A drumbeat. A step. A story. 🥁💫 Students of all ages dive into traditions of Africa and its diaspora through DanceAfrica in the Classroom. 👉 bam.org/education/danceafrica-in-the-classroom

High schoolers don’t just study poetry—they live it. In BAM’s Word. Sound. Power., students write, perform, and refine their voices with guidance from professional artists. 🔥 👉 bam.org/education/word-sound-power-in-the-classroom

💻 Hack the planet! Hackers turns 30. Join Angelina Jolie & Johnny Lee Miller for the cybercult classic, back in a new 4K DCP. 📅 Sep 29–Oct 2 | Classroom Rebels 🎟️ https://tr.ee/oO5Hkl

🎬 One night only: The Orphanage (2019) by Shahrbanoo Sadat. Based on Anwar Hashimi’s diaries, this Cannes-selected drama follows a Kabul street kid navigating life in a Soviet-run orphanage. 📅 Tue, Sep 30 · 7PM | Co-presented with ArteEast https://www.bam.org/film/2025/the-orphanage

🥊 Michelle Rodriguez packs a punch in Karyn Kusama’s debut Girlfight. Celebrating 25 years since its Sundance triumph, this groundbreaking drama lands in our Classroom Rebels series. 📅 Sep 27–30 🎟️ https://tr.ee/oO5Hkl

At BAM, learning meets the stage. 🎶 Our residencies connect students directly to the performances that light up our theater. #ArtsEducation 👉 bam.org/education

Tonight only: Ixcanul Winner of the Berlinale’s Silver Bear, this Guatemalan drama follows a 17-year-old Kaqchikel Maya girl caught between ancestral tradition and an unforgiving modern world. 🗓️ Wed, Sep 24 at 7PM 🎟️ https://tr.ee/utGYPh

Friendship. Music. One last high school concert. On its 20th anniversary, Linda Linda Linda returns in a new 4K restoration. Doona Bae leads this tender, timeless coming-of-age story about a band, three songs, and a whole lot of heart. 📅 Sep 28 & 29 🎟️ https://tr.ee/oO5Hkl

Classroom Rebels | It's back to school, so we're exploring stories of students who push back against the status quo. Featuring films from the 1950s-2019, the silver-screen rebellion starts here. 📝 How many of these classics do you recognize? 🗓️ Sep 26—Oct 2 🎟️ Link in bio

"..a visceral portrait of memory and loss, using movement, personal testimony, and archival video to explore war’s ongoing imprint on daily life..." Click the link for images of this performance in the Picture This Post Picture Preview-- @bambrooklyn.bsky.social #NYCDance #PictureThisPostDance

The iconic dub poet and activist Linton Kwesi Johnson, reading in person tonight at @bambrooklyn.bsky.social after a screening of the documentary film ‘Dread Beat an Blood.’ What a wildly wondrous privilege this evening was.

Calling all filmmakers! At BAMkids Film Festival, adventure & creativity light up the big screen. Submit your fun, thoughtful, & diverse short films from around the world to inspire young audiences. Animated, live action, docs ✅ Deadline Nov 5 🗓️ bit.ly/4pHQOR4

Ixcanul: 10th anniversary | One screening only. Winner of the Berlinale’s Silver Bear, this Guatemalan drama follows a 17-year-old Kaqchikel Maya girl caught between ancestral tradition and an unforgiving modern world. 🗓️ Wed, Sep 24 at 7PM 🎟️ https://bit.ly/3JZ1CtB

Martha@BAM—The 1963 Interview, Dambudzo, What Is War, and For All Your Life all got shoutouts in @nytimes' Fall Dance Preview—and if you want to see all 4, you're in luck: we're offering 25% off when you buy tix to 4+ dance shows this Next Wave festival. https://nyti.ms/42CaXhf

Our friends over at @maison-francaise.bsky.social are hosting the director of LACRIMA, Caroline Guiela Nguyen, for a one-on-one talk in French tomorrow evening. If you're a francophone, don't miss out on a chance to meet the mind behind the show. RSVP: bit.ly/4nwUoLQ

My next @bambrooklyn.bsky.social program CLASSROOM REBELS runs from 9/26-10/2! As the first month back to school comes to a close, we explore stories of teenage students who push back against the status quo. Info & tix available at www.bam.org/film/2025/cl...

