The Second Life of ‘We’re Alive’
Almost 50 years ago, three UCLA student filmmakers made a bold documentary about incarcerated women. Then it vanished.
film and television
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An Underappreciated Author Gets Her Due
The age of streaming rediscovers the works of Octavia Butler.
3-day program features work from art professor Cauleen Smith
The collection, presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Hammer Museum, includes short films and “Black Utopia LP.”
From classic to punk-fueled: UCLA Film & Television Archive’s free spring programs
The lineup includes new restorations, a world premiere and treasures from out of this world.
All 5 Academy Award nominees for costume design to participate in UCLA panel, March 11
The annual Sketch to Screen discussion returns as a live event at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.
Professor’s documentary tells all about on-screen nudity — from the perspective of women
From body doubles to nudity riders, the portrayal of on-screen “sex” is hardly ever comfortable for performers.
Injustice remains: 48-year-old women’s prison documentary shows how little has changed
A restored version of ‘We’re Alive’ — made by 3 UCLA film students — premiered Jan. 28.
In memoriam: Lewis Hunter, 87, professor emeritus of screenwriting
Hunter, who taught at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, showed students how to write a full-length screenplay in 10 weeks.
The Storyteller
With Bruin blood running through his veins, Walter Thompson-Hernández is bringing amazing chronicles to the world, one medium at a time.
From China to Cuba to L.A., UCLA alumnus Robert Carl Cohen has made films his own way
The globetrotting 92-year-old was recently honored with a retrospective by the UCLA Film & Television Archive.
8 films with UCLA ties named to National Film Registry for 2022
The selections are “a testament to the rich, diverse stories told by talented UCLA filmmakers,” said May Hong HaDuong, director of the UCLA Film & Television Archive.
Free winter cinema: UCLA Film & Television Archive screenings
The programs, which are open to the public, run from January through March at the Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum.
40 years later, the question remains the same for UCLA professor: ‘Who killed Vincent Chin?’
Renee Tajima-Peña, who will present her landmark 1987 documentary at the Academy Museum on Dec. 4, discusses her filmmaking and activism.
Q&A: Ina Archer discusses Robert L. Goodwin, ‘The Upper Chamber’ and lost African American TV
The trailblazing screenwriter’s teleplay will be shown at the Hammer Museum at UCLA for the first time in decades.
Native American Heritage Month 2022: Read, watch, listen
UCLA staff members recommend works for education and entertainment to celebrate throughout November.
Acclaimed MoMA Contenders film series returns to UCLA
The Hammer Museum hosts the Los Angeles presentation of the annual showcase, Nov. 30 through Dec. 15.
State lawmakers visit campus to show solidarity with Latino-focused research projects
California legislators have invested $15 million in the Latina Futures, 2050 Lab and $1.5 million in the Hollywood Diversity Report.
How a UCLA fish scientist helped the alien in Jordan Peele’s ‘Nope’ seem terrifyingly real
Doctoral student Kelsi Rutledge helped make “Jean Jacket” scientifically plausible.