Week of October 21, 2018

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Sunday, October 21

Sunday, October 21, 2018
1 PM
Eclectic musician Erika Stucky performs as part of the Zürich Meets San Francisco Festival.
included with admission
Sunday, October 21, 2018
11 AM–7 PM
Sunday, October 21, 2018
2 PM
Explore the works on view in Old Masters in a New Light with tours led by UC Berkeley graduate students.
Included with admission
Sunday, October 21, 2018
4 PM
(76 mins)
Marie Menken’s charming animation Dwightiana sets the tone for this program on place, work, and art. The evening also includes Menken’s stop-motion Moonplay, Margaret Tait’s A Place of Work, and Aurand’s Building Under Ground, which follows the expansion of Zurich’s Museum Rietberg.
  • Ute Aurand
    In Person
Sunday, October 21, 2018
7 PM
Luchino Visconti,
France, Italy,
1963,
(186 mins)

Digital Restoration

Alain Delon, Claudia Cardinale, and Burt Lancaster (in one of his greatest performances) star in this tale of an aging Sicilian aristocrat who watches as his life—and lifestyle—fades into the past. “Even the most intimate scenes seethe with a sense of change” (Village Voice). “A mellow and melancholy feast” (New York Times).
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Monday, October 22

Monday, October 22, 2018
6:30 PM

Presented by Berkeley Arts + Design, the Department of Art Practice, and the Headlands Center for the Arts.

The artist (and Berkeley alumnus) discusses his site-specific media installations, ranging from Berlin to Israel and Palestine to the United States.
Free admission

Tuesday, October 23

Wednesday, October 24

Wednesday, October 24, 2018
12:15 PM
Explore the works on view in Old Masters in a New Light with tours led by UC Berkeley graduate students.
Included with admission
Wednesday, October 24, 2018
3:10 PM
Ingmar Bergman,
Sweden,
1966,
(85 mins)

Digital Restoration

Exploring the strange symbiosis between a speechless actress (Liv Ullmann) and her nurse companion (Bibi Andersson), this is “Bergman at his most brilliant” (Time Out).
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.
  • Linda H. Rugg
    Lecture
    A professor in the Department of Scandinavian at UC Berkeley, Linda H. Rugg has written extensively on Ingmar Bergman.
Wednesday, October 24, 2018
7 PM

Programmed by Marit Brook-Kothlow and Amy Rathbone

Locke draws from her experiences as a dominatrix, wrestler, and artists’ model to compose physically intense, sculptural actions. She’ll be stirring up something compelling in our space.
Included with admission. Seating for Full is limited.
Series Full 2018
Wednesday, October 24, 2018
7 PM
Lizzie Olesker, Lynne Sachs,
United States,
2018,
(75 mins)
Olesker and Sachs fold the history of labor and immigration into this intimate chronicle of the disappearing public space of the neighborhood laundromat. With Sachs’s Carolee, Barbara & Gunvor and Gunvor Nelson’s Old Digs.
In Person
  • Lizzie Olesker
  • Lynne Sachs

Thursday, October 25

Thursday, October 25, 2018
12 PM
Artist Allan deSouza and series organizer Alex Saragoza hold a lively discussion on the relationships between art and migrations—both literal and metaphorical.
Free admission
Thursday, October 25, 2018
4 PM–7 PM
Thursday, October 25, 2018
7 PM
Agnieszka Holland,
Poland,
1979,
(108 mins)

Digital Restoration

The life, times, cares, and disasters of a provincial theater group are brought to life in Holland’s metaphorical comedy, tinged with the lighthearted yet profoundly moving aura of the Czech New Wave.
In Conversation
  • Agnieszka Holland
  • Karolina Pasternak
    Karolina Pasternak is a widely published journalist and film critic for the Polish edition of Newsweek; her commentaries on cinema are regularly broadcast on Polish radio and television.

Friday, October 26

Friday, October 26, 2018
4 PM
Agnieszka Holland,
Czech Republic,
2013,
(84 mins)
The first episode in a three-part miniseries focusing on the personal sacrifice of Jan Palach, who set himself on fire in protest against the 1969 Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia. “Long on narrative power, emotional conviction, and moral responsibility” (The Nation).
Special pricing for the complete Burning Bush miniseries: General admission, $23; BAMPFA members, $18; UC Berkeley students, $15; UC Berkeley faculty and staff, non–UC Berkeley students, disabled persons, ages 65+ and 18 & under, $19.
Friday, October 26, 2018
4 PM–9 PM
Friday, October 26, 2018
7 PM
Agnieszka Holland,
Poland,
1981/87,
(110 mins)

Digital Restoration

A divorced postal worker in Solidarity-era Poland begins a love affair with a younger man, but hope for a new beginning is soon shattered. Holland’s last work before leaving Poland, the film was suppressed for years because of its biting social critique.
In Conversation
  • Agnieszka Holland
  • Karolina Pasternak
    Karolina Pasternak is a widely published journalist and film critic for the Polish edition of Newsweek; her commentaries on cinema are regularly broadcast on Polish radio and television.

Saturday, October 27

Saturday, October 27, 2018
11 AM
Learn to create unique animations by painting, scratching, and collaging directly onto 16mm film.
Sorry, this registration list for this workshop has reached capacity.
Included with admission. RSVP required.
Saturday, October 27, 2018
11 AM–9 PM
Saturday, October 27, 2018
1:30 PM
The exhibition curator speaks about Hujar’s compelling work and presents a screening of Peter Hujar: Immersion.
Included with admission
Saturday, October 27, 2018
4 PM
Agnieszka Holland,
Czech Republic,
2013,
(84 mins)
The first episode in a three-part miniseries focusing on the personal sacrifice of Jan Palach, who set himself on fire in protest against the 1969 Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia. “Long on narrative power, emotional conviction, and moral responsibility” (The Nation).
Special pricing for the complete Burning Bush miniseries: General admission, $23; BAMPFA members, $18; UC Berkeley students, $15; UC Berkeley faculty and staff, non–UC Berkeley students, disabled persons, ages 65+ and 18 & under, $19.
Saturday, October 27, 2018
6:15 PM
Agnieszka Holland,
Czech Republic,
2013,
(72 mins)
The second entry in Holland’s fact-based miniseries about the self-immolation of a student protester in Czechoslovakia and the aftermath of that tragedy. “Holland [is] in masterful form” (The Nation).
Special pricing for the complete Burning Bush miniseries: General admission, $23; BAMPFA members, $18; UC Berkeley students, $15; UC Berkeley faculty and staff, non–UC Berkeley students, disabled persons, ages 65+ and 18 & under, $19.
Saturday, October 27, 2018
7:45 PM
Agnieszka Holland,
Czech Republic,
2013,
(78 mins)
The conclusion of Holland’s miniseries about protest and its consequences in Soviet-occupied Czechoslovakia, a subject that “aligns with a key focus in her work: the question of human morality and how it withstands a fraught situation” (Variety). 
Special pricing for the complete Burning Bush miniseries: General admission, $23; BAMPFA members, $18; UC Berkeley students, $15; UC Berkeley faculty and staff, non–UC Berkeley students, disabled persons, ages 65+ and 18 & under, $19.
In Conversation
  • Agnieszka Holland
  • Karolina Pasternak
    Karolina Pasternak is a widely published journalist and film critic for the Polish edition of Newsweek; her commentaries on cinema are regularly broadcast on Polish radio and television.