Two BAM productions were just highlighted in @nytimes’s Fall Theater Preview 👀: ✨ LACRIMA — a dazzling look at the hidden labor behind luxury ✨ Martha@BAM — The 1963 Interview — Richard Move embodies Martha Graham in a reimagined historic convo https://nyti.ms/3K5QMC8

Big congrats to @norachipaumire, just named a Tate Modern Infinities Commission artist for 2026! 🎉 Meet the mind behind the brilliance: catch her in person at BAM for an intimate artist talk with the Dambudzo team, Fri Oct 10, 6PM. 🎟️ https://tr.ee/xHy2r0

We're deeply saddened to hear of Robert Redford's passing today. In his honor, we're sharing some memories of him at BAM events, including his 2006 retrospective, Sundance screenings, and a special interview with him printed in a 2007 BAMbill.

Our friends at @AuthorsGuild host Hanif Abdurraqib & Imani Perry for a revelatory conversation through music. If you saw Arundhati Roy last week, you know Perry—and you'll see Hanif at BAM this fall with I Guess It Was My Destiny to Live So Long. https://bit.ly/4mmphSh

The future of dance takes center stage at Next Wave ’25: Eiko & Wen & nora & Juliana & Leslie & Richard. What Is War & Dambudzo & Optimistic Voices & Martha@BAM. 🎟️ https://tr.ee/biJESZ Psst... 20% off any 3 dance shows in Next Wave '25, or 25% off 4+

🌴 Coming soon: Classic Caribbean Cultures. See what’s on deck in our new Letterboxd list → bit.ly/3IcFZFE

All About Eve, at @bambrooklyn.bsky.social at 6:45pm, is one of the great there-but-for-the-grace-of-God movies, imagining being trapped in a stage career and never having found the cinema (also, Chaplin's Limelight; maybe Cassavetes's Opening Night, too): www.newyorker.com/culture/rich...

Arundhati Roy was an experience 🤩

One Battle After Another | Prolific auteur Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood) writes & directs this big, splashy thriller starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro, Regina Hall & more. 🗓️ Early Access at BAM: opens Sep 25 🎟️ bit.ly/4mcvbFt

Tonight, Arundhati Roy comes to BAM for a revealing convo about her first memoir. Speaking w/ Imani Perry, Roy discusses her complex mother, Mary Roy, a formidable force she calls “my shelter and my storm.” Tix are sold out at this time, but there will be a standby line.

Take a peek into the mind behind Optimistic Voices | Acclaimed choreographer @JulianaFMay is renowned for creating thrillingly elaborate cycles of song, text, and movement from the wreckage of difficult experience. 🗓️ Nov 5—8 🎟️ Link in bio

Big congrats to Matt P. Wolf, co-curator of our Paul Reubens Selects series, who just picked up two Emmys for his documentary Pee-wee as Himself. He’ll be back this week (Wed + Thu) for more intros. Read his interview with People: people.com/pee-wee-as-h...

Kino Polska | This year’s dynamic lineup of Polish cinema includes an urgent call to witness the silencing of journalists in Belarus, a moving drama about the European migrant crisis, two classic films by the great Wojciech Has, fascinating documentary works, and more. 🗓️ Sep 12—18 🎟️ tr.ee/htM9mB

What is dance history—and who gets to tell it? 🎧 Hear choreographers Thomas F. DeFrantz, Annie-B Parson & more in Dance History(s), now streaming via the BAM Digital Archive. levyarchive.bam.org/Detail/objec...

Pollyanna | Intro by drag artist John @Lypsinka Epperson Paul Reubens was 8 when he saw Pollyanna and was swept away. The iconic film eventually inspired Big Top Pee-wee, where Pollyanna's resilience through optimism reappears. 🗓️ Sun, Sep 7 at 3PM tr.ee/hxGYDc

It's back to school, so do the homework. Prep for Arundhati Roy's first memoir, Mother Mary Comes to Me, on Sep 10 by reading this NYT article. In convo with Imani Perry, she'll dive deep into her childhood and relationship with her revolutionary mother. https://nyti.ms/3HNR4Nf

Today is Paul Reuben's birthday, and we're celebrating with the upcoming Paul Reubens Selects series. Featuring a half dozen intros and Q&As with folks who knew him best—friends, documentarians, and even his goddaughter. Only the best for Pee-wee. https://bit.ly/4m7TsN3

