Some Particular Heaven: Ideas of Utopia in the BAMPFA Collection
Mon Nov 2
Utopian visions across centuries
This event is in the past.It took place on May 9, 2026 at Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.
Downtown Berkeley, Berkeley
A Moroccan jackal filmmaker in New York tries to write her life story while wrestling with how her queerness shaped her cardiologist mother back in Casablanca. Meriem Bennani's shape-shifting blend of 3D animation and documentary turns family conversation into something wild, tender, and utterly original.
Experimental film
3D animation
Queer cinema
Mother-daughter story
They recommend it:
Downtown Berkeley, Berkeley
A Moroccan jackal filmmaker in New York tries to write her life story while wrestling with how her queerness shaped her cardiologist mother back in Casablanca. Meriem Bennani's shape-shifting blend of 3D animation and documentary turns family conversation into something wild, tender, and utterly original.
Experimental film
3D animation
Queer cinema
Mother-daughter story
They recommend it:
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- Experimental film
- 3D animation
- Queer cinema
- Mother-daughter story
- Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
- Downtown Berkeley
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