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25 11 AM–7 PM Art Lab February 2018 Activity Art Sunday, February 25, 2018 11 AM–7 PM Art Lab February 2018 Drop-in Art Making Google Calendar ICS 2 PM Guided Tours: Way Bay Art Tours Sunday, February 25, 2018 2 PM Guided Tours: Way Bay Get fresh insights into the works in view in Way Bay with a tour led by a UC Berkeley graduate student. Included with admission; no advance reservation required Series Guided Tours 2018 Google Calendar ICS	26 6:30 PM The Natural History Museum and the Future of Nature with Beka Economopoulos and Dan Kammen Free In-Person Monday, February 26, 2018 6:30 PM The Natural History Museum and the Future of Nature with Beka Economopoulos and Dan Kammen Join us for a conversation between Beka Economopoulos, cofounder of Not an Alternative, and Dan Kammen, professor of energy at UC Berkeley. Free admission Series Arts + Design Mondays @ BAMPFA—2017–18 Google Calendar ICS	27	28 12 PM Jeanne C. Finley and John Muse Free In-Person Wednesday, February 28, 2018 12 PM Jeanne C. Finley and John Muse Two artists and longtime collaborators discuss their work. Free admission Series Arts + Design Wednesdays @ BAMPFA Google Calendar ICS 12:15 PM Guided Tours: Way Bay Art Tours Wednesday, February 28, 2018 12:15 PM Guided Tours: Way Bay Get fresh insights into the works in view in Way Bay with a tour led by a UC Berkeley graduate student. Included with admission; no advance reservation required Series Guided Tours 2018 Google Calendar ICS 3:10 PM October Film In-Person Wednesday, February 28, 2018 3:10 PM October Sergei Eisenstein, USSR, 1928, (170 mins) Digital Restoration Made to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Russian Revolution, October fictionally recreates the revolution’s power and fury: so well, in fact, that some of its scenes have been reused in documentaries as the “real thing.” Pre-sale to members at the Sponsor level and above Dec. 5–11. Public ticket sales begin Dec. 12. 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 Anne Nesbet Lecture Anne Nesbet is an associate professor of Slavic languages and literatures and film and media at UC Berkeley. Judith Rosenberg On Piano Series In Focus: Eisenstein and His Contemporaries Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS 7 PM In the Year of the Pig Film Wednesday, February 28, 2018 7 PM In the Year of the Pig Emile de Antonio, United States, 1969, (101 mins) Restored 35mm Print This Academy Award–nominated doc makes the case against US intervention in Vietnam using an incendiary montage style. “An explosive analysis of the American war machine” (Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research). Series Documentary Voices 2018 Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS	1 4-7 PM Five Tables of Tea Culture Art Free Thursday, March 1, 2018 4-7 PM Five Tables of Tea Culture Ceramics and prints from the BAMPFA collection offer a taste of tea culture. Free admission Series Five Tables 2018 Google Calendar ICS 11 AM–7 PM Free First Thursday Free Thursday, March 1, 2018 11 AM–7 PM Free First Thursday Google Calendar ICS 1:15 PM Guided Tours: Way Bay Art Tours Thursday, March 1, 2018 1:15 PM Guided Tours: Way Bay Get fresh insights into the works in view in Way Bay with a tour led by a UC Berkeley graduate student. Included with admission; no advance reservation required Series Guided Tours 2018 Google Calendar ICS 4 PM–7 PM Art Lab February 2018 Activity Art Thursday, March 1, 2018 4 PM–7 PM Art Lab February 2018 Drop-in Art Making Google Calendar ICS 7 PM Full: Daktari Performance Thursday, March 1, 2018 7 PM Full: Daktari Programmed by Karen Seneferu Daktari Dance Medicine Collective explores the mediums of drum, movement, meditation, and ritual, illuminating the African spirit. Included with admission. Seating for Full is limited. Series Full 2018 Google Calendar ICS 7 PM The Seventh Seal Film Thursday, March 1, 2018 7 PM The Seventh Seal Ingmar Bergman, Sweden, 1957, (96 mins) BAMPFA Collection Print Film to Table dinner follows the March 31 screening A medieval knight challenges Death to a game of chess in Bergman’s iconic work of cinematic philosophy. “A magically powerful film” (Pauline Kael). Series Bergman 100: The Silence of God Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS	2 4 PM–9 PM Art Lab February 2018 Activity Art Friday, March 2, 2018 4 PM–9 PM Art Lab February 2018 Drop-in Art Making Google Calendar ICS 7 PM Interviews with My Lai Veterans Film In-Person Friday, March 2, 2018 7 PM Interviews with My Lai Veterans Joseph Strick, United States, 1970, (119 mins) Restored 35mm Print Strick’s documentary spotlights five veterans who took part in the US military’s infamous My Lai massacre, the incident that opened the public’s eyes to the atrocities of the Vietnam War. With Frederick Wiseman’s Basic Training and Appalshop’s Whitesburg Epic. Harriet Scott Chessman Introduction Harriet Scott Chessman has published five novels and created the libretto for the operatic piece My Lai, a contemporary operatic piece composed by Jonathan Berger and commissioned by the Kronos Perfor Series Documenting Vietnam Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS	3 11 AM–9 PM Art Lab February 2018 Activity Art Saturday, March 3, 2018 11 AM–9 PM Art Lab February 2018 Drop-in Art Making Google