What happens when Arundhati Roy—Booker Prize winner, activist, truth-teller—turns the pen on herself? Her first memoir, Mother Mary Comes to Me, is raw, fierce, and unforgettable. This fall at BAM, she’ll unpack it all with Imani Perry. 📅 9/10 🎟 tr.ee/AVSByK

OHEMGEE #TAYLORSWIFT IS ENGAGED AND WE JUST HEARD THAT THE ONLY ITEM ON HER REGISTRY IS FOR YOU TO GO TO A NEXT WAVE SHOW https://tr.ee/9EmWFX

Hiya 👋 We're live on @letterboxd, so give us a lil + to stay in the loop about the coolest cinema in NYC's hottest borough. letterboxd.com/bam_film/

"Perhaps a mother like mine deserved a writer like me as a daughter. Equally, perhaps a writer like me deserved a mother like her." Join Roy live on Sep 10 for a talk on Mother Mary Comes to Me, her first memoir & most personal work yet. 🎟 Link in bio. https://bit.ly/3ZsnLpV

Hey NYC: First As Tragedy, Then As Farce: Anti-Fascist Comedies, at @bambrooklyn.bsky.social www.bam.org/film/2025/tr...

✨ Trap meets high art. DS2 REMIXED: THE BALLET brings Future’s landmark album to the stage with Emmy-winning choreographer Ebony Williams + LaQuan Smith’s daring designs. One night only, Sept 19—an iconic fusion of music, fashion, & ballet. www.essence.com/entertainmen...

⚡️Afro-rock, soul, and pure fire—@natucamaramusic brings it all this Sun, Aug 24 at BAM Free Music. She even made you a playlist to pre-game the vibes. Don’t sleep. 🗓️ 5pm DJ | 6pm Natu | 7–8pm DJ 🎶 open.spotify.com/playlist/66N...

🎶 Get in the vibe for @DaymeArocena’s concert this Saturday with a playlist she made just for us (and you). 🗓️ Aug 23 | BAM Free Music 5pm DJ | 6pm Daymé | 7–8pm DJ First-come, first-served. Link in bio for updates 👉 bit.ly/45W9MeE

A series of films listed by Paul Reubens as influences on his work is taking over @bambrooklyn.bsky.social Sept 4th - 11th! Nashville! Playtime! Female Trouble!!!!! Co-programmed by PEE-WEE AS HIMSELF filmmaker Matt Wolf (which they're also screening) Info here: www.bam.org/film/2025/pa...

Tonight at 7, as part of Restored & Renewed, Wiseman's Central Park. bam.org/film/2025/retored-and-renewed-central-park

Voyage in Time: The Films of Andrei Tarkovsky | One of the most influential filmmakers of all time, this series gathers together all his feature films, including his rarely screened Voyage in Time, in a new 4K restoration having its US premiere. 🗓️ Aug 15—Aug 21 🎟️ 🔗 in bio

My next @bambrooklyn.bsky.social program is live and entitled SUMMERS OF CHANGE. This sun-drenched series finds characters trying their best to surf massive waves of summertime change. Escape the oppressive heat in Brooklyn’s coolest cinemas Aug 22-28 😎 www.bam.org/film/2025/su...

Restored & Renewed kicks off Friday at BAM 🎬 11 film gems. 5 decades. All stunningly restored. From Killer of Sheep to Picnic at Hanging Rock to Batang West Side—see these cinematic milestones the way they were meant to be seen: on the big screen.

An iconic show, and forever part of our DNA as an institution.

When family comes to visit, the past comes with them. Ramon Zücher’s The Sparrow in the Chimney is a dark, surreal psychodrama of buried trauma and unraveling reality. 🎥 Q&A with Zücher after 7pm shows on Aug 1 & 2. #NowPlaying #TheSparrowInTheChimney #IndieFilm

We’re deeply saddened by the passing of Robert Wilson, whose bold, genre-defying work helped shape BAM for over 50 years. His visionary productions and collaborations left an indelible mark on our stages—and on all of us. Explore more: bit.ly/46DTLef

"Perhaps a mother like mine deserved a writer like me as a daughter. Equally, perhaps a writer like me deserved a mother like her." Join Roy live on Sep 10 for a talk on Mother Mary Comes to Me, her first memoir & most personal work yet. 🎟 Link in bio. apnews.com/article/arun...