Sunday, March 4
Sunday, March 4, 2018
11 AM–7 PM
Sunday, March 4, 2018
2 PM
Get fresh insights into the works in view in Way Bay with a tour led by a UC Berkeley graduate student.
Included with admission; no advance reservation required
Series
Guided Tours 2018
Sunday, March 4, 2018
3 PM
Hang out with the Unity team for a day of zine making and free printing on the Art Lab Riso, with a DJ set and broadcast by Lower Grand Radio.
Included with admission
Series
Workshops 2018
Sunday, March 4, 2018
4:30 PM
Sergei Eisenstein,
USSR,
1928,
(101 mins)
Digital Restoration
Made to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Russian Revolution, October fictionally recreates the revolution’s power and fury: so well, in fact, that some of its scenes have been reused in documentaries as the “real thing.”
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Judith Rosenberg
On Piano
Sunday, March 4, 2018
7 PM
Jean-Marie Téno,
Cameroon, France,
2009,
(105 mins)
A bootleg DVD, an old TV, and beat-up benches are all you need to keep cinema alive—at least in one run-down Burkinabe neighborhood—in Téno’s tribute to African hustle and cinephilia. With Christian Bruno and Natalija Vekic’s Ed and Pauline and Emily Chao’s Bruce Takes Dragon Town.
In Person
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Christian Bruno
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Natalija Vekic
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Emily Chao
Monday, March 5
Monday, March 5, 2018
6:30 PM
Gina Pell talks about the group she calls Perennials—people who represent a mindset, not a generational demographic. She is joined by Susan Hoffmann, director of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
Free admission
Tuesday, March 6
Tuesday, March 6, 2018
7 PM
Jacques Tourneur,
United States,
1947,
(105 mins)
Members' free screening
As part of March Member Appreciation Month, BAMPFA members are invited to a private screening of this masterpiece of film noir.
Members-only event. Each member cardholder is allowed one guest.
Screening is at capacity. BAMPFA members may email bampfamember@berkeley.edu by March 2 to be put on the waitlist.
Wednesday, March 7
Wednesday, March 7, 2018
12 PM
A talk by the Bay Area–based new media artist famed for his work with LED light.
Free admission
Wednesday, March 7, 2018
12:15 PM
Get fresh insights into the works in view in Way Bay with a tour led by a UC Berkeley graduate student.
Included with admission; no advance reservation required
Series
Guided Tours 2018
Wednesday, March 7, 2018
3:10 PM
Abram Room,
USSR,
1927,
(170 mins)
Digital Restoration
An army veteran moves in with his old buddy and his wife in a crowded Moscow flat—with predictably disastrous results—in this daring early Soviet film.
Pre-sale to members at the Sponsor level and above Dec. 5–11. Public ticket sales begin Dec. 12.
Special admission: General: $15; BAMPFA members: $11; UC Berkeley students: $7; UC Berkeley faculty and staff, non-UC Berkeley students, disabled persons, ages 65+ and 18 & under: $12
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Anne Nesbet
LectureAnne Nesbet is an associate professor of Slavic languages and literatures and film and media at UC Berkeley. -
Judith Rosenberg
On Piano
Wednesday, March 7, 2018
7 PM
Adele Horne,
United States,
2012,
(91 mins)
A portrait of homes and their owners’ attitudes toward cleaning them. “It’s like a James Benning remake of Jeanne Dielman” (Cinema Scope).
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Adele Horne
In Person
Series
Documentary Voices 2018
Thursday, March 8
Thursday, March 8, 2018
12 PM
Cannizzo explores Cha’s art through the lens of her influential artist’s book, weaving in Cha’s long history with UC Berkeley and BAMPFA.
Included with admission
Thursday, March 8, 2018
4 PM–7 PM
Thursday, March 8, 2018
7 PM
Sifiso Khanyile,
South Africa,
2017,
(80 mins)
Uprize! revisits South Africa’s Soweto Uprising, which began as a student rebellion and became a founding moment in the history of anti-apartheid struggle. With Jamaican filmmaker Lebert Bethune’s historic 1967 film Malcolm X: Struggle for Freedom.
