August 2020

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Sunday, July 26, 2020
All Day
Luchino Visconti,
France, Italy,
1960,
(177 mins)

Free streaming presentation for BAMPFA members only!
Available July 25–26. Password required.

The lives of a southern Italian family who move to Milan mirror the transformation of postwar Italian society. Starring Alain Delon, the film has “the emotional sweep of a Verdi opera and the narrative density of a nineteenth-century novel” (New York Times).
Free for BAMPFA members only. Password required.
Available July 25–26, 2020.
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Thursday, August 6, 2020
4 PM

Open to Curator’s Circle members at the $1,000 level and above

Join BAMPFA Film Curator Kathy Geritz for The Art of Curating Film: The Enduring Influence of Edith Kramer and Adrienne Mancia, a discussion of these two legendary female film curators' legacy.
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Saturday, August 8, 2020
All Day
Gillo Pontecorvo,
Italy,
1957,
(99 mins)

Free streaming presentation for BAMPFA members only!
Available August 8–9. Password required.

In a “starkly beautiful morality tale” (New York Times) set under the brilliant turquoise skies of the Dalmatian coast, Yves Montand plays a rogue fisherman trying to provide for his family while at odds with the law.
Free for BAMPFA members only. Password required.
Available August 8–9, 2020.
Saturday, August 8, 2020
12:30 PM

For ages 6–12 with accompanying adult(s)

Meet artist Kim Bennett on Zoom to learn about patterns and stories in paintings from the Mithila region of India. Then, “take it outside” to draw your own stories with patterns using sidewalk chalk!
Presented Saturday, August 8, 2020
  • Kim Bennett
    With artist
    Kim Bennett is an artist and teacher whose work ranges across disciplines and includes devotional botanical paintings, imaginary embroideries, and collaborations with kids, poets, and other artists.
Series Family Events
2:30 PM
Saturday, August 8, 2020
2:30 PM

Recommended for ages 8 and up

Somewhere in Brooklyn a dragon is missing. Will nine-year-old Jaxon succeed in finding it? Start reading this exciting sequel to Dragons in a Bag with us, then continue at home to find out what happens!
Presented Saturday, August 8, 2020.
  • Allyson Bogie
    Reading led by Allyson Bogie, district librarian, West Contra Costa Unified School District.
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Sunday, August 9, 2020
All Day
Gillo Pontecorvo,
Italy,
1957,
(99 mins)

Free streaming presentation for BAMPFA members only!
Available August 8–9. Password required.

In a “starkly beautiful morality tale” (New York Times) set under the brilliant turquoise skies of the Dalmatian coast, Yves Montand plays a rogue fisherman trying to provide for his family while at odds with the law.
Free for BAMPFA members only. Password required.
Available August 8–9, 2020.
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Thursday, August 20, 2020
4 PM

Open to Curator’s Circle members at the $1,000 level and above

Join filmmakers Kevin Jerome Everson and Claudrena N. Harold in conversation with BAMPFA Associate Film Curator Kate MacKay about their Black Fire films and experiences of Black students and faculty on college campuses across the country.
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Saturday, August 22, 2020
All Day
Kent Mackenzie,
United States,
1961,
(72 mins)

Free streaming presentation for BAMPFA members only! Password required.

A semi-documentary film about American Indians living in Los Angeles, The Exiles is “a wrenching document of cultural dislocation” (Thom Andersen).
Free for BAMPFA members only. Password required.
Available August 22–23, 2020.
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Sunday, August 23, 2020
All Day
Kent Mackenzie,
United States,
1961,
(72 mins)

Free streaming presentation for BAMPFA members only! Password required.

A semi-documentary film about American Indians living in Los Angeles, The Exiles is “a wrenching document of cultural dislocation” (Thom Andersen).
Free for BAMPFA members only. Password required.
Available August 22–23, 2020.
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Tuesday, August 25, 2020
6:00 PM
Watch a live conversation and Q&A with Ramona S. Diaz, the director of A Thousand Cuts, and documentary filmmaker and UC Berkeley Professor of Visual Journalism Andrés Cediel.
Recorded Tuesday, August 25, 2020, 6 PM PDT
7:00 PM
  • Free
  • In-Person
  • Performance
Tuesday, August 25, 2020
7:00 PM
Join us for this livestream of Music for Hard Times, a work of experimental music commissioned by The Living Earth Show as a sonic resource for comfort and calming.
Recorded Friday, August 28, 2020
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Tuesday, September 1, 2020
All Day
(76 mins)

Program Available for Three Days Only, September 1–3

Gregory Zinman, author of Making Images Move: Handmade Cinema and the Other Arts, presents a selection of short works by artists who forgo photographic processes, instead making marks directly on film.
Rental fee: $12; discounted fee for BAMPFA members: $8. You will need to log in or create an Eventive account. Members: to receive your discount, you must log in to Eventive with the same email address you use to receive BAMPFA member communications.
Tuesday, September 1, 2020
6 PM
Watch a live conversation and Q&A with Melissa Haizlip, the director of Mr. SOUL!, and Ryanaustin Dennis, the cocurator of BAMPFA’s Black Life series.
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Wednesday, September 2, 2020
All Day
(76 mins)

Program Available for Three Days Only, September 1–3

Gregory Zinman, author of Making Images Move: Handmade Cinema and the Other Arts, presents a selection of short works by artists who forgo photographic processes, instead making marks directly on film.
Rental fee: $12; discounted fee for BAMPFA members: $8. You will need to log in or create an Eventive account. Members: to receive your discount, you must log in to Eventive with the same email address you use to receive BAMPFA member communications.
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Thursday, September 3, 2020
All Day
(76 mins)

Program Available for Three Days Only, September 1–3

Gregory Zinman, author of Making Images Move: Handmade Cinema and the Other Arts, presents a selection of short works by artists who forgo photographic processes, instead making marks directly on film.
Rental fee: $12; discounted fee for BAMPFA members: $8. You will need to log in or create an Eventive account. Members: to receive your discount, you must log in to Eventive with the same email address you use to receive BAMPFA member communications.
Thursday, September 3, 2020
12 PM
Isabella Kirkland discusses the histories and meanings behind her exquisite renderings of a natural world in transformation.
Free and open to the public; online only. Registration required.
Thursday, September 3, 2020
4 PM

Open to Curator’s Circle members at the $1,000 level and above

Join BAMPFA Director of Film and Senior Film Curator Susan Oxtoby and Film Collection Supervisor Antonella Bonfanti for Activating the Archive: A Look Inside BAMPFA’s Film Collection.
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