Calendar ICS 4 PM Panel Discussion: Kronos Quartet, My Lai Free In-Person Saturday, March 3, 2018 4 PM Panel Discussion: Kronos Quartet, My Lai Kronos Quartet’s collaboration with composer Jonathan Berger and novelist Harriet Scott Chessman, My Lai revisits the horrors of the massacre and its aftermath. The work’s creators and performers visit BAMPFA for this conversation. Free admission. Tickets available at Will Call beginning at 3 p.m. Gallery admission not included. Series Documenting Vietnam Google Calendar ICS 5:30 PM Winter Soldier Film In-Person Saturday, March 3, 2018 5:30 PM Winter Soldier Winterfilm Collective , United States, 1972, (108 mins) This record of testimony about American war crimes “may be the most important account we have of America’s tragic encounter with Vietnam. . . . Remains essential viewing” (Chicago Reader). With Peter Gessner’s short Time of the Locust. David Harrington Introduction Violinist David Harrington is the founder and artistic director of the Grammy-winning Kronos Quartet. Peter Gessner In Person Series Documenting Vietnam Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS 8 PM Through a Glass Darkly Film Saturday, March 3, 2018 8 PM Through a Glass Darkly Ingmar Bergman, Sweden, 1961, Bergman’s still-provocative portrait of a young woman sinking into insanity while both family and God fail to save her. Series Bergman 100: The Silence of God Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS
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4 11 AM–7 PM Art Lab February 2018 Activity Art Sunday, March 4, 2018 11 AM–7 PM Art Lab February 2018 Drop-in Art Making Google Calendar ICS 2 PM Guided Tours: Way Bay Art Tours Sunday, March 4, 2018 2 PM Guided Tours: Way Bay Get fresh insights into the works in view in Way Bay with a tour led by a UC Berkeley graduate student. Included with admission; no advance reservation required Series Guided Tours 2018 Google Calendar ICS 3 PM Riso Printing with Unity Press Activity Art Workshop Sunday, March 4, 2018 3 PM Riso Printing with Unity Press Hang out with the Unity team for a day of zine making and free printing on the Art Lab Riso, with a DJ set and broadcast by Lower Grand Radio. Included with admission Series Workshops 2018 Google Calendar ICS 4:30 PM October Film Sunday, March 4, 2018 4:30 PM October Sergei Eisenstein, USSR, 1928, (101 mins) Digital Restoration Made to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Russian Revolution, October fictionally recreates the revolution’s power and fury: so well, in fact, that some of its scenes have been reused in documentaries as the “real thing.” Judith Rosenberg On Piano Series Sergei Eisenstein: Films That Shook the World BUY TICKETS Google Calendar ICS 7 PM Sacred Places Film In-Person Sunday, March 4, 2018 7 PM Sacred Places Jean-Marie Téno, Cameroon, France, 2009, (105 mins) A bootleg DVD, an old TV, and beat-up benches are all you need to keep cinema alive—at least in one run-down Burkinabe neighborhood—in Téno’s tribute to African hustle and cinephilia. With Christian Bruno and Natalija Vekic’s Ed and Pauline and Emily Chao’s Bruce Takes Dragon Town. In Person Christian Bruno Natalija Vekic Emily Chao Series Reverse Angle: Cinema Looks at Itself BUY TICKETS Google Calendar ICS	5 6:30 PM The Perennial Mindset in the Era of Ageless with Gina Pell and Susan Hoffman Free In-Person Monday, March 5, 2018 6:30 PM The Perennial Mindset in the Era of Ageless with Gina Pell and Susan Hoffman Gina Pell talks about the group she calls Perennials—people who represent a mindset, not a generational demographic. She is joined by Susan Hoffmann, director of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. Free admission Series Arts + Design Mondays @ BAMPFA—2017–18 Google Calendar ICS	6 7 PM Out of the Past Film Members Tuesday, March 6, 2018 7 PM Out of the Past Jacques Tourneur, United States, 1947, (105 mins) Members' free screening As part of March Member Appreciation Month, BAMPFA members are invited to a private screening of this masterpiece of film noir. Members-only event. Each member cardholder is allowed one guest. Screening is at capacity. BAMPFA members may email bampfamember@berkeley.edu by March 2 to be put on the waitlist. Google Calendar ICS	7 12 PM Jim Campbell Free In-Person Wednesday, March 7, 2018 12 PM Jim Campbell A talk by the Bay Area–based new media artist famed for his work with LED light. Free admission Series Arts + Design Wednesdays @ BAMPFA Google Calendar ICS 12:15 PM Guided Tours: Way Bay Art Tours Wednesday, March 7, 2018 12:15 PM Guided Tours: Way Bay Get fresh insights into the works in view in Way Bay with a tour led by a UC Berkeley graduate student. Included with admission; no advance reservation required Series Guided Tours 2018 Google Calendar ICS 3:10 PM Bed and Sofa Film In-Person Wednesday, March 7, 2018 3:10 PM Bed and Sofa Abram Room, USSR, 1927, (170 mins) Digital Restoration An army veteran moves in with his old buddy and his wife in a crowded Moscow flat—with predictably disastrous results—in this daring early Soviet film. Pre-sale to members at the Sponsor level and above Dec. 5–11. Public ticket sales begin Dec. 12. 