Beyond This Place

Part of BAM 150

BAM Howard Gilman Opera House
7:30 p.m.
$25

Directed by Kaleo La Belle
Music composition by Raymond Raposa and Sufjan Stevens

As part of BAM’s 150th anniversary celebrations, filmmaker Kaleo La Belle—joined by childhood friend Sufjan Stevens (The BQE, 2007 Next Wave; TAKEOVER 2008) and singer-songwriter Raymond Raposa—comes to the opera house for a screening of his award-winning documentary Beyond This Place.

Deeply reflective and personal, La Belle’s breakout film charts his attempts to reconnect with his perpetually stoned, long-estranged father Cloud Rock during a grueling 500-mile bike tour across the Pacific Northwest. Stevens and Raposa share the stage as special musical guests, providing a live soundtrack to this emotionally nuanced look at family ties and the process of moving on.