Film Series
Happy Birthday, Toni! A Celebration of Black Women
“I first encountered Toni Morrison in the storage closet of my high school English department. I’d never been in that room before, and don’t remember why I was at that time, but my life changed that day when I pulled dusty copies of The Bluest Eye and Sula from the storage room shelf. I wasn’t ready for Toni then, her complex writing was a challenge and a gift, because within those pages I found myself—who I was then and who I would become. When Ms. Morrison passed, many Black women mourned the loss of not just a phenomenal writer, but of a sister, a friend, our truth-teller. So, on what would’ve been her 89th birthday, Coco Killingsworth, BAM’s Vice President of Education and Community Engagement, and I invited a few women to celebrate her life and work and the gift she gave all of us—the validation of our right to live in this world unapologetically.” —Gina Duncan, Vice President of Film and Strategic Programming
A program dedicated to the extraordinary life, career, and legacy of Audre Lorde.
Ava DuVernay explores grief and renewal through bonds and encounters between Black women.
A series of short films and interviews of Black women in dialogue about being Black women.
Eisa Davis hosts an evening of reflection, followed by a dance party with DJ Reborn.
Join us for a very special edition of BAMcafé Live with a dance party hosted by DJ Reborn.
A program exploring adaptations of Toni Morrison’s work, featuring the film Beloved.
These shorts offer a call-and-response style interrogation of themes in Toni Morrison’s work.
A guided tour of the BAM Hamm Archives centering the Black experience in America.