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 Anne Nesbet Lecture Anne Nesbet is an associate professor of Slavic languages and literatures and film and media at UC Berkeley. Judith Rosenberg On Piano Series In Focus: Eisenstein and His Contemporaries Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS 7 PM Maintenance Film In-Person Wednesday, March 7, 2018 7 PM Maintenance Adele Horne, United States, 2012, (91 mins) A portrait of homes and their owners’ attitudes toward cleaning them. “It’s like a James Benning remake of Jeanne Dielman” (Cinema Scope). Adele Horne In Person Series Documentary Voices 2018 BUY TICKETS Google Calendar ICS	8 12 PM Curator’s Talk: Stephanie Cannizzo on Theresa Hak Kyung Cha Art In-Person Thursday, March 8, 2018 12 PM Curator’s Talk: Stephanie Cannizzo on Theresa Hak Kyung Cha Cannizzo explores Cha’s art through the lens of her influential artist’s book, weaving in Cha’s long history with UC Berkeley and BAMPFA. Included with admission Series Gallery Talks, Lectures & Discussions 2018 Google Calendar ICS 4 PM–7 PM Art Lab February 2018 Activity Art Thursday, March 8, 2018 4 PM–7 PM Art Lab February 2018 Drop-in Art Making Google Calendar ICS 7 PM Uprize! Film Thursday, March 8, 2018 7 PM Uprize! Sifiso Khanyile, South Africa, 2017, (80 mins) Uprize! revisits South Africa’s Soweto Uprising, which began as a student rebellion and became a founding moment in the history of anti-apartheid struggle. With Jamaican filmmaker Lebert Bethune’s historic 1967 film Malcolm X: Struggle for Freedom. Gillian Hart Introduction Gillian Hart is professor of the Graduate School in Geography and distinguished professor at the University of the Witwatersrand. Series African Film Festival 2018 Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS	9 4 PM Beuys Film Friday, March 9, 2018 4 PM Beuys Andres Veiel, Germany, 2018, (107 mins) East Bay Theatrical Premiere This new documentary explores the life and work of avant-garde sculptor, painter, performance artist, and social activist Joseph Beuys, chronicling his art and ideas about media, community, and capitalism in an intimate way. Series Limited Engagements & Special Screenings 2018 Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS 4 PM–7 PM Art Lab February 2018 Activity Art Friday, March 9, 2018 4 PM–7 PM Art Lab February 2018 Drop-in Art Making Google Calendar ICS 6 PM Reading: Susan Gevirtz and Syd Staiti In-Person Reading Friday, March 9, 2018 6 PM Reading: Susan Gevirtz and Syd Staiti Programmed by Evan Kennedy Poets Gevirtz and Staiti read their work. Included with admission Series Readings 2018 Google Calendar ICS 7 PM Winter Light Film In-Person Friday, March 9, 2018 7 PM Winter Light Ingmar Bergman, Sweden, 1963, (130 mins) The central film in Bergman’s “God trilogy” features Gunnar Björnstrand as a pastor haunted by God’s silence. With Max von Sydow and Ingrid Thulin. Bart Testa Lecture Bart Testa is a senior lecturer at Innis College and the Cinema Studies Institute at the University of Toronto. Preceding the film, he will deliver a keynote lecture (c. Series Bergman 100: The Silence of God Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS	10 1-2:30 PM Gallery + Studio: Self-Portraits/Community Portraits Activity Art Families Free Saturday, March 10, 2018 1-2:30 PM Gallery + Studio: Self-Portraits/Community Portraits For ages 6 to 12 with accompanying adult(s) Create mixed-media portraits of yourself and people in your community inspired by Karabo Poppy Moletsane’s Art Wall project. Free for kids 18 & under and for one adult per child 13 & under Vreni Michelini-Castillo With artist Vreni Michelini-Castillo is a multidisciplinary cultural producer, community organizer, and educator with an MFA from UC Berkeley. Series Family Events 2018 Google Calendar ICS 10:30 AM–12:30 PM MFA Open Studios Art Members Tours Saturday, March 10, 2018 10:30 AM–12:30 PM MFA Open Studios Members' event BAMPFA members are invited to preview the work of the UC Berkeley's Master of Fine Arts graduate students in advance of their exhibition in May. At Richmond Field Station Members-only event. Each member cardholder is allowed one guest. RSVP by Wednesday, March 7. Space is extremely limited. RSVP Google Calendar ICS 11:30-1 PM Gallery + Studio: Self-Portraits/Community Portraits Activity Art Families Free Saturday, March 10, 2018 11:30-1 PM Gallery + Studio: Self-Portraits/Community Portraits For ages 6 to 12 with accompanying adult(s) Create mixed-media portraits of yourself and people in your community inspired by Karabo Poppy Moletsane’s Art Wall project. Free for kids 18 & under and for one adult per child 13 & under Vreni Michelini-Castillo With artist Vreni Michelini-Castillo is a multidisciplinary cultural producer, community organizer, and educator with an MFA from UC Berkeley. Series Family Events 2018 Google Calendar ICS 2:30 PM–9 PM Art Lab February 2018 Activity Art Saturday, March 10, 2018 2:30 PM–9 PM Art Lab February 2018 Drop-in Art Making Google Calendar ICS 3 PM Roundtable Reading: The Wild Robot by Peter Brown Activity Families Free Reading Saturday, March 10, 2018 3 PM Roundtable Reading: The Wild Robot by Peter Brown Recommended for ages 8 & up (younger kids welcome as listeners) Start reading this story of a robot learning to survive on a deserted island, and pick up a copy to continue reading at home. Free for kids 18 & under and for one adult per child 13 & under Adoria Williams Reading led by Adoria Williams is a librarian at Jefferson Elementary