The museum will close at 4 pm on Christmas Eve (December 24) and New Year's Eve (December 31), and will be closed all day on Christmas Day (December 25) and New Year's Day (January 1).

Moonlight

Program Series

Melancholy & Moonlight: The Poetic Vision of Barry Jenkins

Barry Jenkins’s filmography, one of the most important in contemporary cinema, depicts Black life with artistic and intellectual rigor, drawing inspiration from global masters such as Claire Denis, Wong Kar Wai, and Charles Burnett. Organized by and featuring discussions with writer Ernest Hardy.

A man and a woman stand in front of a wall

Medicine for Melancholy

Barry Jenkins’s first feature is a gorgeous meditation on race, class, and identity, set against the backdrop of a dreamy, monochromatic San Francisco.

Wed Feb 5 2020 7:30 PM

Moonlight

Moonlight

Barry Jenkins’s Academy Award–winning film follows Chiron from childhood to adulthood in Miami.

Fri Feb 14 2020 7:30 PM

If Beale Street Could Talk

If Beale Street Could Talk

Barry Jenkins’s follow-up to Moonlight is both a love story and a moving portrait of two black families in civil rights–era Harlem.

Tue Feb 18 2020 7:30 PM