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BAMcinématek presents Indie 80s, a comprehensive, 60+ series highlighting the decade between 70s and the 90s indie boom, Jul 17—Aug 27

Co-presented by Cinema Conservancy

The Wall Street Journal is the title sponsor of BAM Rose Cinemas and BAMcinématek.

Brooklyn, NY/June 11, 2015—From Friday, July 17 through Thursday, August 27, BAMcinématek and Cinema Conservancy present Indie 80s, a sweeping survey of nearly 70 from the rough-and-tumble early days of modern American independent cinema. An aesthetic and political rebuke to the greed-is-good culture of bloated blockbusters and the trumped-up monoculture of Reagan-era America, Indie 80s showcases acclaimed works like ’s (1984—Jul 18), ’s (1986—Aug 8), and ’s sex, lies, and videotape (1989—Aug 14) alongside many lesser- known but equally accomplished works that struggled to find proper distribution in the era before studio classics divisions. Filmmakers including Ross McElwee, William Lustig, Rob Nilsson, and more will appear in person to discuss their work.

Like the returning expatriate’s odyssey in Robert ’s four-hour Route One/USA (1989—Aug 16), a sampling of 80s indie cinema comprises an expansive journey through the less-traveled byways of America. From the wintry Twin Cities of the improvised, hilariously profane road trip Patti Rocks (1988—Aug 25) to the psychopath’s stark hunting grounds in John McNaughton’s Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986—Jul 29) to the muggy Keys of in filmmaker Victor Nuñez’s eco- A Flash of Green (1984—Aug 12), regional filmmakers’ cameras canvassed an America largely invisible to Hollywood. North Carolina’s Ross McElwee trains his camera on Southern womanhood in his droll dating memoir Sherman’s March (1986—Jul 19) and Pennsylvania’s irrepressible Tony Buba sings the steeltown blues in Lightning Over Braddock (1988—Jul 28). In and around Portland, crewed on Penny Allen’s amazing modern-day pot-farming Paydirt (1981—Aug 5), then made his own debut with a headlong chronicle of unrequited lust, (1986—Jul 25).

Then there’s Koch-era NYC: a dystopia exposed in Abel ’s notorious rape- provocation Ms. 45 (1981—Aug 15), William Lustig’s urban-jungle nightmare Vigilante (1983— Jul 30), and Amos Poe’s synthesizers-and-spandex noir Alphabet City (1984—Aug 26), then redeemed in the inclusive visions of ’s quirky Chinatown fantasy Sleepwalk (1986— Aug 26), ’s intimate evocation of Morris Park Italian-Americans in True Love (1989—Aug 5), and Bill Sherwood’s look at love and friendship among gay men in the AIDS era, Parting Glances (1986—Aug 4). Diego Echevarria compiles affectionate sketches of the Puerto Rican residents of an unrecognizably ungentrified Williamsburg in Los Sures (1984— Jul 26), while Charlie Ahearn makes actual graffiti artists and hip-hop pioneers the protagonists of Wild Style (1983—Aug 21).

The abundance of major works by filmmakers of color was a breakthrough of the 80s indie cinema—films like Robert Townsend’s (1987—Jul 17), which opens the series; Bill Gunn’s avant-garde Personal Problems (1980—Aug 24); the recently rediscovered Losing Ground (1982—Jul 25) and ’s She’s Gotta Have (1986—Aug 23), both vivid portraits of intellectually and sexually liberated Black women; and, from the rich,

UCLA-based “LA Rebellion” movement, the finely etched South Central slices of life, My Brother’s Wedding (1983—Aug 13), Ashes and Embers (1982—Aug 18), and Bless Their Little Hearts (1984— Aug 6). Before The Artist came Charles Lane’s silent Chaplin tribute Sidewalk Stories (1989—Jul 19), and before Catch Me If You Can there was the audacious Sundance prizewinner Chameleon Street (1990—Aug 27), starring director Wendell B. Harris, Jr. as a (real-life) con man for whom impersonation was a means of flouting racism.

The series also showcases films focusing on ethnic and social groups previously underrepresented in cinema, such as the Chinese-American cabbies-cum-sleuths of Wayne Wang’s Chan Is Missing (1982— Aug 17), the gospel singers of Say Amen Somebody (1982—Aug 25), and the Guatemalan refugees of Gregory Nava’s immigrant epic El Norte (1983—Aug 11), as well as the radical historical figures celebrated in The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (1982—Jul 29) and ’ (1987—Jul 27). Rejected by PBS for its uncomfortable candor, the revelatory Seventeen (1983—Aug 7) examines the complexities of interracial relationships among Muncie, IN teenagers, while Who Killed Vincent Chin? (1987—Aug 19)—a demise-of-the-automotive-industry companion piece to Michael Moore’s Roger & Me (1989—Aug 22)—exposes the racism surrounding the brutal killing of a Chinese-American auto worker.

Other underseen films include Alan Rudolph’s futuristic rain-and-neon fugue Trouble in Mind (1985—Jul 22); Joyce Chopra’s sensuous, enigmatic Joyce Carol Oates adaptation Smooth Talk (1985—Jul 23); Beth B and Scott B’s underground conspiracy thriller Vortex (1982—Aug 10), starring ; Jon Jost’s marital meltdown Bell Diamond (1986—Aug 3), disarmingly performed by non-professional actors; and separate entries from the directors of the classic Lights (1978): John Hanson’s Wildrose (1984—Jul 21), an unvarnished look at a Minnesota blue-collar worker () who faces sexism at and at work, and Rob Nilsson’s intense Heat and Sunlight (1987—Jul 20), starring the director as a photographer who cracks up following a break-up.

Also screening are outsider horror franchise favorites (1981—Aug 21), Day of the Dead (1985—Aug 7), and Nightmare on Elm Street; (1984—Jul 24); documentaries from Errol Morris, , and Penelope Spheeris; the feature debuts of and the ; and much more.