School in Berkeley. Series Family Events 2018 Google Calendar ICS 5 PM The Assassin Film Saturday, March 10, 2018 5 PM The Assassin Hou Hsiao-hsien, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, 2015, (105 mins) Film to Table dinner follows the March 10 screening Winner of the Best Director prize for Hou Hsiao-hsien at the 2015 Cannes film festival, The Assassin is “a mesmerizing slow burn of a martial-arts movie” (Variety). Series Limited Engagements & Special Screenings 2018 Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS 6:45 PM Film to Table: Hou Hsiao-Hsien's The Assassin Activity Film Saturday, March 10, 2018 6:45 PM Film to Table: Hou Hsiao-Hsien's The Assassin Enjoy a four-course chef's dinner following a screening of this film that Variety calls "a mesmerizing slow burn of a martial-arts movie." At Babette Film tickets must be purchased separately. Series Film to Table Dinners at Babette 2018 cancelled Google Calendar ICS 7:30 PM The Silence Film In-Person Saturday, March 10, 2018 7:30 PM The Silence Ingmar Bergman, Sweden, 1963, (96 mins) Two sisters play out dramas of lust and fear in a foreign land where war looms, an emotional landscape forsaken by God. A work of “staggering integrity” (Chicago Reader). Bart Testa Introduction Bart Testa is a senior lecturer at Innis College and the Cinema Studies Institute at the University of Toronto. Series Bergman 100: The Silence of God Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS
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11 11 AM–7 PM Art Lab February 2018 Activity Art Sunday, March 11, 2018 11 AM–7 PM Art Lab February 2018 Drop-in Art Making Google Calendar ICS 2 PM Guided Tours: Way Bay Art Tours Sunday, March 11, 2018 2 PM Guided Tours: Way Bay Get fresh insights into the works in view in Way Bay with a tour led by a UC Berkeley graduate student. Included with admission; no advance reservation required Series Guided Tours 2018 Google Calendar ICS 2 PM Hearts and Minds Film Sunday, March 11, 2018 2 PM Hearts and Minds Peter Davis, United States, 1974, (120 mins) This Academy Award–winning documentary “holds a mirror up to our national conscience” (Judith Crist), revealing the effects of the Vietnam War on both North and South Vietnamese as well as Americans at home. With Carolee Schneemann’s short Viet-Flakes. Series Documenting Vietnam Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS 4:30 PM Beuys Film Sunday, March 11, 2018 4:30 PM Beuys Andres Veiel, Germany, 2018, (107 mins) East Bay Theatrical Premiere This new documentary explores the life and work of avant-garde sculptor, painter, performance artist, and social activist Joseph Beuys, chronicling his art and ideas about media, community, and capitalism in an intimate way. Series Limited Engagements & Special Screenings 2018 Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS 7 PM The African Who Wanted to Fly Film Sunday, March 11, 2018 7 PM The African Who Wanted to Fly Samantha Biffot, Belgium, France, Gabon, 2016, (81 mins) This sweet-natured documentary showcases the remarkable life of a man who journeyed from a small Gabonese village to China to study martial arts, and eventually star in kung fu films. With Nora Chipaumire’s Afrofuturist short Afro Promo #1 (Kinglady). Series African Film Festival 2018 Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS	12 6:30 PM Public Happiness with Judith Butler and Zeynep Gambetti Free In-Person Monday, March 12, 2018 6:30 PM Public Happiness with Judith Butler and Zeynep Gambetti UC Berkeley Professor Judith Butler and Turkish political philosopher Zeynep Gambetti discuss the idea of public happiness in the wake of public resistance. Series Arts + Design Mondays @ BAMPFA—2017–18 SOLD OUT Google Calendar ICS	13	14 12 PM Jon Leidecker, a.k.a. Wobbly Film In-Person Wednesday, March 14, 2018 12 PM Jon Leidecker, a.k.a. Wobbly Hear from the electronic musician, sonic collagist, and improvisational sound artist known as Wobbly. Free admission Series Arts + Design Wednesdays @ BAMPFA Google Calendar ICS 12:15 PM Guided Tours: Way Bay Art Tours Wednesday, March 14, 2018 12:15 PM Guided Tours: Way Bay Get fresh insights into the works in view in Way Bay with a tour led by a UC Berkeley graduate student. Included with admission; no advance reservation required Series Guided Tours 2018 Google Calendar ICS 3:10 PM The General Line Film In-Person Wednesday, March 14, 2018 3:10 PM The General Line Sergei Eisenstein, Grigori Alexandrov, USSR, 1929, (170 mins) BAMPFA Collection Eisenstein’s “Russian Gothic” tells of a peasant woman’s struggle against superstition, hostility, and greed in her attempt to form a collective. Pre-sale to members at the Sponsor level and above Dec. 5–11. Public ticket sales begin Dec. 12. 