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This event is in the past.It took place on January 29, 2026 at The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life.

Film Screening | In the Beginning Was Desire 1
Documentary
Film Screening | In the Beginning Was Desire 2
Film Screening | In the Beginning Was Desire 3

Film Screening | In the Beginning Was Desire

Downtown Berkeley

A surreal dive into the Garden of Eden through kaleidoscopic visuals and Torah scholar Avivah Zornberg's commentary. This experimental doc transforms Adam and Eve into a meditation on desire, consciousness, and what it means to be human.

Experimental documentary
Biblical interpretation
Multimedia art
Intellectual film

Tips

🎬directed by Emmy-winning filmmaker David Grubin
🕐screenings every hour from 11:30 AM to 4:30 PM
🎨stay for evening event with artist Naomie Kremer at 5:30 PM

The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life

2121 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA

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