Anoushka Agrawal

Media platform POPeye Media’s recent short documentary, “San Francisco’s Dying Music Scene,” sheds light on this very community, talking to some of its members about what the city and its music mean to them.

The event, hosted by the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, featured a screening of the season’s highlights, as well as a conversation with two of its artists: Syjuco and multimedia artist Lynn Hershman Leeson.

Veteran filmmaker Jeanne Marie Hallacy is passionate about stories of social justice, and, with “Mother, Daughter, Sister,” she has added another film to her already long list of documentaries about human rights issues relating to Southeast Asia.

Amandla Stenberg, who plays the lead character, Starr, in “The Hate U Give,” Russell Hornsby, who plays her father, Maverick, and director George Tillman Jr. sat next to each other. The comfort of the three members of the movie was palpable.

Being a child is a privilege of sorts — typically, it allows nonchalance and requires very little worry. For Starr Carter (Amandla Stenberg), however, her childhood circumstances insist that she know her rights, know her worth. Starr does not have the privilege of being a child.

“The word that I use to describe the era we’re living in now — absurd,” explained Barinholtz. “I knew that … if I was going to touch on some of these issues, it couldn’t just be a pure comedy." It’s clear that Barinholtz, like many of us, sees the humor in the darkness of Trump’s presidency.

Today, nationalism is being similarly propagated by the government as it once was with Uncle Sam. Comedian Ike Barinholtz sees this in his new film, “The Oath,” and wants you to see it, too.

There is something remarkably charming about the blend of the traditional with the contemporary. Oakland Ballet Company's “Jangala” exemplifies this.

Ubuntu was founded on the simple premise of making groundbreaking theater accessible, and its production of “A Streetcar Named Desire” was no exception.