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 Anne Nesbet Lecture Anne Nesbet is an associate professor of Slavic languages and literatures and film and media at UC Berkeley. Judith Rosenberg On Piano Series In Focus: Eisenstein and His Contemporaries Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS 7 PM Under the Sun Film Wednesday, March 14, 2018 7 PM Under the Sun Vitaly Mansky, Czech Republic, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Germany, Latvia, Russia, 2015, Shot with the permission and supervision of North Korean authorities, Russian director Vitaly Mansky’s film turns a propaganda effort into a deep-cover documentary about life inside one of the world’s most repressive nations. Series Documentary Voices 2018 Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS	15 4 –7 PM Art Lab February 2018 Activity Art Thursday, March 15, 2018 4 –7 PM Art Lab February 2018 Drop-in Art Making Google Calendar ICS 7 PM No Vietnamese Ever Called Me N**r Film In-Person Thursday, March 15, 2018 7 PM No Vietnamese Ever Called Me N**r David Loeb Weiss, United States, 1968, (130 mins) 4K Digital Restoration Interviews with three black Vietnam veterans capture their experiences of institutional and everyday racism. With Keith Garrett’s look at African Americans in the military, The Black GI. Series Documenting Vietnam Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS	16 4 PM–9 PM Art Lab February 2018 Activity Art Friday, March 16, 2018 4 PM–9 PM Art Lab February 2018 Drop-in Art Making Google Calendar ICS 7 PM The Assassin Film Friday, March 16, 2018 7 PM The Assassin Hou Hsiao-hsien, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, 2015, (105 mins) Film to Table dinner follows the March 10 screening Winner of the Best Director prize for Hou Hsiao-hsien at the 2015 Cannes film festival, The Assassin is “a mesmerizing slow burn of a martial-arts movie” (Variety). Series Limited Engagements & Special Screenings 2018 Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS 7:30 PM It Rains on Our Love Film Friday, March 16, 2018 7:30 PM It Rains on Our Love Ingmar Bergman, Sweden, 1946, (95 mins) BAMPFA Student Committee Pick! Two young people try to protect a fragile love on society’s margins in Bergman’s early look at adolescents in crisis, infused with a surprising warmth and optimism. Screening in Theater 2; regular film ticket prices apply Series Bergman 100: The Early Years SOLD OUT Google Calendar ICS	17 Member Double Discount Days at the BAMPFA Store Activity Members Saturday, March 17, 2018 Member Double Discount Days at the BAMPFA Store Double your member discount! For one weekend only, BAMPFA members receive 20% off of most items at the BAMPFA Store! Members-only event Google Calendar ICS 11 AM–9 PM Art Lab February 2018 Activity Art Saturday, March 17, 2018 11 AM–9 PM Art Lab February 2018 Drop-in Art Making Google Calendar ICS 1:30 PM Way Bay Days: Mark Johnson, Claire Carlevaro, Jack von Euw, Kevin Killian Art In-Person Saturday, March 17, 2018 1:30 PM Way Bay Days: Mark Johnson, Claire Carlevaro, Jack von Euw, Kevin Killian In the first of our Way Bay Days, four speakers take on four Bay Area artists: Saburo Hasegawa, Ruth Wall, Ludwig Choris, and Harry Jacobus. Included with admission Series Gallery Talks, Lectures & Discussions 2018 Google Calendar ICS 3 PM Kearny Street Workshop: Evolving Legacy Art In-Person Performance Saturday, March 17, 2018 3 PM Kearny Street Workshop: Evolving Legacy Join us for stories and a performance celebrating the forty-fifth anniversary of San Francisco–based Kearny Street Workshop, the oldest Asian Pacific American multidisciplinary arts organization in the country. Included with admission Series Gallery Talks, Lectures & Discussions 2018 Google Calendar ICS 4 PM The Burning Child Film In-Person Saturday, March 17, 2018 4 PM The Burning Child Joseph Leo Koerner, Christian D. Bruun, United States, 2017, (120 mins) Special Preview Screening A film journey into Vienna’s interior—both its domestic architecture and the space of the psyche—set against the backdrop of Austria’s troubled past. In Conversation Joseph Leo Koerner Joseph Leo Koerner is the Thomas Professor of History of Art and Architecture and a Senior Fellow at Harvard University. Winnie Wong Winnie Wong is an Associate Professor of Rhetoric at UC Berkeley. Series Limited Engagements & Special Screenings 2018 Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS 7:30 PM The General Line Film Saturday, March 17, 2018 7:30 PM The General Line Sergei Eisenstein, Grigori Alexandrov, USSR, 1929, (108 mins) BAMPFA Collection Eisenstein’s “Russian Gothic” tells of a peasant woman’s struggle against superstition, hostility, and greed in her attempt to form a collective. Judith Rosenberg On Piano Series Sergei Eisenstein: Films That Shook the World Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS
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18 Member Double Discount Days at the BAMPFA Store Activity Members Sunday, March 18, 2018 Member Double Discount Days at the BAMPFA Store Double your member discount! For one weekend only, BAMPFA members receive 20% off of most items at the BAMPFA Store! Members-only event Google Calendar ICS 10 AM Brunch with the Director Activity In-Person Members Sunday, March 18, 2018 10 AM Brunch with the Director Members' event As part of Member Appreciation Month, BAMPFA members are invited to have brunch with Director and Chief Curator Lawrence Rinder and hear about the latest happenings at BAMPFA. Members'-only event. Each member cardholder is allowed one guest. RSVP by Monday, March 12. RSVP Google Calendar ICS 11 AM–7 PM Art Lab February 2018 Activity Art Sunday, March 18, 2018 11 AM–7 PM Art Lab February 2018 Drop-in Art Making Google Calendar ICS 1 PM Time Regained Film Sunday, March 18, 2018 1 PM Time Regained Raúl Ruiz, France, Italy, Portugal, 1999, (158 mins) New Digital