Sunday, April 16
Sunday, April 16, 2017
11 AM–7 PM
Sunday, April 16, 2017
1:30 PM
Zacharias Kunuk, Natar Ungalaaq,
Canada,
2016,
(94 mins)
Canadian-Inuk filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk’s film continues in the breathtaking vein of his unforgettable Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner with a story of cruelty and cold revenge based loosely on John Ford’s The Searchers.
General admission: $15; BAMPFA members, SFFILM members, UC Berkeley students: $13; Non–UC Berkeley students, 65+, disabled persons: $14. BAMPFA’s second-feature discount does not apply to this program. Tickets are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged. CineVouchers may not be redeemed in person at BAMPFA. Onsite ticket sales are subject to limited availability.
Sunday, April 16, 2017
2 PM
Guided exhibition tour of Hippie Modernism: The Struggle for Utopia led by UC Berkeley graduate students.
Included with admission; no advance reservation required
Series
Guided Tours 2017
Sunday, April 16, 2017
3-6:25 PM
Four programs of short films screening each afternoon feature works by Jordan Belson, Bruce Conner, John Whitney, and others, plus a 1967 documentary about San Francisco’s blossoming hippie scene.
Included with admission
Sunday, April 16, 2017
3:45 PM
Navid Danesh,
Iran,
2016,
(103 mins)
After a Tehran musician instigates an encounter with his college girlfriend, their lives are thrown into existential crisis. This resonant and moving depiction of the impact the past has on the present is both culturally specific and universal in its reach.
General admission: $15; BAMPFA members, SFFILM members, UC Berkeley students: $13; Non–UC Berkeley students, 65+, disabled persons: $14. BAMPFA’s second-feature discount does not apply to this program. Tickets are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged. CineVouchers may not be redeemed in person at BAMPFA. Onsite ticket sales are subject to limited availability.
Sunday, April 16, 2017
6 PM
Chico Pereira,
Germany, Scotland, Spain,
2017,
(86 mins)
A Spanish man’s quest to defy barriers and borders by embarking on the Trail of Tears with his donkey by his side is its own quixotic trail of laughter and tears in this winning tale.
General admission: $15; BAMPFA members, SFFILM members, UC Berkeley students: $13; Non–UC Berkeley students, 65+, disabled persons: $14. BAMPFA’s second-feature discount does not apply to this program. Tickets are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged. CineVouchers may not be redeemed in person at BAMPFA. Onsite ticket sales are subject to limited availability.
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Chico Pereira
In person
Sunday, April 16, 2017
8:15 PM
Joshua Bonnetta, J. P. Sniadecki,
United States,
2017,
(94 mins)
Weaving breathtaking footage of the Sonoran Desert with eerie off-camera interviews, this film captures the desperation and haunting beauty that the land between Mexico and the United States has come to represent.
General admission: $15; BAMPFA members, SFFILM members, UC Berkeley students: $13; Non–UC Berkeley students, 65+, disabled persons: $14. BAMPFA’s second-feature discount does not apply to this program. Tickets are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged. CineVouchers may not be redeemed in person at BAMPFA. Onsite ticket sales are subject to limited availability.
Monday, April 17
Monday, April 17, 2017
6:30 PM
Emmy-nominated filmmaker Shlain is founder of the Webby Awards and cofounder of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. Selbak is a filmmaker whose credits include the film Three Veils and the Web series Kiss Her I’m Famous. Moderated by George Strompolos.
Free admission
Tuesday, April 18
Wednesday, April 19
Wednesday, April 19, 2017
12 PM
Punk perspectives from V. Vale, a San Francisco cultural historian, writer, and keyboard player, and the founder of Search & Destroy and RE/SEARCH.
Free
Wednesday, April 19, 2017
12–2 & 5–6:20
Four programs of short films screening each afternoon feature works by Jordan Belson, Bruce Conner, John Whitney, and others, plus a 1967 documentary about San Francisco’s blossoming hippie scene.
Included with admission
Wednesday, April 19, 2017
1:30 PM
Guided exhibition tour of Hippie Modernism: The Struggle for Utopia led by UC Berkeley graduate students.
Included with admission; no advance reservation required
Series
Guided Tours 2017
Wednesday, April 19, 2017
7 PM
Jon Nealon, Jenny Raskin,
United States,
2015,
(100 mins)
Discover the forgotten story of the Videofreex collective, some of the first activists to use videotape as a tool for activism, protest, and self-representation.
