March 2021

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Sunday, February 28, 2021
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Margot Benacerraf,
Venezuela,
1959,
(90 mins)

Free streaming presentation for BAMPFA members only! Password required.

Filmed on Venezuela’s otherworldly salt flats, this rediscovered masterpiece of poetic nonfiction by one of Latin America’s key female filmmakers was an influence on Brazil’s Cinema Novo and a spectacular forerunner to I Am Cuba.
Free for BAMPFA members only. Password required.
Available February 26-28, 2021
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6:30 PM
Monday, March 1, 2021
6:30 PM
Two indigenous ecologists engage in a discussion about indigenous fire management and land practices. 
Free and open to the public; online only. Registration required.
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12 PM
  • Art
  • Ongoing
  • Free
Thursday, March 4, 2021
12 PM
The Whitney curator reexamines the history of video art to foreground Black video artists’ approaches to performance, space, surveillance, sound, and power.
Free and open to the public; online only. Registration required.
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Sunday, March 7, 2021
12:00 PM
Watch a conversation with Nurith Aviv, the director of Yiddish, and Chana Kronfeld, Bernie H. Williams Professor of Modern Hebrew, Yiddish, and Comparative Literature at UC Berkeley.
Recorded Sunday, March 7, 2021, 12 PM PST
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Monday, March 8, 2021
6:30 PM
Join Clair Farley, director of the San Francisco Office of Transgender Initiatives, and Jenna Rapues, program director of Gender Health SF at the San Francisco Department of Public Health, to hear their perspectives in a conversation moderated by writer and clinical social worker Mere Abrams. 
Recorded Monday, March 8, 6:30 PM PDT
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12 PM
  • Art
  • Ongoing
  • Free
Thursday, March 11, 2021
12 PM
Join the Berlin-based artist for a discussion about the role of video art in examining pop culture, community, and real-world adversity.
Free and open to the public; online only. Registration required.
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Friday, March 12, 2021
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Agnès Varda,
France,
2011,
(235 mins)
Armed with her inimitable insight and ability to find beauty where one least expects it, Varda travels to various far-flung locales in this five-part miniseries made for French television.
Free for BAMPFA members only. Password required.
Available March 12–21
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Saturday, March 13, 2021
All Day
Agnès Varda,
France,
2011,
(235 mins)
Armed with her inimitable insight and ability to find beauty where one least expects it, Varda travels to various far-flung locales in this five-part miniseries made for French television.
Free for BAMPFA members only. Password required.
Available March 12–21
Saturday, March 13, 2021
2:30 PM

For ages 6–12 with accompanying adult(s)

Explore patterns and geometry in Rosie Lee Tompkins’s quilts and in the American flag!
Recorded Saturday, March 13, 2021, 12:30 PM PST
  • Catherine Sherman
    With artist
    San Francisco artist Catherine Sherman leads community quilt projects throughout the Bay Area and explores the narrative possibilities of quilts through such series as Tree of Life and Beyond Red, Whi
Series Family Events
2:30 PM
Saturday, March 13, 2021
2:30 PM

