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Love From BAM

A group of trans and genderqueer Brooklyn artists and activists attempt to carve out a utopian space for themselves in this luminous, bracingly intimate tale of love, literature, and collective struggle.

With the news of US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s passing, we revisit the revelatory 2018 documentary charting this diminutive warrior’s unique personal journey and exceptional life and career.
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Leadership support for BAM Access Programs provided by the Jerome L. Greene Foundation

A documentary about the influential public television variety show SOUL!, which ran from 1968 to 1973 and was among the first to celebrate voices in Black literature, poetry, music, and politics.

A new film that captures the making of Chinese artist Maleonn’s ambitious new theater project in response to learning of his father’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis.
Leadership support for the BAM Hamm Archives and BAM Film, Community, and Education programs provided by The Thompson Family Foundation
Leadership support for the Leon Levy BAM Digital Archive provided by the Leon Levy Foundation
Leadership support for BAM Hamm Archives provided by Charles J. & Irene F. Hamm

Filipino-American filmmaker Miko Revereza sets out on a three-day Amtrak journey from Los Angeles to New York in this quiet, profound meditation on the “modern fugitivism” of the undocumented experience.

Major support for BAM Film provided by the Ford Foundation

A wide-ranging list of resources—from arts education activities to food assistance programs—to help you and your loved ones navigate these difficult times safely.


A new, complete restoration of Richard Wright’s bombshell 1940 novel exposing the injustices of urban African-American life brought to the screen.

A new restoration of Chantal Akerman’s cinematographic elegy, capturing a journey from East Germany to Moscow after the collapse of the Soviet bloc, without dialogue or commentary.

Jealousy and obsession simmer on the sunbaked coast of Djibouti in Denis’ masterpiece, a hypnotically languorous take on Billy Budd which turns the everyday rhythms of military life into a dreamlike erotic ballet.

Share the joy of a BAM Membership with a community member affected by the COVID-19 crisis—and ensure the future of BAM’s adventurous programming.










Share the joy of a BAM Membership with a community member affected by the COVID-19 crisis—and ensure the future of BAM’s adventurous programming.

























