Sunday, November 17
Sunday, November 17, 2019
1 PM
Programmed by Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo
Alt-text is an essential part of web accessibility, making visual content accessible to blind people and those with low vision. Learn to creatively reframe alt-text as a form of poetry in this workshop led by Shannon Finnegan.
Included with admission
Series
Workshops 2019
Sunday, November 17, 2019
11 AM–7 PM
Sunday, November 17, 2019
11 AM–7 PM
As part of the exhibition The San Quentin Project: Nigel Poor and the Men of San Quentin State Prison, we celebrate the San Quentin Prison Arts Program by featuring artwork that has been mailed to BAMPFA from the artists at the San Quentin Art Studio.
Included with admission
Sunday, November 17, 2019
2 PM
Explore the spirit of Surrealism with a guided tour of Strange.
Included with admission
Series
Guided Tours 2020
Sunday, November 17, 2019
2 PM
Franz Osten,
Germany, India, United Kingdom,
1928,
(105 mins)
East Bay Premiere of Digital Restoration!
This ravishing silent epic tells the romantic tale behind the creation of the Taj Mahal. We present a recent restoration featuring a stunning new score from sitar master Anoushka Shankar.
Sunday, November 17, 2019
4:30 PM
Bill Haney,
United States,
2019,
(90 mins)
Jim Allison: Breakthrough also screens November 15 with a panel discussion featuring scientists Greg Barton, Rachel Humphrey, Steve Isaacs, David Raulet, and Julia Schaletzky.
This documentary tells the remarkable story of a Nobel Prize–winning Bay Area biologist who found a cure for cancer through his trailblazing immunotherapy research.
Sunday, November 17, 2019
7 PM
Lindsay Anderson,
United Kingdom,
1968,
(111 mins)
Digital Restoration
In 1968, the boarding school as metaphor for social control was a shot heard ’round the world. “A modern classic” (Time Out).
Monday, November 18
Monday, November 18, 2019
6:30 PM
Canceled
This program has been canceled due to unforeseen circumstances.
Egypt-born, Los Angeles–based artist Sherin Guirguis discusses her work, which investigates narratives and histories that have often been forgotten, marginalized, or erased.
Free admission. Doors open at 6 PM.
Tuesday, November 19
Wednesday, November 20
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
12:15 PM
Explore the spirit of Surrealism with a guided tour of Strange.
Included with admission
Series
Guided Tours 2020
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
12:30 PM
Former BAMPFA director Jacquelynn Baas presents her groundbreaking new book Marcel Duchamp and the Art of Life with an illustrated introduction and reading.
Included with admission
Series
Readings 2019
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
6:00 PM
Artist Edie Fake discusses his new Art Wall project with exhibition organizer Elaine Yau, addressing the idea of queer space and the role of art in growing dialogue around trans rights.
Recorded Wednesday, November 20, 6 PM PDT
Series
Talks & Conversations 2022
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
7 PM
Babette Mangolte,
United States,
1982,
(78 mins)
Mangolte’s meditation on the vastness of the American West moves between Arizona and New Mexico, finding awe and inspiration—and exploring the very concept of wilderness.
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Babette Mangolte
In Person
Thursday, November 21
Thursday, November 21, 2019
12 PM
A talk by Amy Franceschini, the founder of Futurefarmers, a group of artists, designers, farmers, and architects with a common interest in creating frameworks of participation that recalibrate our cultural compass.
Free admission
Thursday, November 21, 2019
2–7 PM
Thursday, November 21, 2019
7 PM
Jean-Pierre Gorin,
France, United Kingdom, United States,
1986,
(81 mins)
Jean-Pierre Gorin explores ideas of work, the male imaginary, and American culture through an essay film inspired by critic and artist Manny Farber. Babette Mangolte’s cinematography is “marvelously nuanced” (Senses of Cinema).
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Babette Mangolte
In PersonBabette Mangolte was the cinematographer for Routine Pleasures.
Friday, November 22
Friday, November 22, 2019
11 AM–7 PM
Friday, November 22, 2019
4 PM
Abbas Kiarostami,
France, Iran,
2001,
(85 mins)
For his first film shot outside Iran, Kiarostami went to Uganda to document the reality of children orphaned by AIDS. What he found was a network of widows creating a culture of support, in a place devastated by death but still full of life.
Friday, November 22, 2019
4 PM
The Festival of Latin American Contemporary Choreographers brings fourteen Latinx dance artists to BAMPFA for two days of impactful performances.
Included with admission
Friday, November 22, 2019
7 PM
Thomas Allen Harris,
United States,
1995,
(72 mins)
Thomas Allen Harris explores the intersections of race, family, and sexuality in this pioneering essay film, which focuses on three groups of queer black siblings, including the director and his brother.
In Conversation
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Jesse Hawthorne Ficks
Jesse Hawthorne Ficks teaches film history and is the film history coordinator at Academy of Art University, curates the Midnites for Maniacs film series, and is a member of the San Francisco Film Cri -
Marvin K. White
Marvin K. White is a poet, artist, teacher, and preacher currently serving as artivist in residence at the Oakland Peace Center.
Friday, November 22, 2019
9:30 PM
Tod Browning,
United States,
1925,
(76 mins)
Free Admission!
Join the BAMPFA Student Committee for the 2019 edition of CineSpin, a freewheeling free screening with local student musicians and DJs playing live accompaniment to a demented silent about sideshow performers (Lon Chaney among them) who turn to a life of crime.
Free admission. Tickets available at the admissions desk beginning at 7 PM.
Saturday, November 23
Saturday, November 23, 2019
11 AM–7 PM
Saturday, November 23, 2019
12:30 PM
Abbas Kiarostami,
Iran,
1989,
(112 mins)
Digital Restoration
In a series of interviews with grade-school boys on the topic of homework, much is revealed on the topic of life. With shorts Breaktime and Orderly or Disorderly.
Saturday, November 23, 2019
3 PM
Bill Haney,
United States,
2019,
(90 mins)
Jim Allison: Breakthrough also screens November 15 with a panel discussion featuring scientists Greg Barton, Rachel Humphrey, Steve Isaacs, David Raulet, and Julia Schaletzky.
This documentary tells the remarkable story of a Nobel Prize–winning Bay Area biologist who found a cure for cancer through his trailblazing immunotherapy research.
Saturday, November 23, 2019
4 PM
The Festival of Latin American Contemporary Choreographers brings fourteen Latinx dance artists to BAMPFA for two days of impactful performances.
Included with admission
Saturday, November 23, 2019
5 PM
Joseph Losey,
United Kingdom,
1963,
(115 mins)
Let’s play master and servant! Dirk Bogarde and James Fox do it in this striking parable on class conflict, Joseph Losey’s first collaboration with Harold Pinter.
Saturday, November 23, 2019
7:30 PM
Jia Zhangke,
China, France, Japan,
2018,
(136 mins)
BAMPFA Student Committee Pick
A gangster’s wife stands on her own in Jia’s expansive narrative of empowerment and survival, inspired by Hong Kong gangster films and set against the tumultuous changes in contemporary China. “Fierce, gripping, emotionally generous, and surprisingly funny” (Los Angeles Times).
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