In RaMell Ross’s extraordinary realization of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, two Black teenagers become wards of a barbaric juvenile reformatory in Jim Crow–era Florida
BAM Film 2025
Jan 1—Dec 31, 2025
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Film2025 Oscar Nominated Live Action Shorts
Now Playing
2025 Oscar Nominated Live Action Shorts
Now PlayingNEW RELEASEPolitical and cultural challenges, technical quirks, and matters of extreme injustice are among the subjects of these powerful Academy Award-nominated short films from the US, Europe, Asia, and Africa.
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Film2025 Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts
Now Playing
2025 Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts
Now PlayingNEW RELEASEAnimated treasures from around the world gently address a wide variety of familiar matters, like insecurity, isolation, and romantic attraction, with gentle humor and surprising depth. -
FilmNo Other Land
Now Playing
No Other Land
Now PlayingNEW RELEASEThis eye-opening vérité-style documentary provides a harrowing account of the systematic destruction experienced by Masafer Yatta, in the southern West Bank, at the hands of the Israeli military. -
FilmMickey 17
Now Playing
Mickey 17
Now PlayingNEW RELEASEAcademy Award winner Bong Joon-ho (Parasite) is back with a grim-tastic, bloody work of sci-fi comedy starring Robert Pattinson, Naomi Ackie, Steven Yeun, Toni Collette, and Mark Ruffalo. -
FILM SERIESAisles and Isles: films in the library
Mar 7—Mar 13, 2025
Aisles and Isles: films in the library
Mar 7—Mar 13, 2025This special collection explores the library on-screen as a distinct realm of learning and restless opportunity, featuring 20th-century masterpieces and a contemporary feature directed by Audrey Lam. -
FilmBlack Bag
Opens Mar 13
Black Bag
Opens Mar 13NEW RELEASESteven Soderbergh’s latest is a slick spy thriller with Michael Fassbender, Cate Blanchette, Pierce Brosnan, Naomie Harris, and Tom Burke. -
FILM SERIESLeila and the Wolves + The Hour of Liberation Has Arrived
Mar 14—Mar 20, 2025
Leila and the Wolves + The Hour of Liberation Has Arrived
Mar 14—Mar 20, 2025Two legendary films by Lebanese filmmaker Heiny Srour, searing feminist revolutionary works depicting the Middle East in the 70s and 80s, come to BAM in new restorations. -
FilmOn Becoming a Guinea Fowl
Opens Mar 21
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
Opens Mar 21NEW RELEASEA shocking discovery brings to light long-buried secrets of a middle-class Zambian family in the sophomore feature by Cannes award-winning filmmaker Rugano Nyoni (I Am Not a Witch). -
FilmAlfreda's Cinema presents The Mack
Wed, Mar 26, 2025
Alfreda's Cinema presents The Mack
Wed, Mar 26, 2025Newly released from jail and fixated on success, a young man turns to pimping to raise himself up in the world in this 1973 Blaxploitation landmark by director Michael Campus. -
FILM SERIESMirror of Life: Manoel de Oliveira 1996—2004
Mar 28—Apr 3, 2025
Mirror of Life: Manoel de Oliveira 1996—2004
Mar 28—Apr 3, 2025We spotlight several newly restored works by Portuguese filmmaker Manoel de Oliveira, whose career spanned the silent era to the digital age before his death at 106. -
FILM SERIESQueering the Canon: So Obsessed
Apr 3—Apr 7, 2025
Queering the Canon: So Obsessed
Apr 3—Apr 7, 2025Burrow deep into these tantalizing tales that highlight the all-consuming, obsession-inducing power of romance, art, family, and self-indulgence. -
FILM SERIESCinema Tropical Presents Three Iconic Latin American Films
March—May 2025
Cinema Tropical Presents Three Iconic Latin American Films
March—May 2025Cinema Tropical honors the resurgence of Latin American cinema with special screenings of three landmark films.
Past Screenings
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FilmAn Evening of Oscar-Qualifying Shorts From Reel Sisters
Observe Women’s History Month with an evening of Oscar-qualifying shorts by women of color.Thu, Mar 6, 2025 -
FilmThe Annihilation of Fish
Charles Burnett’s tender, long-lost comedy screens at BAM in a new 4K restoration.Feb 14—Mar 6, 2025 -
FilmThe Monkey
Estranged twins reunite when a toy monkey linked to a murder spree reappears 25 years later.NEW RELEASE -
FilmThe Theater of the Matters: The Big Mouth
Jerry Lewis directs and stars in this irreverent 1967 comedy about a hapless accountant.Tue, Mar 4, 2025 -
FILM SERIESCaribbean Film Series
Our biannual series showcases diverse original cinema by the brightest Caribbean filmmakers.Feb 28—Mar 1, 2025 -
FILM SERIESCounterculture Pioneers: Middle East
A series celebrating pioneers breaking social molds opens with a focus on the Middle East.Feb 21—Feb 27, 2025 -
FilmThe Brutalist
Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, and Guy Pearce star in Brady Corbet’s immense cinematic epic.NEW RELEASE -
FilmAlfreda’s Cinema presents On Becoming a Guinea Fowl Advance Screening
Alfreda’s Cinema hosts an advance screening of Cannes winner Rungano Nyoni’s second feature.Tue, Feb 25, 2025 -
FilmA Complete Unknown
Timothée Chalamet portrays an enigmatic young Bob Dylan newly arrived in New York.NEW RELEASE -
FILM SERIESThe Black Worker
Films made between the 60s and 2020s explore negotiations with race, class, and gender.Feb 7—Feb 13, 2025 -
FilmBabygirl
A powerful CEO risks her career and family in a torrid affair with her much younger intern.NEW RELEASE -
FilmDallas, 2019
This documentary series captures the pulse of a city within a state and country in crisis.Wed, Feb 5, 2025Free -
FilmNosferatu
Robert Eggers offers an atmospheric new take on a silent classic about a vampire.NEW RELEASE -
FilmAlfreda’s Cinema presents BY ANY MEANZ SONICALLY
Suzi Analogue celebrates the impact of Black women in electronic dance music.
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FilmKoyaanisqatsi
Godfrey Reggio’s remarkable cinematic symphony charts our growing alienation from nature.Tue, Jan 7, 2025
