Week of April 7, 2019

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Sunday, April 7

Sunday, April 7, 2019
11 AM— 7 PM

Drop-in Art Making

Sunday, April 7, 2019
2 PM
Delphine Seyrig,
France,
1976,
(144 mins)
Seyrig’s video dossier compiles firsthand accounts from actresses—including Jane Fonda, Maria Schneider, Shirley MacLaine, Jill Clayburgh, and Juliet Berto—on the frustrations and limitations of their métier, still sadly relevant today. With Beat classic Pull My Daisy.
Sunday, April 7, 2019
2 PM
Explore Hans Hofmann’s dynamic and influential work with a guided tour.
Included with admission
Sunday, April 7, 2019
3 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.
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Sunday, April 7, 2019
5 PM
Víctor Erice,
Spain,
1992,
(134 mins)

New 4K Digital Restoration

Victor Erice (Spirit of the Beehive) creates an exquisite portrait of the Spanish realist painter Antonio López García, expanding his attempts to paint a single quince tree into a treatise on light, the creative process, and the passage of time.

Monday, April 8

Monday, April 8, 2019
6:30 PM

Presented by the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism

Faculty from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism present stellar work by J-School students, employing an array of innovative media and covering topics from public health to immigration, human rights to politics.
Free admission

Tuesday, April 9

Wednesday, April 10

Wednesday, April 10, 2019
12 PM
Coleman leads an exhibition walk-through tracing motifs in Hofmann’s work from his early studio days to his later, large-scale abstract paintings.
Included with admission
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
3:10 PM
Hirokazu Kore-eda,
Japan,
2017,
(125 mins)
The incomparable Koji Yakusho plays a man who confesses to a murder but may be hiding a more complicated truth. “Kore-eda has a quietly seductive way of finding the sublime in the mundane” (Wall Street Journal).
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.
  • Marilyn Fabe
    Lecture
    Marilyn 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.
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
7 PM
RaMell Ross,
United States,
2018,
(76 mins)
Award-winning photographer RaMell Ross’s inspired and intimate portrait of an African American community in rural Alabama captures small but precious moments in black lives with rapturous attention. The film was a nominee for this year's Academy Award for Best Documentary.

Thursday, April 11

Thursday, April 11, 2019
12 PM
Playwright/director Lai and visual artist/designer Woodall engage in conversation about the idea of organic design and how it plays out in Lai’s A Dream Like a Dream and in Ago, an upcoming play being created at Berkeley. 
Free admission
Thursday, April 11, 2019
2— 7 PM

Drop-in Art Making

Thursday, April 11, 2019
5:30 PM
Aboozar Amini,
Afghanistan, Germany, Japan, Netherlands,
2018,
(88 mins)
The deep-seated effects of decades of conflict in Afghanistan are memorably revealed through the lives of three Kabul residents in this mesmerizing observational documentary. Winner, Special Jury Award, IDFA.
Tickets go on sale to the general public on March 22. 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.
Thursday, April 11, 2019
8 PM
Stanley Kwan,
China, Hong Kong,
2018,
(100 mins)
Festival favorite Stanley Kwan’s latest features Cantopop queen Sammi Cheng and Gigi Leung as actresses vying for the spotlight. “Diva-licious. . . . Kwan has crafted a movie that’s nearly Almodóvarian in the appreciation and respect it showers upon ladies of all classes” (Variety).
Tickets go on sale to the general public on March 22. 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.
  • Stanley Kwan
    In Person
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Friday, April 12

Friday, April 12, 2019
2— 7 PM

Drop-in Art Making

Friday, April 12, 2019
5 PM
Stanley Nelson,
United Kingdom, United States,
2019,
(115 mins)
From the director of The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution, this profile of the great Miles Davis is “a tantalizing portrait: rich, probing, mournful, romantic, triumphant, tragic, exhilarating, and blisteringly honest” (Variety).
Tickets go on sale to the general public on March 22. 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.
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  • Erin Davis
    Erin Davis is Miles Davis's son.
  • Vince Wilburn
    Vince Wilburn is Miles Davis's nephew.
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Friday, April 12, 2019
8 PM
Nataliia Meshchaninova,
Lithuania, Russia,
2018,
(124 mins)
A mild-mannered vet is caught between a group of animal rights protesters and the proprietors of the dog-training farm where he works in this complex naturalistic drama, “a parable about the fragility of human empathy under pressure” (Screen Daily).
Tickets go on sale to the general public on March 22. 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.