For press information, please contact Lisa Thomas at 718.724.8023 / [email protected] Hannah Thomas at 718.724.8002 / [email protected] Michael Lieberman / Film Presence at 646.415.9158 / [email protected]

Indie 80s Schedule

Fri, Jul 17 2, 4:30, 7, 9:30pm: Hollywood Shuffle

Sat, Jul 18 2, 7pm: Stranger Than Paradise 4:30, 9:30pm: The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years

Sun, Jul 19 2, 4:30pm*: Sidewalk Stories 7pm: Sherman’s March

Mon, Jul 20 5, 7:30pm*: Heat and Sunlight

Tue, Jul 21 5, 9:45pm: Poto and Cabengo 7pm*: Wildrose

Wed, Jul 22 5, 9:30pm: Gap-Toothed Women + There Is No Beer? 7pm: Trouble in Mind

Thu, Jul 23 5, 7:30pm*: Smooth Talk

Fri, Jul 24 2, 7pm: River's Edge 4:30, 9:30pm: A Nightmare on Elm Street

Sat, Jul 25 2, 7pm: Losing Ground 4:30, 9:30pm: Mala Noche

Sun, Jul 26 2, 6:30pm: Los Sures 4, 8:15pm: The Thin Blue Line

Mon, Jul 27 7:30pm*: Matewan

Tue, Jul 28 7, 9:30pm: Lightning Over Braddock

Wed, Jul 29 7pm: The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez 9:30pm: Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

Thu, Jul 30 4:30, 9:30pm*: Vigilante 7pm: Blank Generation

Mon, Aug 3 7pm*: Will 9:30pm: Bell Diamond

Tue, Aug 4 7:30, 9:30pm: Parting Glances

Wed, Aug 5 4:30, 9:30pm: True Love 7pm: Paydirt

Thu, Aug 6 7, 9:30pm: Bless Their Little Hearts

Fri, Aug 7 2, 4:30, 10pm: Day of the Dead 7pm*: Seventeen

Sat, Aug 8 2, 7pm: Blood Simple 4:30, 9:30pm: Blue Velvet

Sun, Aug 9

2, 7pm: 4, 9pm: Let’s Get Lost

Mon, Aug 10 7pm*: Landlord Blues 9:30pm: Vortex

Tue, Aug 11 7:30pm: El Norte

Wed, Aug 12 7pm: Willie 9pm: Flash of Green

Thu, Aug 13 7, 9:30pm: My Brother’s Wedding

Fri, Aug 14 2, 7pm: sex, lies, and videotape 4:30, 9:30pm: This Is Spinal Tap

Sat, Aug 15 2, 6:30pm: The Unbelievable Truth 4:15, 9pm: Ms. 45

Sun, Aug 16 2, 9:15pm: The Cosmic Eye 4pm: Route One/USA

Mon, Aug 17 7:30, 9:30pm: Chan is Missing

Tue, Aug 18 7pm: The Ties That Bind 8:30pm: Ashes and Embers

Wed, Aug 19 7pm: My Degeneration 8:30pm: Who Killed Vincent Chin?

Fri, Aug 21 2, 4:30, 9:30pm: Evil Dead 7pm: Wild Style

Sat, Aug 22 2, 7pm: Roger and Me 4:30, 9:30pm:

Sun, Aug 23 2, 7, 9:30pm: She’s Gotta Have It 4:30pm: St. Clair Bourne Program

Mon, Aug 24 7:30pm*: Personal Problems

Tue, Aug 25

4:30, 7pm: Say Amen Somebody 9:30pm: Patti Rocks

Wed, Aug 26 7pm*: Sleepwalk 9:30pm: Alphabet City

Thu, Aug 27 7pm: Chameleon Street

*Filmmaker in person

Film Descriptions All films in 35mm unless otherwise noted.

Alphabet City (1984) 85min Directed by Amos Poe. With Vincent Spano, Michael Winslow, Kate Vernon. Nineeteen-year-old Johnny (Spano) is an East Village drug kingpin with the white Pontiac Firebird to prove it. But when he decides to go straight, he finds that the mob that made him isn’t going to let him off that easily. Punk filmmaker Amos Poe crafts a luridly expressionistic gangster saga set amidst the neon- splashed mean streets of the . The echt-80s, synthpop soundtrack is by Chic’s Nile Rodgers. Wed, Aug 26 at 9:30pm

Ashes and Embers (1982) 120min Directed by Haile Gerima. With John Anderson, Evelyn A. Blackwell, Norman Blalock. A disillusioned, African-American Vietnam vet (Anderson) travels from to to his grandmother’s farm in search of a better life—but is there a place for him? Ethiopian-American filmmaker (and LA Rebellion movement instigator) Haile Gerima’s Afrocentric survey of the American sociopolitical landscape is a potent mix of documentary , dreamlike , and Godardian agit-prop. 16mm. Tue, Aug 18 at 8:30pm

The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (1982) 104min Directed by Robert M. Young. With , James Gammon, Tom Bower. One of the largest manhunts in American history is transformed into a complex, quietly riveting . Set in Texas at the turn of the century, The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez stars Edward James Olmos as the eponymous Mexican-American outlaw who goes on the lam when he’s railroaded on a murder charge. Eschewing sensationalism, this frontier saga opts for a nuanced, historically authentic retelling of the politically charged incident. Wed, Jul 29 at 7pm

Bell Diamond (1986) 96min Directed by Jon Jost. With Marshall Gaddis, Sarah Wyss, Terrilyn Williams. The rarely seen, social realist films of Jon Jost are ripe for discovery. Set against the wide open skies and abandoned mines of Butte, MT, Bell Diamond is a quietly intense study of a Vietnam vet (Gaddis) dealing with his wife’s desertion and the physical effects of exposure to Agent . Jost’s uncompromising naturalism lends the film the overwhelming emotional force of real life. Digital. Mon, Aug 3 at 9:30pm

Blank Generation (1980) 90min Directed by Ulli Lommel. With Carole Bouquet, , Ulli Lommel. Punk icon Richard Hell stars as a volatile rocker having an affair with a French journalist (Bouquet) in this grimy glimpse of ’s punk underground. Capturing the raucous energy and seedy atmosphere of the 80s downtown scene, Blank Generation features Hell and his band the Voidoids performing classics like the title track and “Love Comes in Spurts” at CBGB, as well as an appearance by executive producer . Digital.

