Why does Hollywood love destroying Los Angeles? From earthquakes and alien invasions to nuclear annihilation and apocalyptic fire, filmmakers have repeatedly imagined the city’s spectacular destruction. Drawing from his new book Los Angeles and Film: A Cultural History of 20th Century Hollywood, MAC Prof. John Trafton explores how disaster movies transform the city’s landmarks, landscapes, anxieties, and histories into cinematic spectacle.

About Ichinosuke Umekawa (https://www.umekawaichinosuke.jp/englishhome) Umekawa was born in Ōita, Japan. He began his dance career with the Tokyo Ballet and as a Kabuki actor before deciding in 2016 to focus on classical Japanese dance (Nihon buyō) as his primary art form. This year’s visit to LA is part of his 10th Anniversary Tour of becoming an independent buyō dancer.

Boots Riley is the co-founder of the funky hip-hop group The Coup and the writer/director of the hilarious, surreal, and political films Sorry to Bother You and I Love Boosters. Followed by a special screening of I Love Boosters.  

This event is also sponsored by The Rands Foundation, and SLICE. 

This is a Homecoming Weekend special event.

An Armenian/Bulgarian/American “third culture” diasporic artist and Oxy alumna, Yahjian will screen selected works and reflect on how she has braided experimental, collaborative, commercial, and personal strands of a media career while also sustaining her creative voice and spirit of experimentation. An “AMA” (Ask Me Anything) with the audience will follow.

This event is free and open to the public. No RSVP required.

Limbo is a 25-minute ethnographic and experimental short that immerses viewers in the liminal psyche of its narrator, Alex, a former Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) guerrilla now navigating the fraught transition to civilian l

There will be a reception in Johnson Hall’s McKinnon Global Forum lobby at 6 p.m., followed by the memorial event in the Choi Auditorium at 7 p.m. Invited speakers will share on Dr.

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The MAC Department and the Los Angeles and Film class proudly present City of Gold, a documentary film about the life of famed L.A. food critic Jonathan Gold. Join us for a delicious evening where we celebrate the diversity of Los Angeles through its food.

This year’s show features a selection of the best of the best from the first 16 years of the festival, including a brand new 4K digital restoration (from the original film negatives) of Hasta Los Huesos by Rene Castillo, Michaël Dudok de Wit’s poignant Oscar-winning Father and Daughter, Wendy Tilby & Amanda Forbis’s Cannes Palme d’Or winning film, When the Day Breaks, and Steven Woloshen’s direct-painting-on film, among others.

Jonathan Judaken is the Goldstein Professor of Jewish History and Thought at Washington University in St. Louis.

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