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Caribbean Film Series

Oct 6—Oct 7, 2023
    Part of
  • BAM Film 2023

Our biannual series, done in partnership with Luminal Theater and Third Horizon, returns for a weekend of richly diverse cinema from the brightest Caribbean filmmakers. The fall showcase features a documentary about a Cuban musical legend; a wandering portrait of Canarsie, Brooklyn; and a shorts program of new work by filmmakers from across the Caribbean and its diaspora.

Leadership support for
BAM Access Programs provided by
the Jerome L. Greene Foundation

JL Greene

Leadership support for
BAM Film provided by
the Ford Foundation and
The Thompson Family Foundation

  • Film

    Mafifa + By Way of Canarsie

    Fri, Oct 6, 2023

    Mafifa + By Way of Canarsie

    Fri, Oct 6, 2023

    After going to prison for a crime she didn’t commit, a Filipino woman seeks revenge in Lav Diaz’s class-conscious exploration of personal retribution and uncommon mercy, filmed in startling black-and-white.

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    Mafifa + By Way of Canarsie

    Fri, Oct 6, 2023

    Lav Diaz’s class-conscious exploration of retribution follows a woman framed by her lover.

  • Film

    Caribbean Film Series Shorts Program

    Fri, Oct 6, 2023

    Caribbean Film Series Shorts Program

    Fri, Oct 6, 2023

    This program of short films showcases the best new work by Caribbean filmmakers, from deeply personal documentary storytelling to a Rastafarian reimagining of Nosferatu.

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    Caribbean Film Series Shorts Program

    Fri, Oct 6, 2023

    Enjoy exciting new genre-spanning works from the best Caribbean filmmakers.

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