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'Women Talking' Q&A with Producer Dede Gardner at an Early Screening at the KCET Cinema Series
The film screened on Nov. 29, with a pre-recorded Q&A with two-time Academy Award-winning producer Dede Gardner immediately following the screening.
A black and white hpoto of Medusa The Gangsta Goddess, a young Black woman with her hair in an updo and wearing large hoop earrings. She is holding a microphone up to her mouth as she performs passionately into it.
Rise of the Fly Girls: The Compton and South Central Women Who Helped Shape West Coast Hip Hop
Women in Compton and South Central Los Angeles were influential in the development of Hip Hop on the West Coast.
A wooden doll in the shape of Pinocchio sits on a cluttered surface.
'Pinocchio' Q&A with Guillermo del Toro and Alexandre Desplat at Early Screening at the KCET Cinema Series
An in-person Q&A with Oscars-winning director-writer Guillermo del Toro and composer Alexandre Desplat followed the screening on Nov. 15.
A black and white photo of young Mexican-American soccer players wearing long sleeve athletic shirts and white shorts. They are arranged in two rows: a row standing and a row squatting. The back row of men have their arms crossed while the front row of men have their arms around one another. One of the men has their hand on a soccer ball.
50 Years of Coras USA: How Two Generations Built Community With Soccer
What began as a fun ritual for the weekend grew into a family legacy of community-building that lasted half a century. During its existence, Coras USA united working-class, immigrant families from Nayarit and other regions of Mexico in Los Angeles and provided youth players a pathway towards a professional career during its final years in the city of Riverside.
Two black and white photos side by side: the photo on the left is Yumeji and Shige Takehisa standing in front of a vintage car. On the back of the car is a circular painting of a hand with an eye in the palm. The photo on the right is a group of people: a Japanese American couple with two children, a Caucasian woman and Yumeji Takehisa standing in front of a building. A small sign with the same hand painting with an eye on the palm hangs above their heads.
How Taisho-era Japanese Artist Yumeji Takehisa Helped Me Find My Place in L.A.
A first generation Japanese American finds surprising roots to Los Angeles through exploring the history and legacy of renowned artist, poet and distant relative Yumeji Takehisa.
A person takes a phone call in an office as three other people listen intently around him.
#MeToo: The Power of Investigative Journalism in 'She Said' Starring Carey Mulligan, Early Screening at the KCET Cinema Series
The film screened on Nov. 8, with an in-person Q&A immediately following with screenwriter Rebecca Lenkiewicz.
Pachuco Supply hatmaker Danny Robles holds a gray felt hat creased at the top. He is in a studio surrounded by other hats and a gold light washes out the background, casting a hazy glow in the entire room. Danny is also wearing a hat.
Pachuco Supply: How Chicano Pride Fueled These Custom Hatmakers' Designs
For Pachuco Supply founder Gilberto Marquez, the art of custom hatmaking has become a way to reflect his Chicano pride and preserve the memory of his late father — the man who cultivated cultural pride in Marquez's artistic core.
A black and white image of the Gidra magazine staff gathered in a room. There are many people in fit into the room, some sitting on chairs and couches but most sitting on the floor or arm rests. Most of the individuals in the photo appear to be of East Asian descent.
Connecting the Dots: Oxy Arts Exhibition Links Moments of Asian American Activism, Art and Collectives Throughout History
The exhibition, "Voice a Wild Dream: Moments in Asian American Art and Activism, 1968-2022" dives deep into the art and activism of several Asian American publications and collectives from today and yesterday.
Two adults and a young child sit among the audience in a theater.
'The Fabelmans,' Steven Spielberg's Semi-Autobiographical Movie: Early Screening at the KCET Cinema Series
The film screened on Nov. 1, with a Q&A immediately following with the film's star Gabriel LaBelle.
Everett Downing is wearing a red polo shirt and is seated at a round table with a white table cloth. Students are seated around him, leaning in as he speaks to the table.
'Fine Cut' Student Workshop Offers Emerging Filmmakers Personalized Mentorship and a Studio Walking Tour
KCET's "Fine Cut Festival of Films" hosted an exciting Mentoring Workshop at Los Angeles Center Studios, sponsored by Sony Pictures Entertainment.
San Cha is wearing a vibrant, tiered aqua blue dress with ruffles and a hot pink feather head dress on their head. They are singing into a microphone in one hand while the other is outstretched to the side. Two people sit behind them, one playing an acoustic guitar and the other playing a flute. The three-piece ensemble is performing on a grassy area, amongst a line of trees behind them.
This Sound Event Series Encourages Angelenos to Explore Their Surroundings and Listen to Everything
Floating, a year-old outdoor sound event series, aims to allow everyone to spend more time outdoors and "actively participate in the art of deep listening."
Anne Hathaway, Anthony Hopkins and Banks Repeta huddle together.
'Armageddon Time' Q&A with James Gray at the KCET Cinema Series
The film screened on Oct. 25 with a in-person Q&A immediately following with acclaimed director James Gray.
A black and white photo of a two-story building with a sign hanging off the side that reads, "JDC Records Inc." Men and women are posed in front of the building and poking their heads out of the windows and doors.
JDC Records: The San Pedro Record Shop That Gave Us the Party Sound of '80s L.A.
JDC is a beloved San Pedro record shop that serves casual shoppers, DJs and hardcore record collectors. But their story starts decades ago, when it was launched as a record label and distribution company that would supply the West Coast, and, crucially, Los Angeles, with bangers that heated up Los Angeles parties throughout the '80s.
The Mars rover Opportunity on a rock with its lenses tilted toward the sky.
'Good Night Oppy' Q&A with Ryan White, Jessica Hargraves and More at the KCET Cinema Series
The film screened on Oct. 18 with an in-person Q&A immediately following with director Ryan White, producer Jessica Hargraves, and the subjects of the film, NASA/JPL scientists Doug Ellison and Abigail Fraeman.
Two nurses wearing green scrubs lean their backs against a glass cabinet containing medical supplies.
'The Good Nurse' Q&A with Jessica Chastain, Eddie Redmayne and Tobias Lindholm at the KCET Cinema Series
The film screened on Oct. 11 at the Aero Theatre, with a Q&A immediately following with director Tobias Lindholm, co-stars Jessica Chastain and Eddie Redmayne, and the real life nurse Chastain portrays in the film, Amy Loughren.
A group of over 60 poets line up in three rows for a group photograph in a high ceiling public library. The floor beneath them is granite tiling arranged in geometric shapes. Above, is a mural.
'A Day of Poetry in LA' Celebrates the Diversity and Strength of L.A.'s Poetry Community
There's an incredible geographic, cultural and even philosophical diversity in the Los Angeles poetry community. Over 60 poets gathered at "A Day of Poetry in LA" to honor and celebrates these differences.
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