Sunday, January 21
Sunday, January 21, 2024
1 PM
Workshop is full
Join local artist and Art Lab facilitator Alayna Tinney for a beginner-friendly dive into risograph printing.
Workshop is full.
Series
Workshops
Sunday, January 21, 2024
11 AM–7 PM
Drop-In Art Making
The museum’s popular Fisher Family Art Lab welcomes drop-in visitors of all ages to explore their creativity through hands-on artmaking.
Series
Workshops
Sunday, January 21, 2024
1:30 PM
Béla Tarr,
France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Switzerland,
2000,
(145 mins)
Digital Restoration
One of the major achievements of twenty-first-century cinema thus far, Béla Tarr’s mesmeric parable of societal collapse is an enigma of transcendent visual, philosophical, and mystical resonance. New German Cinema icon Hanna Schygulla appears in a welcome cinematic comeback, while Lars Rudolf contributes a fevered performance of Klaus Kinski–like proportions.
Series
Special Screenings
Sunday, January 21, 2024
2 PM
Exhibition tours of Duane Linklater: mymothersside are led by UC Berkeley graduate students in the Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies and Ethnic Studies Departments, on selected Wednesdays at 12:15 PM and Sundays at 2 PM.
Included with admission.
Series
Exhibition Tours
Sunday, January 21, 2024
5 PM
Kate Davis,
United States,
2001,
(86 mins)
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival, Southern Comfort—produced, filmed, and edited by Kate Davis—tells the powerful story of Robert Eads, a trans man dying of ovarian cancer who was failed by his doctors yet surrounded by his loving community.
In Conversation
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Jenni Olson
Jenni Olson is a Berkeley-based queer film historian, writer, and filmmaker who is the proud proprietor of Butch.org, which features more information about all of her work as a longtime champion of LG -
Christoph Hanssmann
Christoph Hanssmann is an assistant professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies at UC Davis.
Monday, January 22
Tuesday, January 23
Wednesday, January 24
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
3:10 PM–6 PM
Werner Herzog,
United States,
2007,
Lecture & Screening
A voyage to the end of the world—Antarctica—to discover the ecstatic realities of those who have chosen to live amidst nature’s awe-inspiring vastness. “A portrait of people in search of the sublime” (Cinema Scope).
Special Admission
General: $15
BAMPFA members: $11
UC Berkeley students: $7
UC Berkeley faculty and staff, non-UC Berkeley students, disabled persons, ages 65+ and 18 & under: $12
BAMPFA’s second-feature discount does not apply to these programs.
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Michael Fox
LectureMichael Fox is a film critic and journalist for KQED’s Arts and Culture blog. He is a member of the San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle and an inductee of SFFILM’s Essential SF.
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
7 PM
Emilio Fernández,
Mexico,
1951,
(84 mins)
Digital Restoration
Victims of Sin is famed Mexican director Emilio Fernández’s unique blend of film noir, melodrama, and musical. Fernández infuses the film with impassioned songs and performances by Ninón Sevilla, an icon of Mexican cinema and a purveyor of African, Caribbean, and Cuban dance styles.
Introduction
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Peter Conheim
Peter Conheim (Cinema Preservation Alliance/USA) worked with Viviana Garcia-Besné (Permanencia Voluntaria/Mexico) to restore this film. -
Viviana Garcia-Besné
December 14 onlyViviana Garcia-Besné (Permanencia Voluntaria/Mexico) worked with Peter Conheim (Cinema Preservation Alliance/USA) to restore this film.
Series
Special Screenings
Thursday, January 25
Thursday, January 25, 2024
7 PM
(75 mins)
Recommended for adults only
Produced between 1966 and 1969, these student films range from deconstructed narratives and agitprop to experimental essays, revealing the young Skip Norman’s multifaceted style and a commitment to social justice that would inform later projects and collaborations.
Series
Skip Norman Here and There
Friday, January 26
Friday, January 26, 2024
2 PM–7 PM
Drop-In Art Making
The museum’s popular Fisher Family Art Lab welcomes drop-in visitors of all ages to explore their creativity through hands-on artmaking.
Series
Workshops
Friday, January 26, 2024
7 PM
Yasujiro Ozu,
Japan,
1957,
(141 mins)
Digital Restoration
In his last black-and-white film, Yasujiro Ozu tackles issues of abortion and suicide, depicting the disintegration of a family with unexpected toughness.
Saturday, January 27
Saturday, January 27, 2024
11 AM–7 PM
Drop-In Art Making
The museum’s popular Fisher Family Art Lab welcomes drop-in visitors of all ages to explore their creativity through hands-on artmaking.
Series
Workshops
Saturday, January 27, 2024
2 PM
Frederick Wiseman,
France, United States,
2023,
(240 mins)
Esteemed documentarian Frederick Wiseman’s latest is a food lover’s heaven—a long, behind-the-scenes excursion into the world of France’s venerable restaurant La Maison Troisgros, which has held three Michelin stars for more than five decades.
Special Admission
General: $15
BAMPFA members: $11
UC Berkeley students: $7
UC Berkeley faculty and staff, non-UC Berkeley students, disabled persons, ages 65+ and 18 & under: $12
Series
Special Screenings
Saturday, January 27, 2024
3 PM
Join us for a roundtable conversation on the occasion of the exhibition Duane Linklater: mymothersside focusing on Indigenous knowledge and ways of knowing that inform the artist’s practice. The discussion explores topics such as language revitalization, basket weaving, and food sovereignty.
Series
Talks & Conversations
Saturday, January 27, 2024
7 PM
Glauber Rocha,
Brazil,
1964,
(120 mins)
Digital Restoration
“Steeped in history, myth, religion, and politics, and suffused with the feverish intensity of the blistering desert, Black God, White Devil is one of the Cinema Novo movement’s most uncompromising statements on current social issues as well as the universal problem of mindless fanaticism” (Janus Films).
Series
Special Screenings
Through September 22
Through December 15
Through December 15
Through July 6
Through September 25
Through October 3
Through November 20
Through November 29
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