2:27–4:00 PM

THE ART OF SEEING

Art • Architecture • Activism • Legacy

Individual Block Ticket: $30

Three documentaries consider the different ways communities are built, remembered and transformed — through architecture, public service and grassroots activism.

Moving from contemporary African architecture to Black civic history in Oakland and community organising in Detroit, The Art of Seeing asks us to look again at the people, places and ideas that shape how communities understand themselves.

THE BILL PATTERSON STORY

Director: Anthony Severo
Country: United States
Genre: Documentary Short | Runtime: 15:57

Synopsis: The story of Bill Patterson’s seven decades of public service in Oakland and his connections to Black sports and civic history. 

IN LOVE AND STRUGGLE

Director: na forest lim
Country: United States
Genre: Documentary Short | Runtime: 20:40

Synopsis: Inspired by the lives and work of activists James and Grace Lee Boggs, In Love and Struggle explores Detroit’s history of grassroots organising and the continuing power of communities to imagine and create transformation from within. 

THE RED AND THE GREY MATTER: NEW ARCHITECTURE IN AFRICA

Director: Willie Schumann
Country: Germany
Genre: Documentary | Runtime: 56:00

Synopsis: Across Africa, architects are returning to one of the continent’s oldest building materials: raw earth. The film explores how traditional knowledge is being reclaimed and reimagined through contemporary architecture, creating structures rooted in culture while responding to today’s environmental challenges. 

Included in the Saturday Day Pass and BBFW All Access Festival Pass.