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Gillian Hart
IntroductionGillian Hart is professor of the Graduate School in Geography and distinguished professor at the University of the Witwatersrand.
Series
African Film Festival 2018
Friday, March 9
Friday, March 9, 2018
4 PM
Andres Veiel,
Germany,
2018,
(107 mins)
East Bay Theatrical Premiere
This new documentary explores the life and work of avant-garde sculptor, painter, performance artist, and social activist Joseph Beuys, chronicling his art and ideas about media, community, and capitalism in an intimate way.
Friday, March 9, 2018
4 PM–7 PM
Friday, March 9, 2018
6 PM
Programmed by Evan Kennedy
Poets Gevirtz and Staiti read their work.
Included with admission
Series
Readings 2018
Friday, March 9, 2018
7 PM
Ingmar Bergman,
Sweden,
1963,
(130 mins)
The central film in Bergman’s “God trilogy” features Gunnar Björnstrand as a pastor haunted by God’s silence. With Max von Sydow and Ingrid Thulin.
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Bart Testa
LectureBart Testa is a senior lecturer at Innis College and the Cinema Studies Institute at the University of Toronto. Preceding the film, he will deliver a keynote lecture (c.
Saturday, March 10
Saturday, March 10, 2018
11:30-1 PM
For ages 6 to 12 with accompanying adult(s)
Create mixed-media portraits of yourself and people in your community inspired by Karabo Poppy Moletsane’s Art Wall project.
Free for kids 18 & under and for one adult per child 13 & under
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Vreni Michelini-Castillo
With artistVreni Michelini-Castillo is a multidisciplinary cultural producer, community organizer, and educator with an MFA from UC Berkeley.
Series
Family Events 2018
Saturday, March 10, 2018
10:30 AM–12:30 PM
Members' event
BAMPFA members are invited to preview the work of the UC Berkeley's Master of Fine Arts graduate students in advance of their exhibition in May.
At Richmond Field Station
Members-only event. Each member cardholder is allowed one guest.
RSVP by Wednesday, March 7. Space is extremely limited.
Saturday, March 10, 2018
1-2:30 PM
For ages 6 to 12 with accompanying adult(s)
Create mixed-media portraits of yourself and people in your community inspired by Karabo Poppy Moletsane’s Art Wall project.
Free for kids 18 & under and for one adult per child 13 & under
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Vreni Michelini-Castillo
With artistVreni Michelini-Castillo is a multidisciplinary cultural producer, community organizer, and educator with an MFA from UC Berkeley.
Series
Family Events 2018
Saturday, March 10, 2018
2:30 PM–9 PM
Saturday, March 10, 2018
3 PM
Recommended for ages 8 & up (younger kids welcome as listeners)
Start reading this story of a robot learning to survive on a deserted island, and pick up a copy to continue reading at home.
Free for kids 18 & under and for one adult per child 13 & under
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Adoria Williams
Reading led byAdoria Williams is a librarian at Jefferson Elementary School in Berkeley.
Series
Family Events 2018
Saturday, March 10, 2018
5 PM
Hou Hsiao-hsien,
China, Hong Kong, Taiwan,
2015,
(105 mins)
Film to Table dinner follows the March 10 screening
Winner of the Best Director prize for Hou Hsiao-hsien at the 2015 Cannes film festival, The Assassin is “a mesmerizing slow burn of a martial-arts movie” (Variety).
Saturday, March 10, 2018
6:45 PM
Enjoy a four-course chef's dinner following a screening of this film that Variety calls "a mesmerizing slow burn of a martial-arts movie."
At Babette
Film tickets must be purchased separately.
Saturday, March 10, 2018
7:30 PM
Ingmar Bergman,
Sweden,
1963,
(96 mins)
Two sisters play out dramas of lust and fear in a foreign land where war looms, an emotional landscape forsaken by God. A work of “staggering integrity” (Chicago Reader).
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Bart Testa
IntroductionBart Testa is a senior lecturer at Innis College and the Cinema Studies Institute at the University of Toronto.
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