Restoration “For those who know the final volume of Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time, Ruiz’s film sets off its own chain of memories and associations; for those who do not, it serves as a superb introduction to the shape and texture of the Proustian universe” (Dave Kehr). Series Limited Engagements & Special Screenings 2018 Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS 2 PM Guided Tours: Way Bay Art Tours Sunday, March 18, 2018 2 PM Guided Tours: Way Bay Get fresh insights into the works in view in Way Bay with a tour led by a UC Berkeley graduate student. Included with admission; no advance reservation required Series Guided Tours 2018 Google Calendar ICS 3 PM It Rains on Our Love Film Sunday, March 18, 2018 3 PM It Rains on Our Love Ingmar Bergman, Sweden, 1946, (95 mins) BAMPFA Student Committee Pick! Two young people try to protect a fragile love on society’s margins in Bergman’s early look at adolescents in crisis, infused with a surprising warmth and optimism. Screening in Theater 2; regular film ticket prices apply Series Bergman 100: The Early Years SOLD OUT Google Calendar ICS 4:30 PM Mapantsula Film Sunday, March 18, 2018 4:30 PM Mapantsula Oliver Schmitz, Thomas Mogotlane, South Africa, 1988, (106 mins) An apolitical small-time crook in Soweto gets swept up in political protests in this legendary 1988 film, the first anti-apartheid feature made in South Africa and a still-vital time capsule of protest, street culture, and pride. Cornelius Moore Introduction Cornelius Moore is codirector of the Bay Area distributor/producer California Newsreel. Series African Film Festival 2018 Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS 7 PM The Thoughts That Once We Had Film Sunday, March 18, 2018 7 PM The Thoughts That Once We Had Thom Andersen, United States, 2015, (108 mins) The film essayist behind Red Hollywood and Los Angeles Plays Itself returns with this personal history of cinema, inspired by Gilles Deleuze. “Less a lecture than a wordless, associative, haunted journey not just through the history of cinematic innovation, but through the 20th century itself” (The Guardian). Series Reverse Angle: Cinema Looks at Itself Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS	19 6:30 PM Yugoexport Is the Name of This Oral Corporation with Irena Haiduk Free In-Person Monday, March 19, 2018 6:30 PM Yugoexport Is the Name of This Oral Corporation with Irena Haiduk An evening with artist Irena Haiduk, founder of the “oral corporation” Yugoexport. Free admission Series Arts + Design Mondays @ BAMPFA—2017–18 Google Calendar ICS	20	21 12 PM Lynn Hershman Leeson Free In-Person Wednesday, March 21, 2018 12 PM Lynn Hershman Leeson A talk by the celebrated filmmaker and media arts innovator. Free admission Series Arts + Design Wednesdays @ BAMPFA Google Calendar ICS 12:15 PM Guided Tours: Way Bay Art Tours Wednesday, March 21, 2018 12:15 PM Guided Tours: Way Bay Get fresh insights into the works in view in Way Bay with a tour led by a UC Berkeley graduate student. Included with admission; no advance reservation required Series Guided Tours 2018 Google Calendar ICS 3:10 PM Earth Film In-Person Wednesday, March 21, 2018 3:10 PM Earth Alexander Dovzhenko, USSR, 1930, (170 mins) BAMPFA Collection Ukrainian villagers take on their rich overlords in order to collectivize in this startlingly poetic work from the legendary Ukrainian director Alexander Dovzhenko. Pre-sale to members at the Sponsor level and above Dec. 5–11. Public ticket sales begin Dec. 12. 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 Anne Nesbet Lecture Anne Nesbet is an associate professor of Slavic languages and literatures and film and media at UC Berkeley. Judith Rosenberg On Piano Series In Focus: Eisenstein and His Contemporaries Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS 7 PM Memory and Forgetting: Video Art in Latin America Film In-Person Wednesday, March 21, 2018 7 PM Memory and Forgetting: Video Art in Latin America (60 mins) A rare opportunity to see artistic reactions to colonial history, military dictatorships, and political violence by artists from Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, and Uruguay. Elena Shtromberg Introduction Elena Shtromberg, an associate professor of art history at the University of Utah, is co-curator of the landmark survey from which this program is drawn. Oscar Muñoz In Person Series Documentary Voices 2018 Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS	22 Way Bay Tour with Director Lawrence Rinder Activity Art In-Person Members Thursday, March 22, 2018 Way Bay Tour with Director Lawrence Rinder Curator's Circle Event Members of the Curator's Circle are invited for a behind-the-scenes look at Way Bay. Exclusively for Curator's Circle members RSVP Google Calendar ICS 4 PM–7 PM Art Lab February 2018 Activity Art Thursday, March 22, 2018 4 PM–7 PM Art Lab February 2018 Drop-in Art Making Google Calendar ICS 7 PM Play the Devil Film Thursday, March 22, 2018 7 PM Play the Devil Maria Govan, Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, United States, 2016, (92 mins) Bahamian director Maria Govan, one of the Caribbean’s rising filmmakers, returns with this atmospheric noir drama on class divides, sexual repression, and identity in Trinidad. Series African Film Festival 2018 Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS	23 3:00 PM Gender Equity in the Swedish Film Industry: Anna Serner on "50-50 by 2020" Free In-Person Friday, March 23, 2018 3:00 PM Gender Equity in the Swedish Film Industry: Anna Serner on "50-50 by 2020" For Cal students, faculty, and staff Free seminar for UC Berkeley students, faculty, and staff Register Google Calendar ICS 4PM–9 PM Art Lab February 2018 Activity Art Friday, March 23, 2018 4PM–9 PM Art Lab February 2018 Drop-in Art Making Google Calendar ICS 6 PM House of Malico: Spectrum Summit Activity In-Person Friday, March 23, 2018 6 PM House of Malico: Spectrum Summit Oakland-based art production organization House of Malico presents a discussion exploring contemporary issues affecting the social, cultural, and mental health of black people. Included with admission Series Gallery Talks, Lectures & Discussions 2018 Google Calendar ICS 7 PM Fanny and Alexander Film In-Person Friday, March 23, 2018 7 PM Fanny and Alexander Ingmar Bergman, Sweden, 1982, (188 mins) 35mm Print This chronicle of an early twentieth-century theatrical family, told from the perspective of a young brother and sister, is comic and tragic, opulent and intellectual, mystical and autobiographical. Bergman called it "the sum total of my life as a filmmaker." Anna Serner Introduction Anna Serner is the CEO of the Swedish Film Institute. She has studied practical filmmaking at the Stockholm School of Film as well as film studies at Stockholm University. Series Bergman 100: The Silence of God SOLD OUT Google Calendar ICS	24 11 AM–9 PM Art Lab February 2018 Activity Art Saturday, March 24, 2018 11 AM–9 PM Art Lab February 2018 Drop-in Art Making Google Calendar ICS 3 PM Films by Sally Cruikshank Families Film Saturday, March 24, 2018 3 PM Films by Sally Cruikshank (50 mins) BAMPFA Collection Prints Recommended for ages 7 & up Cruikshank’s love of surreal 1930s cartoons is evident in her wildly colorful and wonderfully detailed films, some of which were made for Sesame Street. Series Movie Matinees for All Ages 2018 Google Calendar ICS 5 PM Que Viva Mexico! Film Saturday, March 24, 2018 5 PM Que Viva Mexico! Sergei Eisenstein, Grigori Alexandrov, USSR, 1931/1979, (125 mins) Film to Table dinner follows See Mexico through Eisenstein’s eyes in this compilation of footage shot in 1931, intended for an epic hybrid of documentary and fiction that the director never finished. With short Bezhin Meadow. Series Sergei Eisenstein: Films That Shook the World Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS 6 PM Black Life: Awon Ohun Omnira Activity Performance Saturday, March 24, 2018 6 PM Black Life: Awon Ohun Omnira Programmed by Chika Okoye and David Brazil East Bay choir Awon Ohun Omnira taps into the roots of African faith and culture through old Yoruba songs and the Ring Shout. You are invited to participate in this moving performance. Included with admission Series Black Life 2018 Google Calendar ICS 7:10 PM Film to Table: Que Viva Mexico! Activity Film Saturday, March 24, 2018 7:10 PM Film to Table: Que Viva Mexico! See Mexico through Eisenstein’s eyes in this footage shot in 1931, intended for an epic hybrid of documentary and fiction. Then join in a lively discussion over dinner. At Babette Film tickets must be purchased separately. Series Film to Table Dinners at Babette 2018 Buy dinner tickets Google Calendar ICS 8 PM Mister Universo Film Saturday, March 24, 2018 8 PM Mister Universo Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel, Austria, Italy, 2016, (90 mins) The spirits of early Fellini and De Sica can be felt in this captivating docudrama about an Italian lion-tamer on the hunt for the strongman who started him on the circus life. Series Limited Engagements & Special Screenings 2018 Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS
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25 11 AM–7 PM Art Lab February 2018 Activity Art Sunday, March 25, 2018 11 AM–7 PM Art Lab February 2018 Drop-in Art Making Google Calendar ICS 2 PM Printed Textiles with Sierra Reading Activity Art Workshop Sunday, March 25, 2018 2 PM Printed Textiles with Sierra Reading Programmed by Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo Discover how printed fabric can tell a story and learn how to print a repeating textile pattern. Included with admission Series Workshops 2018 Google Calendar ICS 2 PM Guided Tours: Way Bay Art Tours Sunday, March 25, 2018 2 PM Guided Tours: Way Bay Get fresh insights into the works in view in Way Bay with a tour led by a UC Berkeley graduate student. Included with admission; no advance reservation required Series Guided Tours 2018 Google Calendar ICS 2 PM Misery and Fortune of Women Film Sunday, March 25, 2018 2 PM Misery and Fortune of Women Eduard Tissé, Switzerland, 1929, (79 mins) A treatise on the need for legal abortions, made in Switzerland by cinematographer Eduard Tisse and “supervised” by Eisenstein. With the poetic short Romance sentimentale. Series Sergei Eisenstein: Films That Shook the World Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS 4:30 PM All That Heaven Allows Film Sunday, March 25, 2018 4:30 PM All That Heaven Allows Douglas Sirk, United States, 1955, (89 mins) Vintage Technicolor 35mm Print Rock Hudson comes to prune widow Jane Wyman’s garden and uproots her sterile, upper-middle-class suburban life