Wendell B. Harris Jr.'s CHAMELEON STREET is Coming to BAM

Wendell B. Harris Jr.'s brilliant debut feature Chameleon Street (1990) comes to BAM October 22-Nov 4 in a new restoration following its premiere in the Revivals section of NYFF59. This daring, warped, and brilliant acid comedy-which won the 1990 Sundance Grand Jury Prize-tells the caustically hilarious, stylistically audacious true story of Douglas Street, a con artist who successfully impersonated a Time magazine reporter, a Yale student, and a surgeon. With a grab bag of Godardian narrative tricks, writer-director-star Wendell B. Harris Jr. teases out the relationship between Black alienation and role-playing.

An Arbelos release. The 4K restoration was completed from the original camera negative and sound materials by Arbelos and supervised by Wendell B. Harris Jr.

For additional information, please contact Lindsay Brayton at lbrayton@bam.org.

About BAM Film:

Since 1998 BAM Rose Cinemas has been Brooklyn's home for film. Combining new releases with year-round repertory and specialty programming, the mission of BAM Film is to present nimble, responsive, and engaged film programming that centers marginalized artists and challenges prevailing narratives. The program continues BAM's tradition of presenting bold and adventurous work from adventurous artists to adventurous audiences. The four screen venue hosts festivals of films from around the world, often with special appearances by directors, actors, and other guests. BAM has programmed major retrospectives of filmmakers like Spike Lee, Chantal Akerman, Marlon Riggs, Jonathan Demme, and Claire Denis. Since 2009 the program has also produced BAMcinemaFest, New York's home for vital new work in American independent film.

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Train: Long Island Railroad to Atlantic Terminal - Barclays Center

Bus: B25, B26, B41, B45, B52, B63, B67 all stop within three blocks of BAM

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