Thu, Jul 30 at 7pm

Bless Their Little Hearts (1984) 80min Directed by Billy Woodberry. With Nate Hardman, Kaycee Moore, Angela Burnett. Charles Burnett (Killer of Sheep) scripted and lensed this heartrendingly naturalistic directed by fellow UCLA alum and LA Rebellion comrade Billy Woodberry. Shot in moody and set to a plaintive jazz soundtrack, this unsentimental portrait of an African-American family buckling under the strain of financial hardship manages to find quiet grace in everyday moments. 35mm preservation print courtesy of the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Thu, Aug 6 at 7, 9:30pm

Blood Simple (1984) 99min Directed by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen. With Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya, M. Emmet Walsh. The Coen brothers introduced audiences to their offbeat sensibility with this stylish pulp thriller about a Texas bar owner (Hedaya) who hires a detective (Walsh) to kill his cheating wife (McDormand). Unfolding in a twisty maze of murder, misunderstanding, and betrayal, Blood Simple is arguably one of the the most sensational directorial debuts ever—playing like Dashiell Hammett crossed with Evil Dead and laced with a cool sense of irony. Sat, Aug 8 at 2, 7pm

Blue Velvet (1986) 120min Directed by David Lynch. With Kyle MacLachlan, , . David Lynch cemented his reputation as an uncompromising visionary with Blue Velvet, one of the most controversial films of the 1980s, burrowing beneath the surface of idyllic suburban America to reveal a sinister underworld of sex and violence. After stumbling upon a severed human ear, a young college student (MacLachlan) becomes obsessed with investigating its origins and gets entangled with a nightclub chanteuse (Rossellini) and her psychopathic lover (Hopper). Director and frequent Rossellini collaborator wrote in : “Nuns at Rossellini‘s old high school in held a series of special masses for her redemption after the release of this film—still a hilarious, red-hot poker to the brain…” Sat, Aug 8 at 4:30, 9:30pm

Chameleon Street (1990) 94min Directed by Wendell B. Harris, Jr. With Harris, Angela Leslie, Amina Fakir. This stylistically audacious has been called “one of the most provocative and adventurous American movies” (Time Out ) of its era. Deploying a grab bag of Godardian narrative tricks, Harris relays the outlandish (and true) exploits of Douglas Street (played by the director), an African- American con artist who successfully impersonated a Time magazine reporter, a Yale student, and a surgeon. Researched, written, produced and edited between 1985 and 1989, and premiering to great acclaim at the 1989 Venice and Toronto Film Festivals, Chameleon Street won the Grand Jury Prize at 1990 . HDCAM. Thu, Aug 27 at 7pm

Chan Is Missing (1982) 80min Directed by Wayne Wang. With Wood Moy, Marc Hayashi, Laureen Chew. Two taxi drivers (Moy and Hayashi) scour ’s Chinatown for the titular mystery man, who has disappeared along with their $4,000. What emerges from this simple set-up is a freewheeling, funny, frequently tense, and wholly surprising study of Chinese-American identity in all its forms. Made for under $20,000, this “matchless delight” () was the arthouse sleeper hit of 1982. 16mm. Courtesy of the Reserve Film and Video Collection of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Mon, Aug 17 at 7:30, 9:30pm

The Cosmic Eye (1986) 71min Directed by Faith Hubley. With Dizzy Gillespie, Maureen Stapleton, Linda Atkinson.

The great Dizzy Gillespie guides viewers on a magical mystery tour of the Earth’s creation, its tribulations, and its wonders as seen through the eyes of alien travelers in this luminous phantasmagoria from visionary Faith Hubley. Her radiant imagery conjures a Chagall-meets-folk art universe, set to a score by jazz legend Benny Carter. Sun, Aug 16 at 2, 9:15pm

Day of the Dead (1984) 96min Directed by George Romero. With Lori Cardille, Terry Alexander, Joseph Pilato. The final installment of George Romero’s groundbreaking Living Dead trilogy (after Night and Dawn) centers on a group of researchers holed up in an underground bunker as they scramble desperately to find a way to save the world, which is now overrun with zombies. But as the group succumbs to infighting and hysteria, Romero provocatively posits that, rather than the undead, man may be his own worst enemy. Digital. Fri, Aug 7 at 2, 4:30, 10pm

The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years (1988) 93min Directed by Penelope Spheeris. The New York premiere of the new 2K digital restoration, The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years has been in demand for decades by fans worldwide. It’s a fast-paced look at the outrageous heavy metal scene of the late 80s. Set in Los Angeles, the film explores fascinating portraits of struggling musicians, fans, and star-struck groupies. This raucous and uproarious chapter features Alice Cooper, , Poison, members of , Kiss, Motörhead, and performances by , Faster Pussycat, Lizzy Borden, London, Odin, and Seduce. Party on, dude! DCP. Sat, Jul 18 at 4:30, 9:30pm

Evil Dead (1981) 85min Directed by . With , Ellen Sandweiss, Hal Delrich. Five college students head to a cabin in the woods where they unwittingly unleash a horde of seriously angry demonic spirits. With its now iconic POV shots and impressively gory special effects, Sam Raimi’s occult splatterfest is a model of inventive low-budget filmmaking that made Bruce Campbell’s Ash an instant cultural icon. Fri, Aug 21 at 2, 4:30, 9:30pm

A Flash of Green (1984) 131min Directed by Victor Nuñez. With , , Richard . A small-town Florida newspaper reporter (Harris) is caught between a crooked land developer (Jordan) and the crusading conservationist (Brown) he loves. This lost gem of regional independent filmmaking— based on a novel by master crime writer John D. MacDonald—is both a taut ecological thriller and a complex character study driven by Ed Harris’ tour-de-force performance. 16mm. Courtesy of the Reserve Film and Video Collection of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Wed, Aug 12 at 9pm

Heat and Sunlight (1987) 98min Directed by Rob Nilsson. With Rob Nilsson, Consuela Faust, Don Bajema. This edgy psychodrama—winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 1988 Sundance Film Festival—gets inside the mind of a photographer (played by director Nilsson) as he goes to pieces over the demise of a romantic relationship. Shot on cool black and white video and featuring music by and , Heat and Sunlight is fueled by a simmering emotional intensity that recalls the work of . Mon, Jul 20 at 5, 7:30pm Q&A with Nilsson at 7:30pm

Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) 83min Directed by John McNaughton. With Michael Rooker, Tom Towles, Tracy Arnold. This skin-crawlingly disturbing shocker is one of the most controversial films of the 1980s. Based on the confessions of real-life serial killer Henry Lee Lucas, it records, with almost clinical detachment, the crimes of a sociopath (Rooker) for whom murder is practically second nature. The blood-spattered

proceedings are rendered all the more unnerving by director McNaughton’s uncompromisingly realistic approach. Wed, Jul 29 at 9:30pm

