PROGRAM
Fall/Winter
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our fall season of virtual programming! We were able to come together for robust and creative adaptations of beloved programs—including book launches with leading writers and thinkers, the 35th Annual Brooklyn Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the BAMkids Film Festival—as well as world premieres of new works such as V’s That Kindness: Nurses in their Own Words and Riz Ahmed’s The Long Goodbye: Livestream Edition.
We were pleased to see Governor Cuomo’s announcement that movie theaters can now reopen, and we are working hard to welcome you back while meeting the highest safety standards. We are still evaluating when to reopen BAM Rose Cinemas, and we hope to share those plans soon.
We’re also excited to announce BAM’s spring season! We’re looking forward to an innovative line-up of both in-person, socially distant live events and virtual programs. While this remains a time of great uncertainty, we’re excited to get creative about the many ways to safely connect in the months ahead. From Prospect Park to the Brooklyn Navy Yard to your home, BAM’s spring season brings world-class art directly to you.
Season Sponsor:
Leadership support for
off-site programs provided by:
Leadership support for BAM Access Programs
provided by the Jerome L. Greene Foundation
BAM launches a new artist residency series with Timothy du White, Marjani Forte-Saunders & Everett Saunders, Annie-B Parson, and others, starting this fall.
Leadership support for the BAM Hamm Archives and BAM Film, Community, and Education programs provided by The Thompson Family Foundation
Leadership support for BAM Film provided by the Ford Foundation
Denis’ hypnotically languorous take on Billy Budd is an erotic ballet of jealousy and obsession.
A new, complete restoration of Richard Wright’s bombshell 1940 novel brought to the screen.
A new restoration of Chantal Akerman’s cinematographic elegy without dialogue or commentary.
Malian director Abderrahmane Sissako’s portrait of corrupt global forces and its effects.
This explosive tale of unrest on the margins of Paris celebrates 25 years with a new restoration.
V (formerly Eve Ensler) spotlights the nurses on the frontlines in this new virtual play.
An Italy-set bildungsroman about a self-taught proletarian with hopes to rise above his station.
The Black Lives Matter co-creator offers a new paradigm for change with her new book.
A new restoration of William Greaves’(Symbiopsychotaxiplasm) long-lost documentary.
A heart-racing, one-of-a-kind essay on human connection and its aching absence.
This virtual family-friendly Halloween party includes a costume contest and dance party!
A new installation traverses four years of news headlines under Trump on the BAM sign.
The jazz visionary and inventor in a documentary as thrillingly free form as he is.
The Pulitzer-winning journalist outlines how the caste system plays out across civilizations.
Crazy Rich Asians’ Henry Golding stars in Hong Khaou’s film about cultural dislocation.
Laura Dern stars in this dark drama based on a classic story by Joyce Carol Oates.
This portrait of a transgender fundamentalist Baptist minister reveals our country's fixation on identity.
A thrilling exposé of fraud and malfeasance after an explosive fire at a Bucharest nightclub.
Gentle, colorful animated films about singing, flying high, and celebrating the magic of life.
An essential record of pre-gentrification Williamsburg's Puerto Rican community.
This documentary cult classic is an affectionate portrait of five obsessive film goers.
An acclaimed DIY documentary about a homeless community living in a train tunnel.
Local filmmakers capture the magnetism, care, and resilience of the city in these shorts.
An impressionistic, idyllic portrait of New York from 1958 to 1960 by Manny Kirchheimer.
A chronicle of the world’s largest collection of materials by and about lesbians.
An intimate portrait of two working mothers and a caregiver at a 24-hour daycare center.
A real-life political saga following the Christian mayor of the Palestinian city of Ramallah.
An electrifying portrait of writer and performer Okwui Okpokwasili and her acclaimed show.
An urgent look into our apocalyptic future as seen from the perilous present.
Two short documentaries shine a light on the struggle for housing justice in New York.
The improbable origin story of MASS MoCA and the changes it brought to North Adams.
Wong Kar Wai’s emotionally raw portrait of a relationship in breakdown, newly restored.
This visually extravagant drama, a major influence on world cinema, is newly restored.
A new restoration of the striking, stylized work that made Wong Kar Wai an instant icon.
An immersive cinematic exploration of neurodiversity, based on Naoki Higashida’s memoir.
We honor the iconic civil rights leader at this digital adaptation of our beloved event.
Brooklyn artists investigate the notion of freedom in this new installation on the BAM sign.
A young man is haunted by a prophecy that he will die at 20 in this auspicious debut.
A virtual watch party of this year’s tribute to MLK followed by discussion—just for teens.
A political activist is torn when his challenge of corrupt officials puts his family at risk.
Riz Ahmed adapts his acclaimed album for the digital realm in this intimate performance.
Visual artists investigate what freedom means in 2021 in this installation on the BAM sign.
A Korean-American family moves to a tiny Arkansas farm in this tender and sweeping new drama.
This all-digital festival features short films, arts workshops, performances, and more!
Vital new works from the Middle East and North Africa’s most innovative filmmakers.