in this elegiac, Thoreauvian mood piece that inspired Todd Haynes’s Far from Heaven. Series Limited Engagements & Special Screenings 2018 Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS 7 PM Pioneer of Nigerien Cinema: Short Films by Moustapha Alassane Film Sunday, March 25, 2018 7 PM Pioneer of Nigerien Cinema: Short Films by Moustapha Alassane (90 mins) Alassane’s films range from animations to ethnography-infused comedies and adaptations of African legends, all sharing a playful humor and incisive commentary on modern Africa. Series African Film Festival 2018 Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS	26	27	28 12:15 PM Guided Tours: Way Bay Art Tours Wednesday, March 28, 2018 12:15 PM Guided Tours: Way Bay Get fresh insights into the works in view in Way Bay with a tour led by a UC Berkeley graduate student. Included with admission; no advance reservation required Series Guided Tours 2018 Google Calendar ICS 7 PM Mister Universo Film Wednesday, March 28, 2018 7 PM Mister Universo Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel, Austria, Italy, 2016, (90 mins) The spirits of early Fellini and De Sica can be felt in this captivating docudrama about an Italian lion-tamer on the hunt for the strongman who started him on the circus life. Series Limited Engagements & Special Screenings 2018 Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS	29 4 PM–7 PM Art Lab February 2018 Activity Art Thursday, March 29, 2018 4 PM–7 PM Art Lab February 2018 Drop-in Art Making Google Calendar ICS 7 PM Little Dieter Needs to Fly Film Thursday, March 29, 2018 7 PM Little Dieter Needs to Fly Werner Herzog, France, Germany, United Kingdom, 1997, (95 mins) Imported 35mm Print Herzog accompanies a Vietnam War POW back to the jungles of Laos to relive his imprisonment and torture in this award-winning documentary. With Jack Chambers’s short Hybrid. Series Documenting Vietnam Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS	30 All Day Film Library Closed Friday, March 30, 2018 All Day Film Library Closed Google Calendar ICS 4 PM Mister Universo Film Friday, March 30, 2018 4 PM Mister Universo Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel, Austria, Italy, 2016, (90 mins) The spirits of early Fellini and De Sica can be felt in this captivating docudrama about an Italian lion-tamer on the hunt for the strongman who started him on the circus life. Series Limited Engagements & Special Screenings 2018 Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS 4 PM–9 PM Art Lab February 2018 Activity Art Friday, March 30, 2018 4 PM–9 PM Art Lab February 2018 Drop-in Art Making Google Calendar ICS 7 PM All That Heaven Allows Film Friday, March 30, 2018 7 PM All That Heaven Allows Douglas Sirk, United States, 1955, (89 mins) Vintage Technicolor 35mm Print Rock Hudson comes to prune widow Jane Wyman’s garden and uproots her sterile, upper-middle-class suburban life in this elegiac, Thoreauvian mood piece that inspired Todd Haynes’s Far from Heaven. Series Limited Engagements & Special Screenings 2018 Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS	31 11 AM–9 PM Art Lab February 2018 Activity Art Saturday, March 31, 2018 11 AM–9 PM Art Lab February 2018 Drop-in Art Making Google Calendar ICS 3 PM Beuys Film Saturday, March 31, 2018 3 PM Beuys Andres Veiel, Germany, 2018, (107 mins) East Bay Theatrical Premiere This new documentary explores the life and work of avant-garde sculptor, painter, performance artist, and social activist Joseph Beuys, chronicling his art and ideas about media, community, and capitalism in an intimate way. Series Limited Engagements & Special Screenings 2018 Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS 5:30 PM The Seventh Seal Film Saturday, March 31, 2018 5:30 PM The Seventh Seal Ingmar Bergman, Sweden, 1957, (96 mins) BAMPFA Collection Print Film to Table dinner follows the March 31 screening A medieval knight challenges Death to a game of chess in Bergman’s iconic work of cinematic philosophy. “A magically powerful film” (Pauline Kael). Series Bergman 100: The Silence of God Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS 7 PM Full: Pairs Performance Saturday, March 31, 2018 7 PM Full: Pairs Programmed by Berkeley Symphony with Anna Clyne Berkeley Symphony musicians and friends play compositions by Berkeley Sounds composer fellows paired with pieces written by their mentors. Included with admission. Seating for Full is limited. Series Full 2018 Google Calendar ICS 7 PM Film to Table: Bergman's The Seventh Seal Activity Film Saturday, March 31, 2018 7 PM Film to Table: Bergman's The Seventh Seal A medieval knight challenges Death to a game of chess in Bergman’s iconic work of cinematic philosophy, which provides the backdrop for a Swedish-inspired dinner. At Babette Series Film to Table Dinners at Babette 2018 Buy Dinner Tickets Google Calendar ICS 7:30 PM Salaam Cinema Film Saturday, March 31, 2018 7:30 PM Salaam Cinema Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Iran, 1995, (70 mins) Acclaimed Iranian director Makhmalbaf blurs the line between fiction and reality by turning a casting call into cinema, and his prospective actors into subjects, in this tribute to (and wry jab at) the power of film. “Witty and slyly relevant” (Variety). Series Reverse Angle: Cinema Looks at Itself Buy Tickets Google Calendar ICS