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From moving pictures to an established industry, film and media have the power to capture our most powerful stories. Learn more about how it has evolved and helped tell diverse stories.

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Jessica Pak holds one her chickens in her tailor shop.
Emanuel Hahn, a local photographer, captures the lives of shopkeepers and vendors trying to stay afloat in Koreatown.
Jon Gnagy signs his name on an easel with his back turned to the camera. The profile of his face can be seen and he is wearing a plaid collared shirt.
As America’s first TV artist debuting in 1946, Jon Gnagy was a predecessor to the now-trendy Bob Ross. Hundreds of artists and artists credit him as their inspiration, from New York contemporary artist Allan McCollum to Andy Warhol.
An aerial view of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is shot at night.
The six-story museum will feature an education studio, a viewing terrace facing the Hollywood Hills and exhibits that address race and cinema, blackface and the marginalization of people of color.
City of Ghosts
Award-winning animator Elizabeth Ito explores L.A.'s rich, diverse history in a hybrid documentary and animated series, "City of Ghosts."
Zombies and Groot - Bringing Comics to Life
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Nicole Perlman and Angela Kang explore navigating a male-dominated industry as females.
Pacific Division Officer Hoskins tries to pry open the door of a truck involved in a accident that left the driver and passenger locked in the overturned vehicle. | Joseph Rodriguez
Joseph Rodriguez’s photographs of the LAPD in 1994 is a deeply personal, political act that still resonates in today’s political climate.
 William Camargo's "Origins and Displacements, Vols. 1 & 2" at MUZEO | Michael Quintero
Through William Camargo's dive into each city’s archive, he uncovers histories of violence and exploitive policies against Black and Brown communities, and connects those consequences of the past to the current uprising for racial justice.
From Sunset Blvd, 1966, Ed Ruscha. | Streets of Los Angeles Archive. The Getty Research Institute,2012.M.1. © Ed Ruscha
The Getty’s “12 Sunsets,” project digitizes Ed Ruscha’s many photographs of each building on Sunset Boulevard from 1966 to 2007.
Video camera | Jakob Owens/Unsplash
This year, the Fine Cut Festival of Films Awards ceremony has gone virtual!
Allison Waite and her crew interviewing someone for "The Dope Years: The Story of Latasha Harlins." | Courtesy of Allison Waite
What happens when you graduate in the middle of an unprecedented global pandemic that requires you to stay six feet away from everyone outside your household? For film students, it’s a mixed bag.
A video camera showing an image of people gathered in the frame | Kushagra Kevat/Unsplash
Tune in Wednesdays at 10 p.m. PT to catch a glimpse of tomorrow's big names in filmmaking. Here's a guide to upcoming episodes.
Two skeletons. One holding a bullhorn and phone, another is holding a video camera. A detail of the Hola Mexico film festival poster for 2020 by Mauricio Groenewold González | Courtesy of Hola Mexico
Based in Los Angeles, Hola Mexico is the largest film festival of Mexican cinema outside of Mexico. Because of the pandemic, it moved its entire operation online for 2020, opening new opportunities for the festival.
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