This event is in the past.It took place on January 30, 2026 at Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.
IndieIndieFilm Screening – “Robert Beavers: Program 1”
Downtown Berkeley
See four intimate early films by avant-garde master Robert Beavers, shot when he was barely out of his teens. Expect stylized self-portraiture, rapid rhythmic cutting, and superimpositions that blur memory and desire, followed by conversation with the filmmaker himself.
Experimental cinema
Filmmaker Q&A
Avant-garde film
Artist retrospective
Tips
🎬"the desperate beauty and sexuality of the body animated by its soul" (Tom Chomont)
📽️films shot on 16mm and 35mm in the late '60s
💬post-screening chat with Beavers and author Rebekah Rutkoff
Film Screening – “Robert Beavers: Program 1”
Downtown Berkeley
IndieIndieSee four intimate early films by avant-garde master Robert Beavers, shot when he was barely out of his teens. Expect stylized self-portraiture, rapid rhythmic cutting, and superimpositions that blur memory and desire, followed by conversation with the filmmaker himself.
Experimental cinema
Filmmaker Q&A
Avant-garde film
Artist retrospective
Tips
🎬"the desperate beauty and sexuality of the body animated by its soul" (Tom Chomont)
📽️films shot on 16mm and 35mm in the late '60s
💬post-screening chat with Beavers and author Rebekah Rutkoff
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