Sunday, March 31
Sunday, March 31, 2019
11 AM— 7 PM
Sunday, March 31, 2019
3 PM
Ulrike Ottinger,
Germany,
2016,
(156 mins)
Ottinger travels from Chukotka to the remote outpost of Wrangel Island as her journey continues.
Screenings presented in Theater 2. Regular film ticket prices apply.
Series
Afterimage: Ulrike Ottinger
Sunday, March 31, 2019
4 PM
Programmed by Chika Okoye and Ryanaustin Dennis
The artist presents select adaptations from their project riff, composed of entries from their @genderjuicy Instagram feed.
Included with admission
Series
Black Life 2019
Sunday, March 31, 2019
4 PM
Jacques Demy,
France,
1970,
(90 mins)
Digital Restoration
This charming adaptation of a fairy tale by Charles Perrault (creator of Cinderella) has been called Demy’s “grand synthesis of Cocteau and Minnelli.” Catherine Deneuve, Jean Marais, and Delphine Seyrig star.
Sunday, March 31, 2019
7 PM
Nelson Pereira dos Santos,
Brazil,
1968,
(73 mins)
Dos Santos’s formally radical adaptation of an allegorical short story about adultery and colonialism was inspired by his encounters with American avant-garde filmmakers like Jonas Mekas and Stan Brakhage.
Monday, April 1
Monday, April 1, 2019
6:30 PM
Presented by the UC Berkeley Department of Art Practice
The artist talks about her digital work, including her recent series that braids together the real and virtual worlds so tightly that it becomes nearly impossible to separate one from the other.
Free admission
Tuesday, April 2
Wednesday, April 3
Wednesday, April 3, 2019
12:15 PM
Explore Hans Hofmann’s dynamic and influential work with a guided tour.
Included with admission
Series
Guided Tours 2019
Wednesday, April 3, 2019
3:10 PM
Hirokazu Kore-eda,
Japan,
2015,
(128 mins)
Three sisters grieving their father’s death decide to “adopt” a teenage half-sister in Kore-eda’s captivating exploration of sibling ties, female relationships, and the passing of time. “Channels the Japanese master Ozu” (Sight & Sound).
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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Marilyn Fabe
LectureMarilyn Fabe is the author of Closely Watched Films and was the longtime teacher for the popular BAMPFA lecture/screening series Film 50: History of Cinema.
Series
In Focus: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Wednesday, April 3, 2019
7 PM
Zhao Liang,
China, France,
2015,
(95 mins)
This politicized examination of China’s war on its own environment is a visionary combination of observational documentary, experimental essay, and Workingman’s Death–like vision of hell on earth.
Series
Documentary Voices 2019
Thursday, April 4
Thursday, April 4, 2019
12 PM
Lai discusses the unique process he used to create The Village, one of the most celebrated plays of the recent Chinese theater.
Free admission
Thursday, April 4, 2019
1:15 PM
Explore Hans Hofmann’s dynamic and influential work with a guided tour.
Included with admission
Series
Guided Tours 2019
Thursday, April 4, 2019
2— 7 PM
Thursday, April 4, 2019
4 PM–7 PM
The BAMPFA study tables transform into a catwalk this month as we showcase art dressed to the nines.
Free admission
Series
Five Tables 2019
Thursday, April 4, 2019
6:00 PM
Open to Curator’s Circle members at the $1,000 level and above
Curator Sandra S. Phillips joins Curator’s Circle members for a festive reception at Babette, followed by a tour of the exhibition Unlimited: Recent Gifts from the William Goodman & Victoria Belco Photography Collection.
For Curator's Circle members only
Series
Curator's Circle Events
Thursday, April 4, 2019
7 PM
(100 mins)
Black work is made visible in this diverse program, including Right On/Be Free, featuring the Alvin Ailey dance company’s Judith Jamison (filmed outside BAMPFA’s former building!); the documentary Finally Got the News, made with the League of Revolutionary Black Workers; and more.
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The Black Aesthetic
In ConversationThe Black Aesthetic is an Oakland-based organization whose mission is to curate a collective understanding of black visual culture.
Series
Out of the Vault
Friday, April 5
Friday, April 5, 2019
2— 7 PM
Friday, April 5, 2019
6:30 PM
Ulrike Ottinger,
Germany,
2016,
(177 mins)
Ottinger’s Bering Sea voyage concludes with the peninsula of Kamchatka and Bering Island.
Screenings presented in Theater 2. Regular film ticket prices apply.
Series
Afterimage: Ulrike Ottinger
Friday, April 5, 2019
7 PM
François Truffaut,
France,
1968,
(91 mins)
Jean-Pierre Léaud stars as Truffaut’s quintessential dreamer Antoine Doinel, flitting through 1968 Paris in search of love and livelihood—and finding the alluring Delphine Seyrig.
Friday, April 5, 2019
9 PM
Join the BAMPFA Student Committee for their annual festival showcasing short films made by students in Berkeley and the wider Bay Area.
Free admission
Saturday, April 6
Saturday, April 6, 2019
11 AM— 7 PM
Saturday, April 6, 2019
1:30 PM
Anticipating About Things Loved: Blackness and Belonging, this program aims for critical engagement around questions of belonging, curatorial possibilities, and the role of institutions.
Included with admission
Saturday, April 6, 2019
3 PM
Programmed by Raina J. Léon
The first in a series of readings celebrating the tenth anniversary of the influential journal The Acentos Review.
Included with admission
Series
Readings 2019
Saturday, April 6, 2019
4 PM
Berni Goldblat,
Burkina Faso, France,
2017,
(91 mins)
A rebellious young French teen is sent to his uncle in Burkina Faso in this insightful tale of homecoming and coming of age. With Opiyo Okeyo’s short documentary Birth of Afrobeat.
Series
African Film Festival 2019
Saturday, April 6, 2019
6 PM
Edgar G. Ulmer,
United States,
1945,
(68 mins)
Digital Restoration
“No matter where you turn, fate sticks out a foot to trip you”: this lean, mean little movie sums up the film noir philosophy. “Detour isn’t just a masterpiece, it’s . . . a jagged chunk of the American psyche” (Village Voice).
Saturday, April 6, 2019
7:15 PM
Four-course dinner with wine pairing
Following our screening of Henri-Georges Clouzot's colorful glimpse of the seventy-five-year-old Picasso, join fellow cinephiles at our table for dinner and discussion.
At Babette
$85 per person. Film and dinner tickets must be purchased separately. Call Babette at (510) 684-3046 with questions.
Saturday, April 6, 2019
8 PM
Nelson Pereira dos Santos,
Brazil,
1970,
(79 mins)
Echoing Brazil’s ever-elastic political blacklist, dos Santos’s clever subversion of a classic novel by Machado de Assis centers on a small town where authorities’ expanding definition of insanity makes everyone a candidate for the loony bin.
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