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Mary Curtis Ratcliff
In PersonMary Curtis Ratcliff was a member of Videofreex.
Series
Documentary Voices 2017
Thursday, April 20
Thursday, April 20, 2017
12–2 & 5–6:20
Four programs of short films screening each afternoon feature works by Jordan Belson, Bruce Conner, John Whitney, and others, plus a 1967 documentary about San Francisco’s blossoming hippie scene.
Included with admission
Thursday, April 20, 2017
4–7 PM
Thursday, April 20, 2017
7 PM
Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet,
France, Italy,
2000,
(128 mins)
A roster of nonprofessional actors from Pisa bring to life a famed Marxist novella, Women of Messina, in Straub-Huillet’s stunning treatise on community and opposition. With short Incantati.
Friday, April 21
Friday, April 21, 2017
12–2 & 5–8:15
Four programs of short films screening each afternoon feature works by Jordan Belson, Bruce Conner, John Whitney, and others, plus a 1967 documentary about San Francisco’s blossoming hippie scene.
Included with admission
Friday, April 21, 2017
4 PM
Tora Mårtens,
Sweden,
2016,
(93 mins)
This high-energy documentary profiles two young Afro-Swedish women as they take on the macho world of competitive hip-hop dance—and win.
Series
African Film Festival 2017
Friday, April 21, 2017
4–9 PM
Friday, April 21, 2017
7:30 PM
Steven Arnold,
United States,
1971,
(75 mins)
World Premiere of Restored 16mm Print
Score by Warner Jepson
The legendary, gender-obliterating funfest unleashed by the cantankerous cross-dressing Cockettes shines on in this immaculate restored print.Read more about Luminous Procuress and its history in the article Illumination Procured: Steven Arnold and the Body Eclectic.
In Conversation
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Steve Seid
Steve Seid was a curator at BAMPFA for twenty-five years and spearheaded the effort to preserve Luminous Procuress. -
Rumi Missabu
An original member of the Cockettes, Rumi Missabu continues to direct and perform examples of flamboyant drag theater on both coasts. -
Tsvi Strauch
An early backer of Luminous Procuress, Tsvi Strauch operated the first hippie boutique on Haight Street. -
Vishnu Dass
Vishnu Dass is the director of the Steven Arnold Archive and is currently finishing a documentary about the artist.
Saturday, April 22
Saturday, April 22, 2017
1 PM
Screening weekly in Theater Two, this award-winning documentary is the story of Tibetan refugee lama Tarthang Tulku and his efforts to preserve the sacred texts of his tradition.
Included with admission
Saturday, April 22, 2017
1 PM and 3 PM
Guided exhibition tour of Hippie Modernism: The Struggle for Utopia led by UC Berkeley graduate students.
Included with admission; no advance reservation required
Series
Guided Tours 2017
Saturday, April 22, 2017
11 AM–9 PM
Saturday, April 22, 2017
2 PM
Catherine Ryan, Gary Weimberg,
United States,
2016,
(57 mins)
This biography-cum-scientific adventure is a fascinating, engaging voyage into the human brain and the work of UCB professor emeritus Marian Diamond, one of the founders of modern neuroscience.
Filmmakers in person
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Catherine Ryan
In PersonCatherine Ryan is a co-director of the film -
Gary Weimberg
In PersonGary Weimberg is a co-director of the film
Saturday, April 22, 2017
3-7:30 PM
Four programs of short films screening each afternoon feature works by Jordan Belson, Bruce Conner, John Whitney, and others, plus a 1967 documentary about San Francisco’s blossoming hippie scene.
Included with admission
Saturday, April 22, 2017
3:30 PM
Charlie Chaplin,
United States,
1928,
(72 mins)
Recommended for ages 8 & up
The Little Tramp becomes an accidental clown in this lesser-known but irresistibly funny Chaplin film.
Saturday, April 22, 2017
6 PM
John Cassavetes,
United States,
1959,
(74 mins)
Restored 35mm Print
Time never caught up with Cassavetes’s first film; his tale of three black Manhattanites is still inherently hip, mordantly funny, terribly sad, and very New York.
Saturday, April 22, 2017
8 PM
(89 mins)
Time is the concept behind this program of archival shorts and excerpts that tell a surrealist-populist story of the twentieth century. With pieces by Josef von Sternberg, Robert Frank, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, and more.
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Alexander Horwath
IntroductionFilm curator and author Alexander Horwath recently left his position at the Austrian Film Museum, where he served as director from 2002 to 2017.Read more about Horwath in this post by Senior Film Cura
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