Video Playlist
Talks
About this Series
Filmmakers, playwrights, scholars, and other luminaries discuss their work at BAM.
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- Baba Chuck Davis Memorial Celebration23 May, 2017 (98:05)
- Colson Whitehead on “The Underground Railroad”7 Oct, 2016 (2:32)
- Fran Lebowitz and Frank Rich talk “Hamilton”6 May, 2016 (3:17)
- Gregory Doran on learning to direct18 Apr, 2016 (2:41)
- Gregory Doran on approaching Shakespeare's Henriad18 Apr, 2016 (1:47)
- Gregory Doran on the role of the director18 Apr, 2016 (0:57)
- Gregory Doran on the history plays18 Apr, 2016 (2:27)
- Ken Burns & Henry Louis Gates, Jr. with Michel Martin16 Mar, 2016 (98:05)
- Ben Rawlence and K'naan on social media in Dadaab23 Feb, 2016 (6:23)
- Ben Rawlence and K'naan on borders23 Feb, 2016 (3:38)
- K'naan on being Somali23 Feb, 2016 (2:05)
- Gloria Steinem on the importance of voting3 Nov, 2015 (1:03)
- William Kentridge on the desire for imperfection28 Oct, 2015 (1:30)
- Peter Galison and Kentridge on time and regret28 Oct, 2015 (2:28)
- Kentridge and Galison on materializing time28 Oct, 2015 (2:03)
- Kentridge on the physical and metaphorical black hole28 Oct, 2015 (1:29)
- On Truth (and Lies) in Myth4 Aug, 2015 (40:51)
- Tiphanie Yanique on writing in the vernacular13 Jul, 2015 (2:30)
- Tiphanie Yanique on writers' social responsibility13 Jul, 2015 (2:04)
- Tiphanie Yanique on love and magic13 Jul, 2015 (1:22)
- Michael Cunningham on his “gift for writing”29 Jun, 2015 (1:38)
- Michael Cunningham on Virginia Woolf & The Hours29 Jun, 2015 (2:38)
- Michael Cunningham on rhythm in writing29 Jun, 2015 (2:50)
- The Legacy of Larry Clark's KIDS 20 Years Later26 Jun, 2015 (3:27)
- Larry Clark and Harmony Korine on the Making of KIDS26 Jun, 2015 (5:41)
- Lydia Davis reads three short stories15 Jun, 2015 (1:25)
- Lydia Davis reads Gramsci15 Jun, 2015 (1:21)
- Lydia Davis on Samuel Beckett15 Jun, 2015 (1:45)
- Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela on Forgiveness9 Jun, 2015 (7:13)
- South Africa, the US, and A Human Being Died That Night9 Jun, 2015 (3:47)
- Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela on the power of narrative9 Jun, 2015 (3:20)
- Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela on the importance of the TRC9 Jun, 2015 (5:06)
- Chris Ware's comic strip diary2 Jun, 2015 (1:47)
- Chris Ware on drawing empathetic characters2 Jun, 2015 (1:53)
- Chris Ware on cartooning and memories2 Jun, 2015 (1:36)
- Ibsen's Ghosts and the purpose of art24 Apr, 2015 (3:15)
- Jane Goodall on her mother22 Apr, 2015 (4:37)
- Jane Goodall on the human brain22 Apr, 2015 (3:36)
- Jane Goodall on the indomitable human spirit22 Apr, 2015 (2:25)
- Unbound: John Cleese with John Hodgman (full talk)12 Mar, 2015 (86:36)
- Nathan Lane & Brian Dennehy on performing Iceman in Brooklyn11 Mar, 2015 (4:49)
- The Iceman Cometh as a NY Post story11 Mar, 2015 (1:03)
- The Origins of the Iceman Cometh11 Mar, 2015 (4:42)
- Neil Gaiman's advice for aspiring writers5 Mar, 2015 (2:13)
- Neil Gaiman & Daniel Handler on mystery, magic, stealing from kids5 Mar, 2015 (5:02)
- Lynda Barry: “Chicken Attack” by Jack20 Feb, 2015 (2:32)
- Miranda July on her meditation retreat crush6 Feb, 2015 (4:49)
- Miranda July and Lena Dunham on Vulnerability6 Feb, 2015 (2:29)
- Dr. Cornel West: Brooklyn Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.28 Jan, 2015 (33:23)
- On Truth (and Lies) in Authorship5 Dec, 2014 (59:58)
- On Truth (and Lies) in Homecoming5 Dec, 2014 (47:59)
- On Truth (and Lies) in Joyce5 Dec, 2014 (39:02)
- John Cleese and John Hodgman: Why are jokes funny?6 Nov, 2014 (2:28)
- John Cleese and John Hodgman talk sports6 Nov, 2014 (2:59)
- Artist Talk: Tony Kushner and Ivo van Hove22 Oct, 2014 (90:00)
- Werner Herzog: 'Let them fact check to their death!'16 Oct, 2014 (1:39)
- Artist Talk: Benjamin Millepied15 Oct, 2014 (64:18)
- Robert Wilson and Rufus Wainwright8 Oct, 2014 (60:00)
- Shakespeare's Montaigne14 May, 2014 (72:48)
- David Lynch: Where do ideas come from?8 May, 2014 (2:12)
- On Truth (and Lies) in Feminism Live Stream15 Mar, 2014 (NaN:NaN)
- Carrie Cracknell (A Doll's House) on Becoming a Political Director14 Mar, 2014 (2:37)
- The Making of Anna Nicole20 Sep, 2013 (51:37)
- Composer Mark-Anthony Turnage on Anna Nicole20 Sep, 2013 (2:31)
- Librettist Richard Thomas on Anna Nicole20 Sep, 2013 (3:48)
- Choreographer Aletta Collins on Anna Nicole20 Sep, 2013 (3:16)
- Director Richard Jones on Anna Nicole20 Sep, 2013 (2:12)
- Jonathan Lethem: Unbound17 Sep, 2013 (77:14)
- On set with Santo Loquasto: The Master Builder16 May, 2013 (1:27)
- Artist Talk: John Turturro and Andrei Belgrader10 May, 2013 (57:00)
- Iconic Artist Talk: William Christie8 May, 2013 (82:50)
- Artist Talk: Moisés Kaufman and Judy Shepherd22 Feb, 2013 (33:54)
- Adam Phillips on Shakespeare and Madness22 Feb, 2013 (0:52)
- Moisés Kaufman on The Laramie Project Cycle (excerpt)20 Feb, 2013 (1:24)
- Simon Critchley and Cornel West in Conversation3 Apr, 2012 (75:21)
- Werner Herzog on Nicolas Cage30 Mar, 2012 (3:19)
- Cornel West on Hamlet, Love, and Hell10 Feb, 2012 (1:19)
- Cornel West on Simon Critchley10 Feb, 2012 (4:27)
- Cornel West on Hamlet, Love, and Hell10 Feb, 2012 (1:19)
- Simon Critchley and Cornel West on how to love9 Feb, 2012 (12:08)
- Simon Critchley on Love9 Feb, 2012 (2:23)
- Wim Wenders on Pina24 Jan, 2012 (4:02)
- Iconic Artist Talk: Robert Wilson11 Oct, 2011 (3:05)
- Nicolas Winding Refn on Drive15 Sep, 2011 (8:23)