UPDATE: In accordance with a newly issued San Francisco City Health Ordinance which requires the cancellation of events with 50+ people in city-owned buildings due to Covid-19, Always Moving: African American Portraiture in Experimental Film will regretfully be cancelled. This screening will be rescheduled at a later date.

Remembrance: A Portrait Study (1967) by Edward Owens
Admission: $12 general admission; $5 for SFMOMA, MOAD and Cinematheque members.

“The power of Deywould Bey’s work comes from the marriage of his extraordinary formal skill as a photographer with his deeply held belief in the political power of representation.” (Corey Keller, SFMOMA curator of photography)

Presented in dialog with Dawoud Bey: An American Project (on view at SFMOMA February 15–May 25), Always Moving presents eight historical and contemporary moving image works created 1967–2019. Engaging with traditions as diverse as ‘60s New York underground filmmaking, ‘70s left coast political manifesto, portraiture, street photography and stag film, these films frame experiences of public and community life, family history and political struggle within the contexts of African American photographic traditions and countercultural expression. Throughout, the works consider the intimate lives of strangers, friends and family and reframe representations of joy and love, struggle and resilience and the simple pleasures found in the everyday. This program is co-curated by SFMOMA and San Francisco Cinematheque