Film
Shorts Program 3: Symbiosis
Virtual
Tickets: $10; $7.50; $5
All-access pass: $30; $22.50; $15
BAM Members: Levels 1-3 get 50% off highest suggested price with discount code; free for Level 4 and above.
Films available to stream in the US only
These sites of resilience, camaraderie, and care offer a soft landing for contemplation and interdependence.
Post-screening Q&A with Luna X Moya (director, What The Pier Gave Us), Lydia Cornett (director, Bug Farm), Zac Manuel (director, The Cut), Aisha Amin (director, Choir), Cai Thomas (director, Queenie).
This event includes closed captioning.
Tickets for BAMcinemaFest 2021 are pay what you wish. Please note: The viewing experience is the same at each price level; select the amount that makes the most sense for you.
All BAMcinemaFest films are available until Tuesday, June 29th at 11:59pm. Please ensure you have time to complete your film viewing.
Dir. Lydia Cornett | 2020, 14min
Four women in Central Florida bond over crickets, superworms, and cockroaches on an insect farm in the small town of LaBelle.
Dir. Luna X Moya | 2021, 6min
Many immigrants spend their evenings fishing on an undisclosed pier in New York City. In What the Pier Gave Us, a Mexican fisherman’s ordinary day becomes a metaphor for the brutal beauty of the immigration experience in the US.
Dir. Cai Thomas | 2020, 20min
Queenie, a 73-year-young Black lesbian and resident of Marcy Houses, navigates applying for Stonewall House, NYC's first LGBT elder affordable housing.
Dir. Zac Manuel | 2021, 7min
The rituals of a Black barbershop in New Orleans are transformed in 2020.
Dir. Aisha Amin | 2021, 10min
Three days a week, a group of 40 young adults travel from various schools in different neighborhoods in New York City and pile into a two-floor townhouse in Downtown Brooklyn, where they spend hours refining their vocal skills, preparing for large performances, and recording albums. Somewhere along the way, they gain a sense of confidence, learn how to express themselves, and make lifelong friendships.
Choir is made in collaboration with the Jacob Burns Film Center's Creative Culture Program.
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Leadership support for off-site programs provided by:
Leadership support for BAM Access Programs provided by the Jerome L. Greene Foundation
Leadership support for BAM Film provided by the Ford Foundation and The Thompson Family Foundation
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