Week of May 17, 2020

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Sunday, May 17

Sunday, May 17, 2020
3 PM

All film screenings and public programs at BAMPFA have been temporarily canceled. Learn more

“One of India’s most respected photographers” (New York Times) talks about the evolution of her photographic practice, her collaborative projects, and her ongoing engagement with rural India since 1999.
Included with admission
Sunday, May 17, 2020
4:30 PM
Godfrey Reggio,
United States,
1982,
(86 mins)

All film screenings and public programs at BAMPFA have been temporarily canceled. Learn more

Digital Restoration

Koyaanisqatsi (a Hopi word for “life out of balance”) is one of the most successful avant-garde films of all time, a spectacular montage of images of American landscapes, industrial sites, cities, and people propelled by Philip Glass’s classic score.
Tickets will be available later in March, pending public health recommendations.
Sunday, May 17, 2020
5 PM
Watch a live conversation between Spaceship Earth director Matt Wolf and interdisciplinary artist Fritz Haeg, who has revived the historic Mendocino County commune Salmon Creek Farm. Moderated by Fanny Singer, the author of a new memoir about life with her mother, Alice Waters.
Sunday, May 17, 2020
7 PM
Federico Fellini,
Italy,
1990,
(118 mins)

All film screenings and public programs at BAMPFA have been temporarily canceled. Learn more

Digital Restoration

Fellini’s dreamy, almost Beckett-like story follows a young, moonstruck wanderer (Roberto Benigni) and his friend, a plump, aging actor, a Laurel and Hardy–like pair seeking to understand the meanings of life. 

Monday, May 18

Tuesday, May 19

Wednesday, May 20

Wednesday, May 20, 2020
7 PM
Ulrike Ottinger,
Germany,
2004,
(198 mins)

All film screenings and public programs at BAMPFA have been temporarily canceled. Learn more

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.

Thursday, May 21

Thursday, May 21, 2020
7 PM
Federico Fellini,
Italy,
1956,
(110 mins)

All film screenings and public programs at BAMPFA have been temporarily canceled. Learn more

Digital Restoration

The great Giulietta Masina portrays the spunky prostitute Cabiria in this humorous and ultimately transformative story of the survival of the human spirit. “The masterpiece of Masina’s collaboration with Fellini” (Albert Johnson).
Tickets will be available later in March, pending public health recommendations.

Friday, May 22

Saturday, May 23