“WE Stayed: Agriculture, Activism and the Southern Black Rural Families Who Kept the Land”
There will be a reception preceding the talk, from 6-7 p.m.
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Los Angeles and Film Series: Real Women Have Curves (2002)
Set in East Los Angeles, this coming-of-age story centers on the struggles of Anna (Academy Award nominee America Ferrera) and her domineering family. This screening will be moderated by special guests Professor Viviana McManus and film critic Claudia Puig.
With generous support from Ronald R. and Susan C. Hahn '66 '65
Los Angeles and Film Series: The Crimson Kimono (1959)
Set in L.A.’s Little Tokyo neighborhood, Samuel Fuller’s L.A. film noir starring James Shigeta is a rare example of progressive-minded depictions of racial relations and portrayals of an Asian-American lead character during this period of film history. This event is moderated by Professor Vivian Lin and will also feature two short films from Visual Communications on life and culture in Little Tokyo.
With generous support from Ronald R. and Susan C. Hahn '66 '65
DINDIN Screening at Oxy
The screening will be followed by discussion centering on transitioning from theater to film and process of producing a successful and acclaimed low-budget feature.
MAC Cinematheque Presents: Delicate Translation
Delicate Translation, tracing one’s home and experiences of transnational displacement, practices a language that resists articulation in the standard Western vernacular. Rooted within the displaced body itself, each artist manifests a personal language, searching and longing through digital vessels, screen and “windows”, and metatextual recalling to a non-place we know as home. In this screening, the memory images unravel, resisting dominant history and conventional narrative form.
Doors at 6:30PM, screenings will start at 7:00PM.
How Do We Talk about Palestine and Israel?
Students, staff and faculty are invited to join a conversation with Salam Al-Marayati and Daniel Sokatch.
The King of the Deal: An Evening with John Branca ’72 & Jim Sebenius
Students are invited to attend an evening with John Branca ’72 (Music Industry Icon, Entertainment Lawyer, Partner and Head of the Music Department at Ziffren Brittenham, LLP) and Jim Sebenius (Harvard Business School)
History Department's Senior Comps Event
3:00 Patrick Fennessey "No One Likes Us And We Don’t Care: Deconstructing the Mythos of Philadelphia Eagles Fandom, 1960-1971"
3:20 Jake Landsberg "B’nai B'rith Messenger: The Story of Jewish Internationalism in Los Angeles, 1920-1939"
3:40 Arin Littman "Good for the Jews or Bad for the Jews? Jewish Identity on Trial in Cold War America, 1947-1953"
4:00 Lila O'Leary "Saving the World Through Music: Evangelical Missionary Musicians and US Empire, 1975-1995"
From Highland Park to Hollywood: Finding a Career in Entertainment after Occidental
About the Panelists
Sam Bergen '04 is the chief marketing officer at Illumination, shepherding The Super Mario Bros. Movie to a worldwide box office of $1.36 billion earlier this year. He is currently preparing for the launch of Migration this December and for Despicable Me 4 next July. Prior to joining Illumination in December 2020, Bergen was vice president of global brand creative for Beats by Dre, built Vice Media’s West Coast office, and was CMO for Omnicom. At Oxy, Bergen majored in cognitive science with a minor in film.
A Talk by Mike Bonin, LA City Councilmember (retired), Leadership in Government Fellow, Open Society Foundations
WHAT I HEARD: LIVING THROUGH L.A.'S RACISTS TAPES SCANDAL
by Mike Bonin, Los Angeles City Councilmember (retired), Leadership in Government Fellow, Open Society Foundations