsotsorkova,
Bulgaria,
2015,
(90 mins)
When water becomes scarce due to drought, a laundress living in rural southwest Bulgaria with her husband and son invites a dowser and his spirited daughter to search for hidden springs on their property.
Please note that onsite ticket sales are subject to limited availability
Special Pricing Applies
Saturday, April 23, 2016
6:15 PM
Thomas Bidegain,
Belgium, France,
2015,
(104 mins)
Noted screenwriter Thomas Bidegain brings the tough, tense attitude of his earlier scripts for A Prophet and Rust and Bone to a contemporary adaptation of John Ford’s The Searchers.
Please note that onsite ticket sales are subject to limited availability
Special Pricing Applies
Saturday, April 23, 2016
8:30 PM
Gabriel Mascaro,
Brazil, Netherlands, Uruguay,
2015,
(101 mins)
Strange and erotic, with an unexpected view of gender roles, this film is set in the macho world of bull wrangling yet its male protagonist is interested in fashion and designs dresses.
Please note that onsite ticket sales are subject to limited availability
Special Pricing Applies
Through July 6
Through July 13
Through August 17
Through May 11
Through May 14
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