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Set It Off

IN PERSON: Sat, Apr 13 at 7pm; STREAMING: Apr 11—15
IN PERSON
VIRTUAL
    Part of
  • BAM Film 2024
  • and
  • Queering the Canon: Besties
Directed by F. Gary Gray (1996)
With Jada Pinkett Smith, Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox, Kimberly Elise, John C. McGinley

Frustrated by a system stacked against them, four women join forces to pull off bank robberies. Featuring an all-star cast including Jada Pinkett Smith, Vivica A. Fox, Kimberly Elise, and Academy Award nominee Queen Latifah as an iconic no-holds-barred butch lesbian. Full of exhilarating action set pieces, robust 90s soundtrack, and snappy dialogue, Set It Off is a powder-keg ode to reclamation and sisterhood.

Queering the Canon: Besties is presented in partnership with NewFest.

UPCOMING Screenings

      RUNNING TIME

      123min

      VENUE

      Peter Jay Sharp Building
      BAM Rose Cinemas

      FORMAT

      35mm

      TICKET INFORMATION

      Individual Film Ticket — $18
      In-person access to a single film
      BAM Members and Patrons receive a discount on tickets to this series, please email membership@BAM.org for more information.

      In-Person All Access Pass — $40
      In-person access to all five films

      Virtual All Access Pass — $20
      Virtual access to all five streaming films (excludes GO FISH and SUMMER VACATION 1999); Does not include in-person Q&A’s
      All five streaming films are available virtually April 11 at 12 AM through April 15 at 11:59 PM EST.
      Streaming anywhere in the United States. Individual tickets are not available for virtual screenings.

      Please note: A $1.35 service charge per ticket will be added to all online orders.

      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

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