Saturday, April 13

Saturday, April 13, 2019
1 PM
Janice Engel,
United States,
2019,
(93 mins)
As journalism comes under attack with cries of “fake news,” this documentary about the fierce and fearless writer and social commentator Molly Ivins reminds us how wit and well-channeled vitriol can speak truth to power.
Tickets go on sale to the general public on March 22. 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.
  • Janice Engel
    In Person
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Saturday, April 13, 2019
11 AM–7 PM
Spend part of Cal Day with free admission to the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Cal's visual arts center.
Free admission
Saturday, April 13, 2019
11 AM— 7 PM

Drop-in Art Making

Saturday, April 13, 2019
11:30 AM–1 PM

For ages 6 to 12 with accompanying adult(s)

 

Look at photographs in Unlimited and think about the stories they tell, then use drawing and collage to illustrate a story from your own life.
Free for kids 18 & under and for one adult per child 13 & under
  • Jill McLennan
    With artist
    Jill McLennan documents her constantly changing urban environment in paintings and mixed-media artworks that explore history, industry, and urban nature, imbued with a hopeful, futuristic vision.
Saturday, April 13, 2019
1–2:30 PM

For ages 6 to 12 with accompanying adult(s)

 

Look at photographs in Unlimited and think about the stories they tell, then use drawing and collage to illustrate a story from your own life.
Free for kids 18 & under and for one adult per child 13 & under
  • Jill McLennan
    With artist
    Jill McLennan documents her constantly changing urban environment in paintings and mixed-media artworks that explore history, industry, and urban nature, imbued with a hopeful, futuristic vision.
Saturday, April 13, 2019
3 PM

Recommended for ages 8 & up (younger kids welcome as listeners)
Recomendado para las edades de 8 años en adelante (niños menores son bienvenidos como oyentes)

Join us in reading this remarkable story of friendship, loyalty, life, and morality.Acompañanos para leer esta extraordinaria historia de amistad, lealtad, vida, y moral.
Free for kids 18 & under and for one adult per child 13 & under / Gratis para menores de 18 años y para un adulto por niño de 13 años o menos
  • Angela Loza
    Reading led by / facilitada por
    Angela Loza is a librarian / es bibliotecaria del West Contra Costa Unified School District.
Saturday, April 13, 2019
3:30 PM
Jodie Mack,
United States,
2018,
(71 mins)
A tantalizing textile overload, experimental animator Jodie Mack’s feature debut vibrates with color, texture, and sound. With short Accidence, by Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, and Galen Johnson.
Tickets go on sale to the general public on March 22. 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.
Saturday, April 13, 2019
5:45 PM
César Alejandro Jaimes, Juan Pablo Polanco,
Colombia,
2019,
(75 mins)
This tale of a young Wayuú woman who dreams of a reunion with her deceased cousin is an eerie, dreamlike, and beautifully framed examination of tradition, ritual, and superstition.
Tickets go on sale to the general public on March 22. 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.
Saturday, April 13, 2019
8:15 PM
Ulrich Köhler,
Germany, Italy,
2018,
(119 mins)
What if the apocalypse happens not with a bang but with a whimper? And what if the only survivor had no affinity for life in the first place? These are some of the questions explored with droll humor in this tale of a man who awakens to find that everyone around him has vanished.
Tickets go on sale to the general public on March 22. 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.