Skip to main content

Film and Media Arts

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.

Fine Cut 2019 mosaic
Support Provided By
derbysign1960
In the movie "Swingers," Jon Favreau's character famously observes that all the cool places in L.A. don't have signs, so that telling someone you've been to one is like bragging that you were able to find it. But that wasn't always the case.
lockheed1941
In 1939, Fortune magazine asked Ansel Adams to get some photos of the burgeoning aviation industry in L.A. Like any good photographer, however, Adams found his attention wandering,
gangplank1959
L.A.'s dining and nightlife have always attracted the fashionable set, though the fashions have changed considerably over the years.
lost_angeles_river_2_web.jpg
The Los Angeles River has been in the city long before Los Angeles, but it takes a special medium to make one realize the passage of time, that rushes on even without our notice.
redonion
Bringing the flavors of Mexico's varied regions to American palates was something of a challenge in the twentieth century,
LaneBarden_LinearCity.jpeg
Architectural photographer Lane Barden unveils a Los Angeles River many Angelenos have yet to see -- a river seen from above.
lacma_compton.jpg
The LACMA9 Art+Film Lab, a traveling film and video workshop, cinema, and oral history project, sets up shop in Compton.
TownsendYouth_029-thumb-600x400-82687
I had the impression that people and youth wanted to be SEEN and HEARD and the lens of my camera provided that outlet.
PhotoDetourGroupShots032614_675.JPG
Participants in this month's Drop-in Community Story Lab were invited to explore, meander, and get lost in the community on a Photo DeTour around Venice.
5.JPG
Participants shared their own definitions and examples of the word "community," and create photographic works based on these shared ideas using found photography and embroidery.
Johnny Cash © Leigh Wiener
Photography exhibition "Country: Portraits of an American Sound" spans the history of modern country music, featuring images of icons Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn, and more.
Littlerock
Director Mike Ott and collaborative partner Atsuko Okatsuka's new film "Lake Los Angeles" is the third film in their trilogy set in the Antelope Valley.
Active loading indicator