Sunday, April 5
Sunday, April 5, 2020
2:30 PM
Halina Dyrschka,
Germany,
2019,
(93 mins)
This film is now available to stream at home on your TV, computer, or mobile device. Learn more
This documentary illuminates the story of visionary Swedish painter Hilma af Klint, who began creating radically abstract paintings in 1906—before the celebrated modernists of the early twentieth century—yet has only recently come to international attention.
Tickets will be available later in March, pending public health recommendations.
Sunday, April 5, 2020
4:30 PM
Peter Solan,
Czechoslovakia, Slovakia,
1964,
(92 mins)
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Digital Restoration
A humble triangle player in a city orchestra unexpectedly winds up its party director and, engorged with a taste of power, soon becomes a tyrant in Slovak director Peter Solan’s droll send-up of authority and hypocrisy.
Tickets will be available later in March, pending public health recommendations.
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Gabriel M. Paletz
IntroductionA film scholar, journalist, teacher, and curator, Gabriel M. Paletz has written for Variety and now teaches at the Prague Film School in the Czech Republic.
Sunday, April 5, 2020
7 PM
Federico Fellini,
Italy,
1970,
(93 mins)
All film screenings and public programs at BAMPFA have been temporarily canceled. Learn more
Digital Restoration
The Clowns also screens Wednesday, March 25, with a lecture by Russell Merritt.
Fellini’s tribute to the world of the clown is—like so much of his supposedly nonfiction work—part documentary, part autobiography, and suffused with fantasy. “Fellini turns the world into his circus” (Time).
Tickets will be available later in March, pending public health recommendations.
Series
Federico Fellini at 100
Monday, April 6
Monday, April 6, 2020
6:30 PM
This event has been postponed to a later date. Updates will be posted at artsdesign.berkeley.edu. Thank you for your understanding.
A talk by Chicago-based artist William Pope.L, whom the New York Times called “inarguably the greatest performance artist of our time.”
Admission free; seat reservations required.
Tuesday, April 7
Tuesday, April 7, 2020
6:30 PM
Ulrike Ottinger,
Germany,
2004,
(198 mins)
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Digital Restoration
Ottinger’s glorious adaptation of a 1920s Ukrainian Soviet satire is both a picaresque post-revolutionary tale of avarice and a fascinating document of Ukraine circa 2004.
Tickets will be available later in March, pending public health recommendations.
Tuesday, April 7, 2020
7 PM
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Programmed by Sean Carson
Cosa Nostra Strings utilize their unique instrumentation of cello, viola, violin, trombone, bass, and percussion to invoke genres from chamber music to jazz to funk to eighties rock ballads. With an opening performance by the UC Berkeley Chamber Musicians.
Included with admission. Seating for Full is limited.
Series
Full 2020
Wednesday, April 8
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
7 PM
Rithy Panh,
Cambodia, France,
2018,
(115 mins)
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In his latest film, Rithy Panh reflects on the search for peace after tragic loss—in this case, the Cambodian genocide, in which most of his family perished. “At once emotionally overwhelming, visually ravishing, and intellectually stimulating” (Hollywood Reporter).
Series
Documentary Voices 2020
Thursday, April 9
Thursday, April 9, 2020
12 PM
Due to coronavirus (COVID-19) precautions this event will not be public, and instead, will be posted online afterwards at artsdesign.berkeley.edu. Thank you for your understanding.
A presentation by Vincent Medina and Louis Trevino, cofounders of mak-'amham (“our food”) and Cafe Ohlone, a pop-up restaurant devoted to the traditional foods of Bay Area Native peoples.
Free admission
Friday, April 10
Friday, April 10, 2020
5 PM
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Brazil-based poet and sound and visual artist Ricardo Aleixo performs an experience of poetry, sound, and movement.
Included with admission
Series
Performances
Saturday, April 11
Saturday, April 11, 2020
11:30 AM
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For ages 6 to 12 with accompanying adult(s)
See how artists from northern India combine aspects of tradition with contemporary ideas, and use them as inspiration to develop your own “Life Story” painting.
Free for kids 18 & under and for one adult per child 13 & under
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Kim Bennett
With artistKim Bennett is an artist and teacher whose work ranges across disciplines and includes devotional botanical paintings, imaginary embroideries, and collaborations with kids, poets, and other artists.
Series
Family Events
Saturday, April 11, 2020
1 PM
All film screenings and public programs at BAMPFA have been temporarily canceled. Learn more
For ages 6 to 12 with accompanying adult(s)
See how artists from northern India combine aspects of tradition with contemporary ideas, and use them as inspiration to develop your own “Life Story” painting.
Free for kids 18 & under and for one adult per child 13 & under
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Kim Bennett
With artistKim Bennett is an artist and teacher whose work ranges across disciplines and includes devotional botanical paintings, imaginary embroideries, and collaborations with kids, poets, and other artists.
Series
Family Events
Saturday, April 11, 2020
3 PM
All film screenings and public programs at BAMPFA have been temporarily canceled. Learn more
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)
This special bilingual edition of Roundtable Reading features Roald Dahl’s classic story about real, live witches, the most dangerous beings on earth.
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
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Angela Loza
Reading led by / facilitada porAngela Loza is a librarian / es bibliotecaria del West Contra Costa Unified School District.
Series
Family Events
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