Films & Performances
Contemporary Film @ the BMA
Enjoy the opportunity to see a rare or new film at the BMA on the first Thursday of each month. Films are shown in the Meyerhoff Auditorium on the 2nd floor, and are free and open to the public.
Please note: Some films may contain adult content.
Thursday, June 5
8 p.m.
Film:
The Landlord
(Hal Ashby, 1970, 110 min.)
Wealthy young white man Elgar Enders (Beau Bridges) buys a home in the then low-income African-American neighborhood of Park Slope, Brooklyn, becoming landlord to a variety of vibrant characters quickly bringing issues of race, class, and gender to the forefront.
Thursday, July 3
8 p.m.
Film:
Falkenberg Farewell
(Jesper Ganslandt, 2006, 91 min.)
This dream-like yet dark Swedish film vividly captures the post-graduation confusion of a group of high-school friends trying to decide whether or not to remain in their small home town.
Thursday, August 7
8 p.m.
Film: Together
(Lukas Moodysson, 2000, 106 mins.)
Set in a commune during the 1970s, the genuine narrative introduces a group of like-minded idealists trying to fashion a sustainable way of life that is out of step with their time and place.
Film Screening
Strange Fruit
Sunday, May 18
3–5:30 p.m.
3 p.m. Pre-Screening Talk
$9 Admission
Made popular by Billie Holiday’s haunting 1939 rendition of “Strange Fruit,” this film portrays the lynching of an African-American man in the South. See the movie and hear BMA Educator Marcia Gregory speak on the Museum’s Alison Saar sculpture of the same name.
For tickets, call the Jewish Community Center of Greater Baltimore at 410-542-4900, ext. 239.
Presented in partnership with the Baltimore Jewish Film Festival.
