Sunday, February 6
Sunday, February 6, 2022
2 PM
Melina León,
Peru, Spain, United States,
2019,
(97 mins)
An Indigenous Andean woman searches for her stolen newborn amidst the institutional corruption of 1980s Peru in this surreal blend of Latin American political history and Kafkaesque alienation, “shot, scored, and styled like the most beautiful of bad dreams” (Variety).
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Sunday, February 6, 2022
4:30 PM
(95 mins)
BAMPFA Collection
Local filmmaker Nathaniel Dorksy made these four short silent films over several seasons during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Nathaniel Dorsky
In Person
Monday, February 7
Tuesday, February 8
Wednesday, February 9
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
7 PM
Trinh T. Minh-ha,
United States,
1989,
(130 mins)
BAMPFA Preservation
The history of modern Vietnam and the struggles of its women provide the foundation for this “keenly intelligent, sensuously multilayered” documentary (Stuart Klawans, The Nation). Director Trinh T. Minh-ha gives the fifth Les Blank Lecture prior to the screening.
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Trinh T. Minh-ha
Les Blank Lecture
Series
Documentary Voices 2022
Thursday, February 10
Thursday, February 10, 2022
7 PM
(85 mins)
Curated by Sky Hopinka
This program, curated by Sky Hopinka, features works by artists from different countries—Canada, the United States, and Mexico—and homelands. Each artist makes works that traverse topics dealing directly and indirectly with Indigeneity.
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Friday, February 11
Friday, February 11, 2022
2 PM–7 PM
Friday, February 11, 2022
7 PM
Paul Schrader,
United States,
1985,
(120 mins)
New Digital Restoration
Paul Schrader’s riveting docu-fiction about the life and death of Japanese novelist Yukio Mishima is “one of the most gorgeous and sophisticated portraits of an artist ever put on film” (New Yorker).
Capacity is currently limited to fifty percent.
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Saturday, February 12
Saturday, February 12, 2022
1 PM–7 PM
Saturday, February 12, 2022
2:30 PM
Recommended for ages 8 and up
Discover the power of joy and the wonder of Black boyhood in this vibrant collection of stories, comics, and poems edited by Kwame Mbalia.
Advance registration required. The registration form will be available on Wednesday and Thursday, February 9 or 10, to receive a Zoom link on Saturday, February 12.
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Carl Coleman
Reading led byCarl Coleman is a librarian in the West Contra Costa Unified School District.
Series
Family Events
Saturday, February 12, 2022
4 PM
(94 mins)
Presented with a prerecorded interview with the filmmaker.
This program features a selection of Lawrence Jordan’s experimental cut-out animation, including two of his best-known films, Duo Concertantes and Our Lady of the Sphere, that reveal the influence of surrealism on his aesthetic. Jordan’s interview addresses his collaborations with American artist Joseph Cornell.
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Saturday, February 12, 2022
6:30 PM
Billy Wilder,
United States,
1944,
(106 mins)
Barbara Stanwyck’s peroxide blonde is the archetype of the noir femme fatale in Billy Wilder’s gleefully cynical tale of murder and insurance fraud, which was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Stanwyck for Best Actress.
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