Hollywood Shuffle (1987) 78min Directed by Robert Townsend. With Robert Townsend, Helen Martin, Anne-Marie Johnson. Comedian Robert Townsend produced, directed, co-wrote, and starred in this wildly inventive Hollywood satire. Taking aim at the industry’s stereotypical depictions of blacks, Townsend plays an actor trying to make it in a business where the only roles available seem to be slaves, hoods, and various “ types.” Highlights include fantasy sequences in which Townsend imagines himself as everything from a gumshoe to action hero “Rambro.” Fri, Jul 17 at 2, 4:30, 7, 9:30pm

Landlord Blues (1986) 90min Directed by Jacob Burckhardt. With Mark Boone Junior, Richard Litt, Raye Dowell. An East Village bicycle shop owner (Boone Junior) takes matters into his own hands when his scumbag landlord (Litt) tries to evict him. Set against the first wave of gentrification to sweep through downtown, this ultra-rare, shot-on-16mm tenant’s revenge tale features footage of the former East 13th St. squats as well as music and an appearance by Nona Hendryx. 16mm. Mon, Aug 10 at 7pm Q&A with Burckhardt

Les Blank Program 81min Includes: Gap-Toothed Women (1987, 31min) Blank pays tribute to the spirit and creativity of women with wide-set incisors—including gap-toothed icons like Lauren Hutton and Sandra Day O’Connor—in this spirited ode to non-traditional beauty. + In Heaven There is No Beer? (1984, 50min) Polka power! Blank’s infectious valentine to the Bohemian and its devotees in Polish America goes from a beachside “polkabration” in to a Catholic polka mass in and beyond. DCP. Wed, Jul 22 at 5, 9:30pm

Let’s Get Lost (1988) 120min Directed by Bruce Weber. Fashion photographer Bruce Weber’s Oscar-nominated documentary of Chet Baker is an almost unbearably poignant elegy to the iconic jazz singer and trumpeter. Contrasting archival footage of Baker as a gorgeous emblem of cool with the ruined heroin addict he became, Let’s Get Lost—shot in sublimely shadowy monochrome—drifts hauntingly between past and present. Sun, Aug 9 at 4, 9pm

Lightning Over Braddock (1988) 80min Directed by Tony Buba. With Tony Buba, Sal Carollo. Filmmaker Tony Buba chronicles the decline of his hometown of Braddock, PA, a once-thriving steel town that is now a post-industrial wasteland, in this offbeat pseudo-documentary. With an eye for the idiosyncratic folkways of American life, Buba—playing an egotistical caricature of himself—pieces together real and scripted footage to create an alternately deadpan and incisive portrait of Reagan-era optimism’s grim flipside. 16mm. Tue, Jul 28 at 7, 9:30pm

Losing Ground (1982) 86min Directed by Kathleen Collins. With Seret Scott, Bill Gunn, Duane Jones. One of the first films to explore relationships and sexuality from the perspective of a black female director, this revelatory comedic drama follows a philosophy professor (Scott) and her artist husband (Gunn) on a life-changing summer idyll in upstate New York. Rediscovered, restored, and finally released to much acclaim just this year, Losing Ground “feels like news, like a bulletin from a vital and as-yet-unexplored dimension of reality” (A. O. Scott, The New York Times). DCP. Sat, Jul 25 at 2, 7pm

Mala Noche (1986) 78min

Directed by Gus Van Sant. With Tim Streeter, Doug Cooeyate, Ray Monge. Shot on 16mm on a budget of just $25,000, Gus Van Sant’s ravishing, dreamlike feature debut is a touchstone of . Submerged in velvety black and white shadows, it charts the romantic longings of a quixotic Portland grocery store clerk (Streeter) who develops an infatuation with a Mexican immigrant (Cooeyate) who neither speaks English nor returns his affections. Sat, Jul 25 at 4:30, 9:30pm

Matewan (1987) 135min Directed by John Sayles. With , , Mary McDonnell. Gorgeously photographed by the great (Days of Heaven), this stirring historical saga dramatizes a 1920 coal miners’ strike in West Virginia—a collective uprising that culminated in a tense and bloody showdown. With an authentic sense of regional Americana, director John Sayles’ vivid drama has the mythic power of a classical Western and the simple poetry of a folk tale. 35mm preservation print courtesy of the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Mon, Jul 27 at 7:30pm Producer in person

Ms. 45 (1981) 80min Directed by . With Zoë Lund. The ne plus ultra of women’s revenge movies, Abel Ferrara’s exploitation classic takes place in the cesspool of 80s New York, where mute garment district worker Thana (Lund) is raped once, twice—and then snaps. Packing a pistol and clad in leather (and later a nun’s habit), Thana handily wastes a good chunk of ’s male population, while Ferrara, defying the trappings, forges a feminist statement in extremis. DCP. Sat, Aug 15 at 4:15, 9pm

My Brother’s Wedding (1983) 115min Directed by Charles Burnett. With Everett Silas, Jessie Holmes, Gaye Shannon-Burnett. Charles Burnett’s follow-up to Killer of Sheep was this poignant drama about an aimless young man (Silas) torn between his working-class roots in South Central LA and his family’s middle-class aspirations. Silas’ comes to a head when his best friend gets out of jail. Burnett’s long-unseen neorealist portrait is “full of the rough poetry of everyday experience” (A.O. Scott, The New York Times). Director’s Cut! HDCAM. Thu, Aug 13 at 7, 9:30pm

My Degeneration (1989) 61min Directed by Jon Moritsugu. With Loryn Sotsky, Amy Davis, Lesley Grant. An all-female garage band is indoctrinated by the American Beef Institute, given a makeover, and launched to superstardom while singing about “meat power” in this no-budget blast of rock ‘n’ roll and raw meat by sleaze-punk Jon Moritsugu. Channeling the scumbucket sacrilege of John Waters, My Degeneration features DIY animation, music from bands like Bongwater and Vomit Launch, and a love story involving a pig’s head. 16mm. Wed, Aug 19 at 7pm

