Programs & Events

When young Riley's family moves across the country, her inner Joy corrals her other feelings into helping her cope with a new life - and growing up.

Join us for an evening celebrating the artist and his work, featuring a conversation between Kambon and Hammer curator Pablo José Ramírez, the premiere of a new documentary, and a book signing.

Double feature including a coming-of-age tale engaging with the changing economic and social realities of Hong Kong’s booming 1980s, and Hong Kong New Wave director Stanley Kwan's haunting portrait of urban disillusionment starring Tony Leung and Chow Yun-fat.

Curator Erin Christovale leads an in-person discussion of Arthur Jafa's work.

Free weekly drop-in sessions are open to all who are interested in learning how to live more presently.

Screening of four films by Nelson, a pioneer of personal cinema and feminist film whose innovative films combine painting, collage and sound experimentation, embodying humor, resistance, intimacy and tactile sensation.

Filmmaker Charles Burnett will be in person to discuss his intimate drama To Sleep with Anger, which was named to the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry in 2017.

Curatorial assistant Jennifer Buonocore-Nedrelow leads an in-person discussion of Barbara T. Smith's work.

Free weekly drop-in sessions are open to all who are interested in learning how to live more presently.

Robert Townsend’s audacious directorial debut remains a razor-sharp social critique of Hollywood’s degrading and limited roles for Black actors, using satire not as escapism, but as a strategy to expose industry gatekeeping, reclaim authorship, and speak truth to power.