Recommended for ages 8 and up

Narrated in the alternating voices of a boy (Peter) and a fox (Pax), this coming-of-age story sensitively explores the deep bond between them as they struggle to reunite after being forced to separate.
Presented Saturday, March 13, 2021, 2:30 PM PST
  • Rachel Budge
    Reading led by
    Rachel Budge is the librarian at Emerson Elementary School in Berkeley.
Series Family Events
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Sunday, March 14, 2021
All Day
Agnès Varda,
France,
2011,
(235 mins)
Armed with her inimitable insight and ability to find beauty where one least expects it, Varda travels to various far-flung locales in this five-part miniseries made for French television.
Free for BAMPFA members only. Password required.
Available March 12–21
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Monday, March 15, 2021
All Day
Agnès Varda,
France,
2011,
(235 mins)
Armed with her inimitable insight and ability to find beauty where one least expects it, Varda travels to various far-flung locales in this five-part miniseries made for French television.
Free for BAMPFA members only. Password required.
Available March 12–21
Monday, March 15, 2021
6:30 PM
Erika Chong Shuch and Amara Tabor-Smith discuss the ways performance can provide intimacy, connection, and an enduring sense of community.
Free and open to the public; online only. Registration required.
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Tuesday, March 16, 2021
All Day
Agnès Varda,
France,
2011,
(235 mins)
Armed with her inimitable insight and ability to find beauty where one least expects it, Varda travels to various far-flung locales in this five-part miniseries made for French television.
Free for BAMPFA members only. Password required.
Available March 12–21
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Wednesday, March 17, 2021
All Day
Agnès Varda,
France,
2011,
(235 mins)
Armed with her inimitable insight and ability to find beauty where one least expects it, Varda travels to various far-flung locales in this five-part miniseries made for French television.
Free for BAMPFA members only. Password required.
Available March 12–21
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Thursday, March 18, 2021
All Day
Agnès Varda,
France,
2011,
(235 mins)
Armed with her inimitable insight and ability to find beauty where one least expects it, Varda travels to various far-flung locales in this five-part miniseries made for French television.
Free for BAMPFA members only. Password required.
Available March 12–21
12 PM
Thursday, March 18, 2021
12 PM
Hear Mosse talk about the aesthetic vocabulary of video art and how it has helped him reframe both documentary film and his photographic practice.
Free and open to the public; online only. Registration required.
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Friday, March 19, 2021
All Day
Agnès Varda,
France,
2011,
(235 mins)
Armed with her inimitable insight and ability to find beauty where one least expects it, Varda travels to various far-flung locales in this five-part miniseries made for French television.
Free for BAMPFA members only. Password required.
Available March 12–21
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Saturday, March 20, 2021
All Day
Agnès Varda,
France,
2011,
(235 mins)
Armed with her inimitable insight and ability to find beauty where one least expects it, Varda travels to various far-flung locales in this five-part miniseries made for French television.
Free for BAMPFA members only. Password required.
Available March 12–21
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Sunday, March 21, 2021
All Day
Agnès Varda,
France,
2011,
(235 mins)
Armed with her inimitable insight and ability to find beauty where one least expects it, Varda travels to various far-flung locales in this five-part miniseries made for French television.
Free for BAMPFA members only. Password required.
Available March 12–21
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  • Art
  • Free
  • Performance
Thursday, March 25, 2021
Berkeley’s own SPELLLING weaves rich sonic textures into dramatic compositions that are equal parts dream-state ritual and earthy funk, showing off her expressive vocal styles.
Recorded Thursday, March 25, 2021
Series Performances
Thursday, March 25, 2021
4 PM

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

Join us for FROM THE CLASSROOM TO THE GALLERY: Latin American Art, a conversation with Lynne Kimura about BAMPFA’s latest curatorial collaboration with UC Berkeley graduate students. 
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Saturday, March 27, 2021
11:00 AM
Three celebrated members of the African American Quilt Guild of Oakland—Frances Porter, Teri Green, and LaQuita Tummings—host a studio visit, sharing their quilt journeys and displaying some of their fabulous creations. 
Recorded Saturday, March 27, 2021,11 AM PDT
Registration closed.
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Monday, March 29, 2021
6:30 PM
A California-France collaboration examines the city-building innovations emerging in the midst of significant social upheaval.
Free and open to the public; online only. Registration required.
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Tuesday, March 30, 2021
12 PM

Note: this presentation is presented on Tuesday, March 30, as an exception to the regular Thursday schedule.

Renowned filmmaker and video artist Steve McQueen discusses his interdisciplinary practice, focusing on the themes of social, psychological, and political traumas in his work.
Free and open to the public; online only. Registration required.
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
6:00 PM
Watch a conversation with Jill Li, the director of Lost Course, and Rachel E. Stern, professor of law and political science at UC Berkeley.
Recorded Tuesday, March 30, 2021, 6 PM PST
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12 PM
  • Art
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  • Free
Thursday, April 1, 2021
12 PM
Neshat discusses consideration of transnational politics and feminism across photography, narrative film, and video art.
Free and open to the public; online only. Registration required.
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  • Members
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Friday, April 2, 2021
All Day
Abderrahmane Sissako,
France, Mali, United States,
2006,
(117 mins)
Set in the Malian capital of its title, Abderrahmane Sissako’s passionate polemic centers on a show trial in which the plaintiff, “African society,” argues against exploitation by the defendant, the World Bank.
Free for BAMPFA members only. Password required.
Available April 2–4
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  • Free
  • Members
  • Ongoing
Saturday, April 3, 2021
All Day
Abderrahmane Sissako,
France, Mali, United States,
2006,
(117 mins)
Set in the Malian capital of its title, Abderrahmane Sissako’s passionate polemic centers on a show trial in which the plaintiff, “African society,” argues against exploitation by the defendant, the World Bank.
Free for BAMPFA members only. Password required.
Available April 2–4