My Dinner with Andre (1981) 110min Directed by . With Andre Gregory, . Playwright Wallace Shawn and stage director Andre Gregory sit down to dinner for an epic bull session between two formidable New York intellectuals. As the adventuresome Andre regales his companion with tales of Scottish communes and travels in Tibet, the more conventional Wally makes a case for his humbler worldview. This enthralling cinematic experiment is one of the most unique films of the 1980s. Sat, Aug 22 at 4:30, 9:30pm

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) 91min Directed by . With Heather Langenkamp, , John Saxon. The rake-handed Freddy Krueger clawed his way into our collective nightmares with Wes Craven’s low- budget horror milestone. On suburban Elm Street, teens are being terrorized in their sleep by a boogeyman who kills them in their dreams—a device that allows Craven to unleash a phantasmagoria of

disturbingly surreal imagery. Look for a baby-faced Johnny Depp in his first major role. Funded by the then-fledgling , the movie’s runaway success stabilized the company—later known as “the house that Freddy built.” Fri, Jul 24 at 4:30, 9:30pm

El Norte (1983) 140min Directed by Gregory Nava. With Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez, David Villalpando, Ernesto Gómez Cruz. A brother and sister (Villalpando and Gutiérrez) escape the violent political strife of their native Guatemala—but discover a new form of hardship as they try to make it in America. A stunningly photographed work of magical realism, El Norte is a heartrending, humanistic look at the illegal immigrant experience and the elusive nature of the American Dream. Tue, Aug 11 at 7:30pm

Parting Glances (1986) 90min Directed by Bill Sherwood. With Richard Ganoung, John Bolger, . This marvelously witty, compassionate snapshot of Manhattan’s 1980s gay community was one of the first films ever to lend a human face to the HIV crisis. couple Michael (Ganoung) and Robert (Bolger) grapple with the emotional fallout of their impending separation and the illness of a friend (Buscemi, memorable in his first major role) dying of AIDS. 35mm preservation print courtesy of the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Tue, Aug 4 at 7:30, 9:30pm

Patti Rocks (1988) 86min Directed by David Burton Morris. With Chris Mulkey, John Jenkins, Karen Landry. This razor-sharp comedy delivers a swift takedown of macho posturing as buddies Billy (Mulkey) and Eddie (Jenkins) drive all night through wintry Minnesota so that Billy can break things off with his pregnant girlfriend. But what starts as a rude, crude portrait of male misbehavior (peppered with plenty of X-rated dialogue) takes a surprising turn when the boys come face to face with the formidable Patti Rocks (Landry). 35mm print courtesy of the Cinema Conservancy Archive. Tue, Aug 25 at 9:30pm

Paydirt (1981) 95min Directed by Penny Allen. With Lola Desmond, Eric Silverstein, Daniel Odell. Cash-strapped Oregon winemakers turn to growing pot in order to finance their vineyard in this low-key thriller. Unsung director and environmental activist Penny Allen (who gave Gus Van Sant his first film credit doing sound on her 1979 feature Property) directs this time capsule of 1980s-era Portland shot in an actual marijuana field. Digital. Wed, Aug 5 at 7pm

Personal Problems (1980) 90min Directed by Bill Gunn. With Verta Mae Grosvenor, Jim Wright, Walter Cotton. Iconoclastic director Bill Gunn—best known for his experimental Afro-vampire movie Ganja & Hess and for penning Hal Ashby’s —teamed up with noted writer Ishmael Reed for what the latter described as “a look at the triteness of everyday life in black middle class America” and a demonstration of “what happens when group of unbankable inviduals tell their own stories” by “a director found too difficult for Hollywood.” Set in Harlem, this satirically subversive “meta soap opera” plays like an irony- tinged anti-Jeffersons. Digital. Mon, Aug 24 at 7:30pm Q&A with Ishmael Reed

Poto and Cabengo (1980) 77min Directed by Jean-Pierre Gorin. In the late , Grace and Virginia Kennedy—or as they referred to themselves, Poto and Cabengo— made headlines as the identical twins who had invented their own private, indecipherable language, in which they communicated until the age of eight. This fascinating, Brechtian documentary from former Godard collaborator Jean-Pierre Gorin sets its sights on the fringes of American society to solve a linguistic mystery: what are they saying? HDCAM.

Tue, Jul 21 at 5, 9:45pm

River’s Edge (1986) 99min Directed by Tim Hunter. With Crispin Glover, , Ione Skye. The “troubled teen” pic spins crazily out of control in this disturbing portrait of high-school alienation, which plays something like John Hughes meets David Lynch. When their psychotic friend murders his girlfriend, a group of teens (including Crispin Glover in mesmerizing manic mode) help cover-up the crime with a chilling lack of empathy. Dennis Hopper co-stars as a loner whose sole companion is an inflatable sex doll. Fri, Jul 24 at 2, 7pm

Roger & Me (1989) 91min Directed by Michael Moore. Activist filmmaker Michael Moore doggedly pursues an interview with General Motors chairman Roger Smith—whose decision to close auto factories in the filmmaker’s hometown of Flint, MI put thousands out of work—in this alternately satirical and deadly serious documentary. Irreverently combining politics and humor, Moore’s first film invents a new kind of polemic: impassioned, angry, and totally entertaining. Sat, Aug 22 at 2, 7pm

Route One/USA (1989) 255min Directed by Robert Kramer. With Paul McIsaac. Radical leftist Robert Kramer set out to rediscover the US on a road trip from Maine to Florida in this epic documentary-fiction hybrid. With his alter-ego “Doc” (McIsaac) standing in for him, Kramer captures encounters with everyone from New York City school kids to Pat Robertson supporters to members of a witches’ coven, resulting in a fascinating, elegiac mosaic of America in the 1980s. Sun, Aug 16 at 4pm

Say Amen, Somebody (1982) 100min Directed by George T. Nierenberg. This wildly entertaining documentary is an uplifting look at gospel music, bursting with show-stopping songs and an infectious sense of joy. Spotlighting two of the scene’s legends—Thomas A. Dorsey (considered the father of gospel) and Mother Willie Mae Ford Smith—Say Amen, Somebody is a living, breathing record of a major American musical movement. “A masterpiece. This is a great experience” (). Tue, Aug 25 at 4:30, 7pm

