Sunday, April 15
Sunday, April 15, 2018
1 PM
Sasha Waters Freyer,
United States,
2018,
(90 mins)
This gorgeous and lively look at Garry Winogrand and his work uses still images, home movie footage, and revelatory, recently discovered audio recordings to illustrate why many consider him to be the foremost photographer of post–World War II America.
General admission: $16; BAMPFA members, SFFILM members, UC Berkeley students: $13; Non-UC Berkeley students, 65+, disabled persons: $15. BAMPFA's second-feature discount does not apply to this program. Tickets are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged. SFFILM vouchers may not be redeemed in person at BAMPFA. On-site ticket sales are subject to limited availability.
In Person
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Sasha Waters Freyer
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Geoff Dyer
Sunday, April 15, 2018
11 AM–7 PM
Sunday, April 15, 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, April 15, 2018
3 PM
Ingmar Bergman,
Sweden,
1947,
(98 mins)
A salvage boat provides the claustrophobic but fascinating space for a narrative of filial revolt against an overbearing father in Bergman’s waterfront noir, reminiscent of Marcel Carné’s French films.
Screening in Theater 2; regular film ticket prices apply
Series
Bergman 100: The Early Years
Sunday, April 15, 2018
3 PM
Learn more about the fascinating visual and literary expression of the cataclysmic end of the Ming dynasty.
Included with admission
Series
Guided Tours 2018
Sunday, April 15, 2018
3:15 PM
Annemarie Jacir,
Colombia, France, Germany, Norway, Palestine, Qatar, United Arab Emirates,
2017,
(97 mins)
In Annemarie Jacir’s charming and poignant new film, a Palestinian father and son living in Israel deliver wedding invitations over the course of an afternoon while personal and political tensions simmer in the background.
General admission: $16; BAMPFA members, SFFILM members, UC Berkeley students: $13; Non-UC Berkeley students, 65+, disabled persons: $15. BAMPFA's second-feature discount does not apply to this program. Tickets are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged. SFFILM vouchers may not be redeemed in person at BAMPFA. On-site ticket sales are subject to limited availability.
Sunday, April 15, 2018
5:45 PM
(83 mins)
Four ephemeral worlds emerge in this selection of shorts by Nathaniel Dorsky, this year’s recipient of the Persistence of Vision Award. The films are Autumn, Avraham, The Dreamer, and Intimations.
General admission: $16; BAMPFA members, SFFILM members, UC Berkeley students: $13; Non-UC Berkeley students, 65+, disabled persons: $15. BAMPFA's second-feature discount does not apply to this program. Tickets are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged. SFFILM vouchers may not be redeemed in person at BAMPFA. On-site ticket sales are subject to limited availability.
In Conversation
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Nathaniel Dorsky
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Steve Anker
Sunday, April 15, 2018
8:15 PM
Michel Hazanavicius,
France,
2017,
(107 mins)
Portraying Jean-Luc Godard at the pivotal moment when he made La Chinoise and fell in love with leading lady Anne Wiazemsky, Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist) pays homage to Godard’s genius even as he cheekily sends up the director’s excesses and pretensions.
General admission: $16; BAMPFA members, SFFILM members, UC Berkeley students: $13; Non-UC Berkeley students, 65+, disabled persons: $15. BAMPFA's second-feature discount does not apply to this program. Tickets are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged. SFFILM vouchers may not be redeemed in person at BAMPFA. On-site ticket sales are subject to limited availability.
Monday, April 16
Monday, April 16, 2018
6:30 PM
Hear from famed activist, scholar, and educator Angela Davis, whose recent work has focused on the prison industrial complex and the possibility of its abolition.
Advance tickets required. Tickets will be available ten days in advance of the event at artsdesign.berkeley.edu/mondays.
Tuesday, April 17
Wednesday, April 18
Wednesday, April 18, 2018
12 PM
Bay Area new media artist, video game designer, writer, and curator Porpentine Charity Heartscape is joined in conversation by artist Elisa Giardina Papa.
