Sunday, September 10
Sunday, September 10, 2017
11 AM-7 PM
Sunday, September 10, 2017
5 PM
Amit Dutta,
India,
2017,
(92 mins)
Sneak Preview!
Dutta’s magical new film follows an eighth-century architect across the lower Himalayas in search of a temple site, a voyage that becomes a spiritual quest. With short The Future of Cinema.
Sunday, September 10, 2017
7 PM
Vittorio De Sica,
Italy,
1963,
(88 mins)
Digital Restoration
Bay Area Theatrical Premiere!
The director of The Bicycle Thief shows off his comic side in this hilarious sendup of Italy’s early 1960s economic miracle, starring the great Italian comic Alberto Sordi and finally released theatrically in the US after over fifty years.
Monday, September 11
Monday, September 11, 2017
6:30 PM
The artist talks about his project THE VACANT AMERICAN and what he calls the “Vast Void of image making.”
Free admission
Monday, September 11, 2017
6:30 PM
UC Berkeley’s associate vice chancellor of arts and design joins Cal faculty to discuss the Arts + Design Initiative and reflect on the concept of assembly.
Free admission
Tuesday, September 12
Wednesday, September 13
Wednesday, September 13, 2017
12 PM
The director of the Worth Ryder Art Gallery at UC Berkeley talks about the gallery’s history and his curatorial process.
Wednesday, September 13, 2017
6 PM
The artist discusses his current project for BAMPFA's Art Wall and his engagement with the natural landscape, his connection to the Bay Area, and the significance of language in his work. Watch the video.
Wednesday, September 13, 2017
7 PM
(70 mins)
This program highlights works by artists involved in Canyon’s early years in the 1960s, including films by Bruce Baillie, Anne Severson, Lenny Lipton, and Gunvor Nelson as well as several classics (and two premieres) by Lawrence Jordan.
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Lawrence Jordan
In Person
Series
Canyon Cinema 50
Thursday, September 14
Thursday, September 14, 2017
4-7 PM
Thursday, September 14, 2017
7 PM
Raoul Peck,
Belgium, France, Switzerland, United States,
2016,
(93 mins)
Raoul Peck’s acclaimed documentary is an invigorating look at the great writer James Baldwin, and at the fight for civil rights both in the past and now. “An act of provocation and prophecy” (Village Voice).
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Stephen Best
Introduction byStephen Best is an associate professor of English at UC Berkeley.
Friday, September 15
Friday, September 15, 2017
4 PM
Elia Kazan,
United States,
1951,
(122 mins)
BAMPFA Student Committee Pick!
Digital Restoration
Marlon Brando was a little-known actor when he was cast in the Broadway production of Tennessee Williams’s play; this film adaptation made him a star. Vivien Leigh costars.
Friday, September 15, 2017
4-9 PM
Friday, September 15, 2017
6 PM
Programmed by Chika Okoye and David Brazil
Marvin K. White presents "White Noise/Black Masks," five local poets reading their work through a sonic haze of white noise.
Included with admission
Series
Black Life 2017
Friday, September 15, 2017
7:30 PM
Owsley Brown,
United States,
2016,
(72 mins)
Shot over a period of years both before and after Haiti’s deadly 2010 earthquake, this vibrant documentary testifies to the role of music in creating community and sustaining hope under the most difficult of circumstances.
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Owsley Brown
In PersonSeptember 15 screening only
Saturday, September 16
Saturday, September 16, 2017
11 AM-9 PM
Saturday, September 16, 2017
1:30 PM
Explore Charles Howard’s arresting art in this fresh, wide-ranging look at the themes and changing contexts of his work as he navigated among figurative, Surrealist, and abstract currents. With Apsara DiQuinzio, Douglas Dreishpoon, Lauren Kroiz, and Jeff Gunderson; moderated by Alexander Nemerov.
Included with admission
Saturday, September 16, 2017
5:30 PM
Agnès Varda,
France,
1965,
(85 mins)
BAMPFA Collection Print
Agnès Varda’s strikingly colorful, lyrical film examines a love triangle within a circular structure.
Saturday, September 16, 2017
6:30 PM
Pianist Irene Herrmann and soprano Sheila Willey perform the music of American expatriate writer and composer Paul Bowles.
Included with admission
Saturday, September 16, 2017
7:10 PM
A delicious, French-infused meal inspired by the film.
At Babette
Saturday, September 16, 2017
7:30 PM
Owsley Brown,
United States,
1999,
(108 mins)
The musical work of American expatriate writer Paul Bowles, who lived much of his life in Tangier, is explored in this evocative, globe-hopping documentary. With Nathaniel Dorsky’s short Triste.
In Person
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Owsley Brown
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Nathaniel Dorsky
Through July 7
Through July 14
Through September 22
Through May 2
Through May 5
Through May 11
Through July 3
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