Seventeen (1983) 120min Directed by Joel DeMott & Jeff Kreines. DeMott and Kreines’ stunningly intimate, fly-on-the-wall documentary casts an unflinching eye on the seniors of working-class Southside High School in Muncie, Indiana, providing a singular snapshot of Reagan Era youth culture. Seventeen’s vérité depiction of adolescents as they as they hurtle toward maturity—and grapple with boozing, heartbreak, interracial romance, and beyond—garnered controversy and a troubled public television release, en route to the Grand Jury Prize at the 1985 Sundance Film Festival. 16mm. Fri, Aug 7 at 7pm Q&A with Joel De Mott sex, lies, and videotape (1989) 100min Directed by Steven Soderbergh. With James Spader, Andie MacDowell, Peter Gallagher. John (Gallagher) and Ann (MacDowell) are married, but no longer sleeping together. Unbeknownst to Ann, John is sleeping with her younger sister. Enter Graham (Spader), a voyeur with a video camera whose filmic fetish upsets this delicate erotic roundelay. Steven Soderbergh’s masterfully crafted Palme d’Or-winning and Sundance breakout hit paved the way for the indie boom of the 1990s. Fri, Aug 14 at 2, 7pm

Sherman's March (1986) 155min Directed by Ross McElwee.

In 1981, filmmaker Ross McElwee set out to recreate General Sherman’s historic Civil War march through the South—and find true love along the way. The result: this delightfully offbeat documentary, in which McElwee records his dalliances with an array of eccentric women (including a Burt Reynolds-obsessed actress), while delivering deadpan musings on everything from American history to nuclear annihilation. 16mm. Sun, Jul 19 at 7pm Q&A with McElwee

She’s Gotta Have It (1986) 84min Directed by Spike Lee. With Tracy Camilla Johns, Tommy Redmond Hicks, John Canada Terrell. Lee’s fearless feature debut (shot largely in Fort Greene) took the world by storm by appropriating the indie , à la , to address black sexuality. A watershed of the 1980s, She’s Gotta Have It was radical for its concern with a demographic hitherto unrepresented on screen: the cosmopolitan black female. Sun, Aug 23 at 2, 7, 9:30pm

Sidewalk Stories (1989) 97min Directed by Charles Lane. With Charles Lane, Nicole Alysia, Tom Alpern. Charles Lane’s brilliantly inventive, silent, black and white homage to Chaplin’s classic The Kid stars the director as a homeless artist scraping by in New York City. When he winds up caring for an orphaned toddler, this modern-day Little Tramp is whisked along on an adventure that is alternately comic and heartrending. Throughout, Lane deftly balances charming visual gags with an earnest that doesn’t sugarcoat the struggle of life on the streets. DCP. Sun, Jul 19 at 2, 4:30pm Q&A with Lane at 4:30pm

Sleepwalk (1986) 78min Directed by Sara Driver. With Suzanne Fletcher, Ann Magnuson, Dexter Lee. Sara Driver’s trancelike puzzle film is a surrealist’s delight in which a woman (Fletcher) translating an ancient Chinese scroll finds that the manuscript exerts a strange influence over her life. Strikingly shot by Jim Jarmusch, Sleepwalk “belongs on its own dreamy wavelength, offering its chiseled beauty, delicate textures, and disquieting wit to any spectator game enough to climb inside” (). HDCAM. Wed, Aug 26 at 7pm Q&A with Driver

Smooth Talk (1985) 96min Directed by Joyce Chopra. With , Treat Williams, Mary Kay Place. What starts as a seemingly routine coming-of-age drama reveals itself to be something darker and more frighteningly ambiguous as a 15-year-old girl (Dern), just beginning to explore her sexuality, has a life- altering encounter with a disturbing stranger (Williams). Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, Smooth Talk was adapted from Joyce Carol Oates’ famed short story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?,” itself inspired by the notorious “Pied Piper of Tucson” murders. HDCAM. Thu, Jul 23 at 5, 7:30pm Q&A with Chopra at 7:30pm

St. Claire Bourne Program 120min Includes: In Motion: Amiri Baraka (1983, 60min, Digital) This fascinating profile of the influential poet, playwright, and black activist brings together intimate footage of Baraka, excerpts from his landmark stage works, and interviews with fellow writers (including and A.B. Spellman). Filmed in the days leading up to Baraka’s sentencing for allegedly resisting arrest, it’s an essential portrait of one of the most outspoken and controversial artists of the last century. + Making “Do the Right Thing” (1989, 60min, 16mm) This behind-the-scenes look at the landmark Spike Lee joint is an incredible time capsule of pre-gentrification Bed-Stuy, its residents, and their role in the film’s production. For eight weeks, Lee and his team took over an entire city block, employing Louis Farrakhan’s security force to patrol the set and hiring locals as crew. More than a “making of” doc, director St. Clair Bourne paints a vivid picture of a community. Sun, Aug 23 at 4:30pm

Stranger Than Paradise (1984)

Directed by Jim Jarmusch. With , , . Arguably the quintessential indie film of the 1980s, Jim Jarmusch’s deader-than-deadpan comedy follows New York hipster Willie (jazz musician Lurie), his buddy (ex- drummer Edson), and Hungarian cousin (Balint) on the world’s most bummed-out road trip from to Florida. With its monochrome, minimalist cool and Screamin‘ Jay Hawkins soundtrack, Stranger Than Paradise ushered in a new era of low-budget American filmmaking. Sat, Jul 18 at 2, 7pm

Los Sures (1984) 66min Directed by Diego Echeverria. In the early 1980s, Diego Echeverria took a 16mm camera into the streets of South Williamsburg, then a primarily Puerto Rican neighborhood and one of the city’s poorest, most crime-ridden areas. Still, amid the urban blight, Echeverria finds a thriving street culture in which music, breakdancing, and graffiti abound. Los Sures is both an invaluable record of pre-gentrification and an ode to a community’s resilience. DCP. Sun, Jul 26 at 2, 6:30pm

Swimming to Cambodia (1987) 85min Directed by Jonathan Demme. With . Legendary raconteur Spalding Gray weaves a spellbinding tale about his experiences in Southeast Asia in Jonathan Demme’s film version of his acclaimed one-man show. Brilliantly synthesizing the personal and political, Gray’s monologue moves disarmingly between the comic (his description of a Thai ) and the serious (his growing awareness of genocide in Cambodia), aided by music by . Sun, Aug 9 at 2, 7pm

