Week of April 30, 2017

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Sunday, April 30

Sunday, April 30, 2017
11 AM–7 PM

Drop-in Art Making

Included with admission

Sunday, April 30, 2017
2 PM
Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet,
Germany,
1988,
(82 mins)
History doubles back on itself like a noose in Straub-Huillet’s second version of The Death of Empedocles, as the Greek philosopher advocates for democracy for his people, with tragic results. With Itinerary of Jean Bricard.
Sunday, April 30, 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
Sunday, April 30, 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 30, 2017
4:30 PM
(90 mins)

Student Filmmakers in Person

Free admission!

This annual program presents the prizewinners and runners-up in the film and video category of the Eisner Prize competition, UC Berkeley’s highest award for creativity.
Sunday, April 30, 2017
7 PM
John Cassavetes,
United States,
1974,
(155 mins)

Restored 35mm Print

Cassavetes’s masterpiece retains the power to unnerve with its raw, often harrowing depiction of a blue-collar Los Angeles family, with Gena Rowlands in an Oscar-nominated performance as a housewife on the verge.

Monday, May 1

Monday, May 1, 2017
6:30 PM
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Free admission

Tuesday, May 2

Tuesday, May 2, 2017
6:00 PM
Celebrate peace, love, and Hippie Modernism: The Struggle for Utopia with an unforgettable gala and art auction benefitting BAMPFA.

Wednesday, May 3

Wednesday, May 3, 2017
12:15 PM
MATRIX artist Contis talks about her photographs and shifting notions of place, identity, and gender in the American West.
Free with admission
Wednesday, May 3, 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, May 3, 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
Wednesday, May 3, 2017
7 PM
John Cassavetes,
United States,
1974,
(155 mins)

Restored 35mm Print

Cassavetes’s masterpiece retains the power to unnerve with its raw, often harrowing depiction of a blue-collar Los Angeles family, with Gena Rowlands in an Oscar-nominated performance as a housewife on the verge.

Thursday, May 4

Thursday, May 4, 2017
1 PM
Guided exhibition tour of Hippie Modernism: The Struggle for Utopia led by UC Berkeley graduate students.
Included with admission; no advance reservation required
Thursday, May 4, 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, May 4, 2017
4-7 PM

Drop-In Art Making

Included with admission
Thursday, May 4, 2017
4–7 PM
Thursday, May 4, 2017
7 PM
Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet,
France, Italy,
2005,
(109 mins)
The musings of the gods are brought to the earthly realms of contemporary rural Italy in Straub and Huillet’s re-creation of Cesare Pavese’s 1947 book Dialogues with Leucò. With Proposition in Four Parts.
Thursday, May 4, 2017
All Day
Galleries free all day.
Admission free

Friday, May 5

Friday, May 5, 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, May 5, 2017
4-9 PM

Drop-In Art Making

Included with admission
Friday, May 5, 2017
6 PM

Programmed by Sunnylyn Thibodeaux

Poets McNaughton and Cole read their work.
Series Readings 2017
Friday, May 5, 2017
7 PM
John Cassavetes,
United States,
1978,
(108 mins)
Cassavetes’s Sunset Strip neo-noir is centered around a “classy” strip club and its proprietor (Ben Gazzara). “The curdled charm of Gazzara's lopsided grin has never been more to the point” (Time Out).

Saturday, May 6

Saturday, May 6, 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, May 6, 2017
11 AM-9 PM

Drop-In Art Making

Included with admission
Saturday, May 6, 2017
1:30 PM
Saturday, May 6, 2017
3 PM
Uday Shankar,
India,
1948,
(155 mins)

Digital Restoration

This gorgeous experimental drama, the only film by celebrated dancer Uday Shankar (brother of Ravi Shankar), is the semi-autobiographical story of a young man’s dream to establish an arts academy in the Himalayas.
  • Shivendra Singh Dungarpur
    Introduction
    Shivendra Singh Dungarpur is an award-winning filmmaker, producer, film archivist and restorer, and the founder-director of Film Heritage Foundation (FHF).
Saturday, May 6, 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, May 6, 2017
4 PM
Join the artist for an exhibition walkthrough focusing on her use of photography and archival research to explore the relationship of bodies and landscape. Deep Springs College alumnus Abdramane Diabate joins Contis in conversation.
Free with admission
Saturday, May 6, 2017
6:30 PM
Shivendra Singh Dungarpur,
India,
2012,
(164 mins)

Archival Print

Celebrate a passion for film with this portrait of the pioneering efforts of film preservationist P. K. Nair, who founded the National Film Archive of India in 1964. “One of the best movies ever made about cinema ” (Mark Cousins).
  • Shivendra Singh Dungarpur
    In Person