Sunday, April 23
Sunday, April 23, 2017
11 AM–7 PM
Sunday, April 23, 2017
2 PM
Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet,
Italy,
1976,
(104 mins)
Straub-Huillet’s aesthetic of spoken word plus projected image, history plus landscape, was boiled to its essence in this cine-essay featuring legendary Italian New Left figure Franco Fortini. With Lothringen!, based on novels byMaurice Barrès.
Sunday, April 23, 2017
2 PM
Guided exhibition tour of Hippie Modernism: The Struggle for Utopia led by UC Berkeley graduate students.
Included with admission; no advance reservation required
Series
Guided Tours 2017
Sunday, April 23, 2017
3-6:25 PM
Four programs of short films screening each afternoon feature works by Jordan Belson, Bruce Conner, John Whitney, and others, plus a 1967 documentary about San Francisco’s blossoming hippie scene.
Included with admission
Sunday, April 23, 2017
4:15 PM
John Cassavetes,
United States,
1968,
(129 mins)
Restored 35mm Print
Gena Rowlands, John Marley, and Seymour Cassel star in this unflinching night-long journey through a marriage on the rocks, a film “against all people that know and for people that just feel” (Cassavetes).
Sunday, April 23, 2017
7 PM
Federico Fellini,
Italy,
1974,
(123 mins)
Fellini’s free-spirited portrait of Rimini in the 1930s, when fascism was a fact of life, shines in this new print. “A film of exhilarating beauty” (New York Times).
Monday, April 24
Monday, April 24, 2017
6:30 PM
Horn is host of KPCC’s The Frame. Washington is host and executive producer of Snap Judgment on NPR. Veltmanis an arts and culture editor at KQED.
Free admission
Tuesday, April 25
Wednesday, April 26
Wednesday, April 26, 2017
12 PM
Hear from Pauline, founder of Survival Research Labs, and his wife, Critchett, the founder of Art+Audience and executive producer of Leo Villareal’s public work, including The Bay Lights.
Free
Wednesday, April 26, 2017
12:15 PM
MATRIX artist Kremen offers insights into his exquisite small collages.
Free with admission
Wednesday, April 26, 2017
12–2 & 5–6:20
Four programs of short films screening each afternoon feature works by Jordan Belson, Bruce Conner, John Whitney, and others, plus a 1967 documentary about San Francisco’s blossoming hippie scene.
Included with admission
Wednesday, April 26, 2017
1:30 PM
Guided exhibition tour of Hippie Modernism: The Struggle for Utopia led by UC Berkeley graduate students.
Included with admission; no advance reservation required
Series
Guided Tours 2017
Wednesday, April 26, 2017
7 PM
Mahamat-Saleh Haroun,
Chad,
2015,
(82 mins)
The acclaimed Chadian director of A Screaming Man turns to documentary with this moving work on his country’s healing and reconciliation, filmed while its former dictator was standing trial for war crimes. “Harrowing and hopeful” (Hollywood Reporter).
Series
African Film Festival 2017
Thursday, April 27
Thursday, April 27, 2017
12–2 & 5–6:20
Four programs of short films screening each afternoon feature works by Jordan Belson, Bruce Conner, John Whitney, and others, plus a 1967 documentary about San Francisco’s blossoming hippie scene.
Included with admission
Thursday, April 27, 2017
4–7 PM
Thursday, April 27, 2017
7 PM
Sara Jordenö,
Sweden, United States,
2016,
(94 mins)
This “indelible, must-see ode to gay New York” (New York Times) showcases the vibrant dance art form/way of life known as Kiki, born from the ballroom movement and led by an outspoken new generation of activist LGBTQ youth of color.
In Conversation
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Sara Jordenö
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Stathis Gerostathopoulos
Stathis Gerostathopoulos is a doctoral student in architecture and one of the organizers of the Queer/Urban symposium at the College of Environmental Design.
Series
African Film Festival 2017
Friday, April 28
Friday, April 28, 2017
12–2 & 5–8:15
Four programs of short films screening each afternoon feature works by Jordan Belson, Bruce Conner, John Whitney, and others, plus a 1967 documentary about San Francisco’s blossoming hippie scene.
Included with admission
Friday, April 28, 2017
4 PM
Catherine Ryan, Gary Weimberg,
United States,
2016,
(57 mins)
This biography-cum-scientific adventure is a fascinating, engaging voyage into the human brain and the work of UCB professor emeritus Marian Diamond, one of the founders of modern neuroscience.
Filmmakers in person
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Catherine Ryan
In PersonCatherine Ryan is a co-director of the film -
Gary Weimberg
In PersonGary Weimberg is a co-director of the film
Friday, April 28, 2017
4–9 PM
Friday, April 28, 2017
6 PM
We mark the passing of visionary inventor and pioneer of electronic synthesis Don Buchla with a special performance by the celebrated electronic musician Suzanne Ciani.
Included with admission
Friday, April 28, 2017
7:30 PM
Guetty Felin ,
Haiti, United States,
2016,
(86 mins)
Documentary meets magical neorealism in Haitian-born filmmaker Felin’s gorgeous tribute to the resilience and beauty of her homeland, set five years after its devastating 2010 earthquake.
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Guetty Felin
In Person
Series
African Film Festival 2017
Saturday, April 29
Saturday, April 29, 2017
1 PM
Screening weekly in Theater Two, this award-winning documentary is the story of Tibetan refugee lama Tarthang Tulku and his efforts to preserve the sacred texts of his tradition.
Included with admission
Saturday, April 29, 2017
11 AM–9 PM
Saturday, April 29, 2017
12 PM
This ensemble of young East Bay musicians presents a delightful program of period music.
Included with admission
Saturday, April 29, 2017
3-7:30 PM
Four programs of short films screening each afternoon feature works by Jordan Belson, Bruce Conner, John Whitney, and others, plus a 1967 documentary about San Francisco’s blossoming hippie scene.
Included with admission
Saturday, April 29, 2017
5:30 PM
Federico Fellini,
Italy,
1974,
(123 mins)
Fellini’s free-spirited portrait of Rimini in the 1930s, when fascism was a fact of life, shines in this new print. “A film of exhilarating beauty” (New York Times).
Saturday, April 29, 2017
7:30 PM
Bob Smeaton,
United Kingdom,
2003,
(110 mins)
Free admission!
On BAMPFA’s outdoor screen on Addison Street. Bring your own blanket or lawn chair!
All aboard for a cross-Canada train tour with Janis Joplin, the Grateful Dead, and other rock legends. With Les Blank’s short God Respects Us When We Work, but Loves Us When We Dance.
Admission free
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Nicholas Meriwether
IntroductionNicholas Meriwether has served as oral historian at the University of South Carolina and Grateful Dead archivist at UC Santa Cruz, and now is director of archives for the Center for Counterculture Stu
Saturday, April 29, 2017
8:15 PM
John Cassavetes,
United States,
1971,
(114 mins)
Cassavetes’s take on the screwball comedy stars Gena Rowlands as Minnie, a beautiful, refined museum employee unlucky in love.
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