The Thin Blue Line (1988) 103min Directed by Errol Morris. Errol Morris’ landmark documentary re-examines the case of Randall Adams, a man sentenced to death for the murder of a Dallas police officer. Through probing interviews and dreamlike reenactments, Morris systematically dismantles the case against Adams—a stunning act of investigative journalism that led to his release. Beautifully shot and hypnotically scored by , The Thin Blue Line is both a gripping true crime investigation and an inquiry into the elusive nature of truth. HDCAM. Sun, Jul 26 at 4, 8:15pm

This Is Spinal Tap (1984) 82min Directed by Rob Reiner. With Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer. The mock rock doc that goes to 11, This Is Spinal Tap chronicles the implosion of “one of England's loudest bands” as it embarks on an ill-fated American tour. Brilliantly lampooning every heavy metal cliché in the book—from the bombastic theatrics and brain-dead lyrics to the bad and sexism—this endlessly quotable cult classic is “one of the funniest movies ever made” (Roger Ebert). DCP. Fri, Aug 14 at 4:30, 9:30pm

The Ties That Bind (1985) 55min Directed by Su Friedrich. With the intimacy of a home movie, this poignant documentary from experimental filmmaker Su Friedrich records her mother’s recollections of growing up in Nazi . Set against poetic black and white imagery—and the hand-scrawled reactions of the filmmaker scratched into the emulsion—the story she tells becomes a profoundly moving meditation on memory, history, and the mother-daughter bond. Digital. Tue, Aug 18 at 7pm

Trouble in Mind (1985) 111min Directed by Alan Rudolph. With , Keith Carradine, Lori Singer. In the ominous dreamland of Rain City, ex-cop Hawk (Kristofferson), fresh from a stint in prison for killing a mobster, tries to save a woman (Singer) and her husband (Carradine) from being sucked into the city’s criminal underworld. Alan Rudolph’s singular, subtly surreal neo-noir is part enigmatic thriller, part dark

comic fantasia. Cult icon Divine, in a rare non-drag appearance, co-stars as Rain City’s menacing crime boss. Wed, Jul 22 at 7pm

True Love (1989) 104min Directed by Nancy Savoca. With , , Aida Turturro. Marriage, Bronx style: Italian-American couple Michael (Eldard) and Donna (Sciorra) endure a rocky road to the altar—with plenty of interference from their colorful families—in this brash, raucous anti-. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 1989 Sundance Film Festival, True Love is hilarious and wise in its brutally honest depiction of not-quite-fairy-tale love. Wed, Aug 5 at 4:30, 9:30pm

The Unbelievable Truth (1989) 90min Directed by Hal Hartley. With Adrienne Shelly, Robert John Burke, Chris Cooke. Indie maven Hal Hartley’s first feature is a characteristically dark, deadpan comedy about an apocalypse- obsessed Long Island teen (Shelly) who falls for a mysterious stranger (Burke). But who is he really? A priest? A murderer? A mass murderer? Shot in just 12 days, this winning slice of offbeat Americana heralded Hartley’s arrival as one of the era’s most intriguing independent voices. 35mm print courtesy of the Cinema Conservancy Archive. Sat, Aug 15 at 2, 6:30pm

Vigilante (1983) 90min Directed by William Lustig. With , Fred Williamson, Richard Bright. Grindhouse auteur William Lustig (Maniac) serves up a crazily violent bloodbath in this twisted, pure-pulp thriller. When gang members attack his wife and kill his son, a Queens factory worker (Forster) joins up with an outlaw vigilante group and makes it his personal mission to clean up the streets. “Directed with classical, self-effacing skill” (, The New York Times), Vigilante is a grim, grimy time capsule of 1980s New York City. 35mm print courtesy of the Cinema Conservancy Archive. Thu, Jul 30 at 4:30, 9:30pm* *Intro by William Lustig

Vortex (1982) 90min Directed by Beth B & Scott B. With , Lydia Lunch, Bill Rice. Noir meets No Wave in this paranoid punk thriller from New York downtown agitators Beth and Scott B. Attitudinal underground musician Lydia Lunch (Teenage Jesus and the Jerks) stars as a no-BS, leather- clad detective investigating the murder of a politician in a futuristic dystopia of corporate corruption. The Bs make the most of a miniscule budget with stylish visuals, hardboiled dialogue, and an unsettling soundtrack. 16mm. Mon, Aug 10 at 9:30pm

Who Killed Vincent Chin? (1987) 87min Directed by Christine Choy & Renee Tajima-Peña. , 1982: Chinese-American engineer Vincent Chin is beaten to death by two autoworkers who, despite confessing to the crime, go free. This riveting Academy Award-nominated documentary examines the case from all sides—and shifted the nation’s attention toward racism against Asians—touching on everything from the history of Chinese immigration to the socioeconomic realities of Detroit to the failings of the justice system. 16mm. Wed, Aug 19 at 8:30pm

Wildrose (1984) 95min Directed by John Hanson. With Lisa Eichhorn, Tom Bower, James Cada. A female machinery operator (Eichhorn) in a Minnesota strip mine contends with workplace sexism while tentatively trying to move past her abusive marriage and start a healthy, new relationship. This rarely seen, beautifully photographed drama from director John Hanson—perhaps best known for his Cannes prize-winning Northern Lights—captures blue-collar, midwest life with almost documentary-like naturalism. Tue, Jul 21 at 7pm

Wild Style (1982) 82min Directed by Charlie Ahearn. With Lee Quiñones, Sandra Fabara, Patti Astor. The original hip-hop movie, Wild Style was the first film to document the scene’s music, breaking, and street art at its inception. It follows a subway tagger named Zoro (played by graffiti legend Quiñones) through the vibrant street culture of in the early 80s. Filmed with semidocumentary authenticity, Wild Style features appearances by seminal artists like Grandmaster Flash, Cold Crush Brothers, Lady Pink, Fab 5 Freddy, Busy Bee, and more. Fri, Aug 21 at 7pm

Will (1981) 70min Directed by Jessie Maple. With Obaka Adedunyo, Loretta Devine. This hard-hitting, slice-of-life urban drama is widely cited as the first independent feature directed by an African-American woman in the post-civil rights era. A heroin-addicted basketball coach (Adedunyo) and his wife (Emmy winner Devine) adopt a troubled 12-year-old homeless boy. Shot on 16mm on the streets of Harlem, director Jessie Maple’s unflinching look at struggle and resilience in the inner city—made on a budget of just $12,000—is ultimately hopeful. In Maple’s words, “No matter how low you are you can come back up. That’s what Will is. People can’t count themselves out that quick.” 16mm. Mon, Aug 3 at 7pm Q&A with Maple