Free admission
Wednesday, April 18, 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, April 18, 2018
3:10 PM
Sergei Eisenstein,
USSR,
1944,
(170 mins)
In sixteenth-century Moscow, the newly crowned Czar Ivan battles both the nobility and the church in an effort to unify Russia. Scored by Sergei Prokofiev, Eisenstein’s painterly film is like a fresco come to life.
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.
Wednesday, April 18, 2018
7 PM
Yance Ford,
Denmark, United States,
2017,
(140 mins)
Free screening for BAMPFA members and UC Berkeley students only
The murder of the filmmaker’s brother forms the basis of this powerful, disturbing, and very personal documentary on one family’s suffering and an entire society’s injustice and institutional racism. “A masterpiece for difficult times” (Film Quarterly).
Free screening! For BAMPFA members and UC Berkeley students only. Current membership card admits two. Seating is limited. RSVP by April 13.
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Yance Ford
Les Blank Lecture
Series
Documentary Voices 2018
Thursday, April 19
Thursday, April 19, 2018
4 PM–7 PM
Thursday, April 19, 2018
5:30 PM
Carnwath and Griffin discuss their recent books from Kelly’s Cove Press, noted publisher of California art and literature.
Included with admission
Series
Readings 2018
Thursday, April 19, 2018
7 PM
Abba Makama,
Nigeria,
2016,
(102 mins)
Three friends join together to get through the dog days of a Lagos summer—and create a film—in this salute to the creativity and vitality of Nigerian youth, which has garnered comparisons to early Spike Lee.
Series
African Film Festival 2018
Friday, April 20
Friday, April 20, 2018
4 PM–9 PM
Friday, April 20, 2018
6 PM
Two celebrated Bay Area artists engage in a public conversation about their approaches to making politically driven art.
Included with admission
Friday, April 20, 2018
7 PM
Lucrecia Martel,
Argentina,
2001,
(101 mins)
Two extended families suffer through a heat wave in Martel’s award-winning portrayal of social inertia, class, and racial dynamics. “Every shot is dense with life, yet the movie is highly focused, a small masterpiece” (Meredith Brody, Chicago Reader).
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Natalia Brizuela
IntroductionNatalia Brizuela is an associate professor of modern and contemporary Latin American literature and culture in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at UC Berkeley.
Friday, April 20, 2018
7:30 PM
Ingmar Bergman,
Sweden,
1948,
(88 mins)
Bergman’s early, restless experimentation with different aesthetics is at its height in this tale of the relationship between a young, blind musician and a lower-class servant girl.
Screening in Theater 2; regular film ticket prices apply
Series
Bergman 100: The Early Years
Saturday, April 21
Saturday, April 21, 2018
1 PM
This panel takes a fresh look at Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s influential book Dictee and its relationship to the rest of the artist’s work.
Included with admission
Saturday, April 21, 2018
11 AM–9 PM
Saturday, April 21, 2018
2 PM
Our panelists revisit the legacy of Bay Area artist Carlos Villa, whose Worlds in Collision project addressed multiculturalism, education, activism, and identity politics.
Included with admission
Saturday, April 21, 2018
4 PM
Roy Rowland,
United States,
1953,
(88 mins)
Recommended for ages 7 & up
Scolded for not practicing the piano, a nine-year-old boy daydreams himself into a fantastic world where the piano reigns supreme in this funny, clever musical written by Dr. Seuss.
Saturday, April 21, 2018
6 PM
Sergei Eisenstein,
USSR,
1944,
(96 mins)
In sixteenth-century Moscow, the newly crowned Czar Ivan battles both the nobility and the church in an effort to unify Russia. Scored by Sergei Prokofiev, Eisenstein’s painterly film is like a fresco come to life.
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Peter Bagrov
In PersonPeter Bagrov is a film historian, curator, and archivist specializing in early Russian and Soviet cinema.
Saturday, April 21, 2018
8 PM
Sergei Eisenstein,
USSR,
1946/1958,
(96 mins)
The second part of Eisenstein’s unfinished trilogy follows Ivan’s return to the throne and his ruthless opposition to the schemes of the nobility to keep Russia divided among its princes and foreign interests.
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Peter Bagrov
In PersonPeter Bagrov is a film historian, curator, and archivist specializing in early Russian and Soviet cinema.
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