This event is in the past.It took place on February 19, 2026 at Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.
Documentary
DocumentaryFrederick Wiseman's documentaries strip away interviews and narration to reveal American institutions through pure observation. Watch government workers, public servants, and everyday laborers in films that find poetry in the mundane.
Observational documentary
Cinema series
American institutions
BAMPFA screenings
Tips
🎬"produce an elation unique to documentary art" (NY Review of Books)
🎓free for Berkeley students
Frederick Wiseman: America at Work
Downtown Berkeley
DocumentaryDocumentaryFrederick Wiseman's documentaries strip away interviews and narration to reveal American institutions through pure observation. Watch government workers, public servants, and everyday laborers in films that find poetry in the mundane.
Observational documentary
Cinema series
American institutions
BAMPFA screenings
Tips
🎬"produce an elation unique to documentary art" (NY Review of Books)
🎓free for Berkeley students
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