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Peter Sellars’ new project is a continent-spanning multidisciplinary film about illness
A creative response to COVID-19, ‘this body is so impermanent …’ was made by artists as a call to learn and heal together.
How the Weinstein scandal ignited a movement
New York Times reporter Megan Twohey, whose reporting helped spark the #MeToo movement, delivered the latest UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Lecture.
Documentary explores Owens Valley, site of Manzanar camp
Filmmaker Ann Kaneko found connections between Indigenous communities, the camp and their shared experience of forced removal.
Q&A: Faculty documentary on migrants chosen for SXSW, Big Sky film festivals
Professors Maite Zubiaurre and Kristy Guevara-Flanagan hope their film about searching for those lost in the desert will change immigration policy.
UCLA hosts virtual Asian American Film Festival Feb. 19–21 and 26–28
Feature films, shorts and discussions highlight Asian American artists and themes of history, struggle and joy.
In memoriam: Larry Arrick, 92, director, producer and visiting professor
Arrick died Sept. 21, 2020, from complications from previous strokes.
Six UCLA arts projects receive Getty Foundation grants
The financial awards will cover research and planning for “Pacific Standard Time” projects, which will debut in 2024.
In memoriam: Reginald Brown, 68, writer and director who taught film production
Brown, who taught at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television from the late 90s through 2014, died Jan. 19 from COVID-19 complications.
UCLA Library announces winter 2021 public programs
Librarians and staff will present dozens of virtual events designed to help students, faculty, staff and others access the library's resources and advance knowledge.
Video collection honors Martin Luther King Jr.’s contributions and legacy
UCLA Film & Television Archive is home to more than 100 materials featuring the civil rights icon.
Alumna May Hong HaDuong named director of the UCLA Film & Television Archive
HaDuong will become the fourth director in the organization’s 55-year history and the first woman and person of color to lead the film archive.
2020 reflections: A year of accomplishments, challenges and compassion
Astrophysicist Andrea Ghez won a Nobel Prize, we were the No. 1 public university again, faculty carried on with important research and students continued to achieve the amazing.
Getting Creative
How arts, culture and entertainment will evolve as they recover from the pandemic — and how they will help society heal.
Q&A with Lap Chi Chu, head of lighting design at UCLA TFT
He chats about switching schools, his goals for the program and how opportunities for lighting designers have changed.
Why is progress so slow for Latinos in Hollywood?
Although minorities overall are becoming better represented in entertainment, that progress largely hasn’t touched Latinos.
Diversity improves among TV actors, but executives still overwhelmingly white and male
The UCLA Hollywood Diversity Report suggests the industry must do more to meet the moment.
UCLA TFT students win awards for scripts that accurately portray science
Six students won Alfred P. Sloan Foundation fellowships for projects that incorporated accurate and plausible science into their stories.
UCLA Library announces fall 2020 remote public programs
Librarians and staff will share their expertise at events designed to help students, faculty and others flourish in their work and advance knowledge.
Lack of diversity means box-office blues for Hollywood films, UCLA study shows
Movie studios can expect to lose up to $130 million per film when authentic diversity is absent from their storytelling, a UCLA report shows.