Week of March 6, 2022

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Sunday, March 13

Sunday, March 13, 2022
11 AM–7 PM

Drop-in Art Making

Sunday, March 13, 2022
12 PM
Berkeley’s Shawl-Anderson Dance Center presents four teen performance groups.

Included with admission

Series Performances
Sunday, March 13, 2022
4 PM
Wayne Wang,
United States,
1993,
(139 mins)

The Joy Luck Club also screens without in-person guests on Saturday, April 16.

Four Chinese American women and their immigrant mothers learn one another’s stories in this intimate adaptation of the famed Amy Tan novel. A landmark in Asian American cinema, “both sweeping and intimate” (New York Times).
Theater capacity is limited for this screening.
Face masks covering nose and mouth (without valves) are required at all times. We strongly recommend that all visitors choose N95, KN95, or surgical masks.
In Conversation
  • Wayne Wang
  • Amy Tan
    Amy Tan is the author of seven bestselling novels and two memoirs.
  • Catherine Ceniza Choy
    Catherine Ceniza Choy is professor of ethnic studies and associate dean of diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, and justice in UC Berkeley’s Division of Computing, Data Science, and Society.
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Monday, March 14

Tuesday, March 15

Wednesday, March 16

Wednesday, March 16, 2022
7 PM
Maria Speth,
Germany,
2021,
(217 mins)
A German schoolteacher welcomes a class of students from twelve different nations in this “affectionate and inspiring portrait of an affectionate and inspiring man” (Variety). 
Theater capacity is limited for this screening.
Face masks covering nose and mouth (without valves) are required at all times. We strongly recommend that all visitors choose N95, KN95, or surgical masks.

Thursday, March 17

Thursday, March 17, 2022
11 AM–7 PM

BAMPFA Member exclusive

BAMPFA members enjoy exclusive preview access to The Artist’s Eye: Tammy Rae Carland, David Huffman, Lava Thomas, John Zurier Thursday and Friday, March 17 and 18.
BAMPFA member exclusive. Advance tickets available, but not required.
Series Member Events
Thursday, March 17, 2022
7 PM
Wang Xiaoshuai,
China,
2019,
(185 mins)
Wang’s unforgettable family portrait tackles the tragic implications of China’s one-child policy in epic form. “So measured is the pacing, so sinuous the timeline, so understated the subtle ache of the performances . . . [the film performs] the emotional equivalent of open-heart surgery” (Guardian).
Theater capacity is limited for this screening.
Face masks covering nose and mouth (without valves) are required at all times. We strongly recommend that all visitors choose N95, KN95, or surgical masks.

Friday, March 18

Friday, March 18, 2022
11 AM–7 PM

BAMPFA Member exclusive

BAMPFA members enjoy exclusive preview access to The Artist’s Eye: Tammy Rae Carland, David Huffman, Lava Thomas, John Zurier Thursday and Friday, March 17 and 18.
BAMPFA member exclusive. Advance tickets available, but not required.
Series Member Events
Friday, March 18, 2022
12:30 PM
Join our panel of media innovation experts and practitioners to discuss the challenges and opportunities awaiting our curious explorations in this emerging space of critical data futures.
Theater capacity is limited for this program.
Free and open to the public. Face masks covering nose and mouth (without valves) are required at all times. We strongly recommend that all visitors choose N95, KN95, or surgical masks.
Friday, March 18, 2022
2 PM–7 PM

Drop-in Art Making

Friday, March 18, 2022
7 PM

Programmed by Sean Carson

 

Berkeley Ballet Theater and Post:Ballet perform, with guest musician Vanessa Van-Anh Vo.
Seating for Full performances is limited
Included with admission
Series Full 2022
Friday, March 18, 2022
7 PM
Federico Fellini,
Italy,
1955,
(104 mins)

Digital Restoration

Three con men pose as priests to trick peasants out of cash in Fellini’s sadly ironic study of misguided faith, whether in religion or upward mobility. This is the closest Fellini would come to film noir.
Theater capacity is limited for this screening.
Face masks covering nose and mouth (without valves) are required at all times. We strongly recommend that all visitors choose N95, KN95, or surgical masks.

Saturday, March 19

Saturday, March 19, 2022
11 AM–7 PM

Drop-in Art Making

Saturday, March 19, 2022
11 AM–7 PM

Free admission to the public

Celebrate the opening of The Artist’s Eye: Tammy Rae Carland, David Huffman, Lava Thomas, John Zurier with free admission to the public.
Advance tickets available, but not required.
Saturday, March 19, 2022
11:15 AM

All ages, Drop-in

Join Art Lab facilitator and local artist Micaela Martinez Saavedra for a series of three peaceful workshops exploring the expressive potential of watercolor.
Saturday, March 19, 2022
7 PM
Federico Fellini,
Italy,
1963,
(138 mins)

Digital Restoration

A jaded director (Marcello Mastroianni) fantasizes on his next great film—or his next sexual conquest—in Fellini’s metafictional masterpiece, “probably the most potent movie about filmmaking” (Guardian). 

Theater capacity is limited for this screening.

Face masks covering nose and mouth (without valves) are required at all times. We strongly recommend that all visitors choose N95, KN95, or surgical masks.