Willie (1985) 82min Directed by Danny Lyon. Best known for his iconic photographs of rebel bikers, inmates, and outcasts, acclaimed photojournalist Danny Lyon has also documented society’s margins via his work as a filmmaker. This startlingly candid profile of Willie Jaramillo follows the Bernalillo, New Mexico resident as he bounces in and out of prison for various offenses. Granted astonishing access to the cellblocks, Lyon’s subjective camera captures a haunting record of a dead-end life. 16mm. Courtesy of the Reserve Film and Video Collection of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Wed, Aug 12 at 7pm

About BAMcinématek The four-screen BAM Rose Cinemas (BRC) opened in 1998 to offer Brooklyn audiences alternative and independent films that might not in the borough otherwise, making BAM the only performing arts center in the country with two mainstage theaters and a multiplex cinema. In July 1999, beginning with a series celebrating the work of Spike Lee, BAMcinématek was born as Brooklyn’s only daily, year-round repertory film program. BAMcinématek presents new and rarely seen contemporary films, classics, work by local artists, and festivals of films from around the world, often with special appearances by directors, actors, and other guests. BAMcinématek has not only presented major retrospectives by major filmmakers such as , , Shohei Imamura, (winning a National Film Critics’ Circle Award prize for the retrospective), Kaneto Shindo, , and , but it has also introduced New York audiences to contemporary artists such as Pedro Costa and Apichatpong Weerasethakul. In addition, BAMcinématek programmed the first US retrospectives of directors Arnaud Desplechin, , Hong Sang-soo, and Andrzej Zulawski. From 2006 to 2008, BAMcinématek partnered with the Sundance Institute and in June 2009 launched BAMcinemaFest, a 16-day festival of new independent films and repertory favorites with 15 NY premieres; the seventh annual BAMcinemaFest runs from June 17—28, 2015.

Credits

The Wall Street Journal is the title sponsor of BAM Rose Cinemas and BAMcinématek.

Steinberg Screen at the BAM Harvey Theater is made possible by The Joseph S. and Diane H. Steinberg Charitable Trust.

Pepsi is the official beverage of BAM.

Brooklyn Brewery is the preferred beer of BAMcinématek.

BAM Rose Cinemas are named in recognition of a major gift in honor of Jonathan F.P. and Diana Calthorpe Rose. BAM Rose Cinemas would also like to acknowledge the generous support of The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, The

Estate of Richard B. Fisher, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, Brooklyn Delegation of the , New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, New York State Council on the Arts, Bloomberg, and Time Warner Inc. Additional support for BAMcinématek is provided by The Grodzins Fund, The Liman Foundation, and Summit Rock Advisors.

Indie 80s is programmed by Nellie Killian, David Reilly, and Jake Perlin/Cinema Conservancy.

Special thanks to Jake Perlin/Cinema Conservancy and all participating filmmakers. Additional thanks to: Chris Chouinard/Park Circus; Brian Belovarac/; Brian Block/Bleeding Light Film Group; Calantha Mansfield/Carlotta Films US; Paul Marchant/First Run Features; David Blocker; Martin Rosen; Kristie Nakamura/Warner Bros. Classics; Dennis Doros & Amy Heller Doros/Milestone Films; Christopher Allen/UnionDocs; Justin DiPietro/IFC Films; Taso Georgakis/Zeitgeist Films; Harry Guerro; Todd Wieneke/MPI Media; Todd Wiener & Steven Hill/UCLA Film & Television Archive; Andrew Ruotolo/Anarchists’ Convention Inc.; Joel DeMott & Twillie Tynes/DeMott Kreines Films; James Dudelson/Blairwood Entertainment; David Jennings & Michael Horne/Sony Pictures Repertory; Eric Di Bernardo/Rialto Pictures; Sumyi Antonson/Drafthouse Films; David Szulkin/Grindhouse Releasing; Emily Hubley/Hubley Studios, Inc.; Brian Patrick Graney/Black Film Center/Archive; Justen Harn/Hollywood Theater; Eva Lindemann/Little Bear, Inc; Elena Rossi-Snook & David Callahan/New York Public Library; Marie-Pierre Lessard/Cinémathèque québécoise; Jed Rapfogel/ Archives; Mona Nagai/Pacific Film Archive; Vanessa Domico/Outcast Films; Makala Gerima; Andrea Traubner/Filmakers’ Library; Roger Deutsch; Arielle de Saint Phalle; Livia Bloom/Icarus Films; Edward James Olmos; Ishmael Reed; Ivan Kral; Ed Halter.

General Information

BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, BAM Rose Cinemas, and BAMcafé are located in the Peter Jay Sharp building at 30 Lafayette Avenue (between St Felix Street and Ashland Place) in the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn. BAM Harvey Theater is located two blocks from the main building at 651 Fulton Street (between Ashland and Rockwell Places). Both locations house Greenlight Bookstore at BAM kiosks. BAM Fisher, located at 321 Ashland Place, is the newest addition to the BAM campus and houses the Judith and Alan Fishman Space and Rita K. Hillman Studio. BAM Rose Cinemas is Brooklyn’s only movie house dedicated to first-run independent and foreign film and repertory programming. BAMcafé, operated by Great Performances, offers a bar menu and dinner entrées prior to BAM Howard Gilman Opera House evening performances. BAMcafé also features an eclectic mix of spoken word and live music for BAMcafé Live on Friday and Saturday nights with a bar menu available starting at 6pm.

Subway: 2, 3, 4, 5, Q, B to Atlantic Avenue – Barclays Center (2, 3, 4, 5 to Nevins St for Harvey Theater) D, N, R to Pacific Street; G to Fulton Street; C to Lafayette Avenue Train: Long Island Railroad to Atlantic Terminal – Barclays Center Bus: B25, B26, B41, B45, B52, B63, B67 all stop within three blocks of BAM Car: Commercial parking lots are located adjacent to BAM

For ticket information, call BAM Ticket Services at 718.636.4100, or visit BAM.org.