Sunday, December 3
Sunday, December 3, 2017
11-7 PM
Sunday, December 3, 2017
2 PM
Explore a great Chinese painter’s work and his turbulent times with a tour of Repentant Monk: Illusion and Disillusion in the Art of Chen Hongshou.
Included with admission; no advance reservation required
Series
Guided Tours 2017
Sunday, December 3, 2017
2 PM
Global Lives founder David Evan Harris, filmmakers Naomi Ture and Daniel Chein, and webmaster Benn Meyers (Shishin Junsei) present video clips and offer their perspectives on the project.
Included with admission
Sunday, December 3, 2017
2:30 PM
Peter Bratt,
United States,
2017,
(98 mins)
Peter Bratt’s intimate yet universal documentary profiles one of the US’s most dedicated community organizers, Dolores Huerta (cofounder of the United Farm Workers), and reveals the raw, personal stakes involved in committing one’s life to social justice.
Sunday, December 3, 2017
4:30 PM
(85 mins)
This program showcases female filmmakers who sought to carve out a place within the male-dominated world of Latin American independent audiovisual production.
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Ángela López Ruiz
IntroductionÁngela López Ruiz has curated numerous exhibitions in Spain, France, Chile, Uruguay, and the US, and at the 30th Sao Paulo Bienal.
Series
Alternative Visions 2017
Sunday, December 3, 2017
7 PM
Programmed by Sarah Cahill
The women’s vocal ensemble returns for a sublime program of medieval and contemporary music by Hildegard von Bingen, Guillaume de Machaut, and Theresa Wong.
Included with admission. Seating for Full is limited.
Sunday, December 3, 2017
7:15 PM
(79 mins)
This program showcases works by masters of Polish animation and festival prizewinners from 1957 through 1984, including films by Walerian Borowczyk, Jan Lenica, Zbigniew Rybczynski, and more.
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Russell Merritt
Introduction byRussell Merritt is an adjunct professor in film studies at UC Berkeley; an animation expert, he is author, with J. B. Kaufman, of Walt Disney’s Silly Symphonies.
Series
Polish Animation: 70 Years
Monday, December 4
Monday, December 4, 2017
6:30 PM
The two artists of Bull.Miletic consider the visual paradigm of aerial imaging technologies including satellites and drones.
Free admission
Tuesday, December 5
Wednesday, December 6
Wednesday, December 6, 2017
12:15 PM
Explore a great Chinese painter’s work and his turbulent times with a tour of Repentant Monk: Illusion and Disillusion in the Art of Chen Hongshou.
Included with admission; no advance reservation required
Series
Guided Tours 2017
Wednesday, December 6, 2017
7 PM
Mikhail Kalatozov,
Cuba, USSR,
1964,
(138 mins)
BAMPFA Collection Print
This portrait of revolutionary Cuba, written by Yevgeny Yevtushenko and brimming with bravura camerawork, is an extraordinary example of “pure” cinema in the service of politics.
Series
The Art of Cinematography
Thursday, December 7
Thursday, December 7, 2017
1:15 PM
Join a tour of Martin Wong: Human Instamatic and discover the work of a painter the New York Times called “one of our great urban visionaries.”
Included with admission; no advance reservation required
Series
Guided Tours 2017
Thursday, December 7, 2017
4-7 PM
Thursday, December 7, 2017
4–7 PM
Drop by our art study centers on Free First Thursday for an up-close look at treasures from the BAMPFA collections.
Free admission
Thursday, December 7, 2017
7 PM
Assane Kouyaté,
Mali,
2002,
(107 mins)
BAMPFA Collection
Magic spells lend a helping hand in this poetic feature about a young man’s troubled relationship with his native village in Mali.
Thursday, December 7, 2017
All Day
Friday, December 8
Friday, December 8, 2017
4 PM
Andrei Konchalovsky,
USSR,
1966,
(96 mins)
BAMPFA Collection Print
Andrei Konchalovsky’s first feature, set in a Kirghiz village shortly after the Revolution. “The beauty of tradition and the need for change . . . expressed with a deft simplicity of style and a rare quality of emotion” (Michel Ciment).
Series
The Art of Cinematography
Friday, December 8, 2017
4-9 PM
Friday, December 8, 2017
5 PM
Explore the diversity of human experience with videos from the Global Lives Project, which capture twenty-four hours in the lives of individuals around the globe.
Included with admission
Friday, December 8, 2017
7 PM
Agnès Varda, JR,
France,
2017,
(89 mins)
Forever young-at-heart filmmaker (and French New Wave legend) Agnès Varda teams up with hipster artist JR on a road trip across rural France. A first-rate achievement in Varda’s brilliant career.
Saturday, December 9
Saturday, December 9, 2017
11:30–1:00
For ages 6 to 12 with accompanying adult(s)
Get inspired by artworks in To the Letter, then explore language and letterforms by making mixed-media collages of your own.
For ages 6 to 12 with accompanying adult(s)
Free for kids plus one adult
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Indira Urrutia
With artistMultidisciplinary artist and educator Indira Urrutia is a cofounder of Mi Cultura Art Project in San Francisco.
Series
Family Events 2017
Saturday, December 9, 2017
1:00–2:30
For ages 6 to 12 with accompanying adult(s)
Get inspired by artworks in To the Letter, then explore language and letterforms by making mixed-media collages of your own.
For ages 6 to 12 with accompanying adult(s)
Free for kids plus one adult
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Indira Urrutia
With artistMultidisciplinary artist and educator Indira Urrutia is a cofounder of Mi Cultura Art Project in San Francisco.
Series
Family Events 2017
Saturday, December 9, 2017
2:30-9 PM
Saturday, December 9, 2017
3 PM
Recommended for ages 8 & up (younger kids welcome as listeners)
Start reading this story of a girl who feels a special connection to the real-life heroine of Island of the Blue Dolphins, and pick up a free copy to keep reading at home.
Recommended for ages 8 & up (younger kids welcome as listeners)
Free for kids plus one adult
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Estella Sisneros
Reading led byEstella Sisneros is a librarian at LeConte Elementary School in Berkeley.
Series
Family Events 2017
Saturday, December 9, 2017
3:30 PM
Artist Call shares insights into the distinctive presence of American Sign Language in Martin Wong’s work.
Included with admission
Saturday, December 9, 2017
4 PM
Hiroshi Teshigahara,
Japan,
1985,
(72 mins)
35mm Print
Hiroshi Teshigahara’s study of the visionary Catalan architect’s work, scored by the great Toru Takemitsu. “A masterpiece of visual poetry and aesthetic rumination” (Time Out New York).
Series
The Art of Cinematography
Saturday, December 9, 2017
6 PM
Programmed by Chika Okoye and David Brazil
Eisen-Martin, a movement worker, educator, and one of America’s most important and vital poets, performs his work.
Included with admission
Series
Black Life 2017
Saturday, December 9, 2017
6 PM
Agnès Varda,
France,
1962,
(90 mins)
Digital Restoration
Shot entirely on location in the streets of Paris, Cléo chronicles two hours in the life of a pop singer. A classic work of the French New Wave, “almost unique in the history of movies” (Pauline Kael).
Series
The Art of Cinematography
Saturday, December 9, 2017
8 PM
Stanley Kwan,
Hong Kong,
1991,
(126 mins)
Imported 35mm Print
Maggie Cheung stars in Stanley Kwan’s modernist biopic on the life and tragic early death of Chinese film star Ruan Lingyu. “A masterpiece . . . the greatest Hong Kong film I've seen” (Jonathan Rosenbaum).
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