Choi Auditorium

Williams' "Brown Up Your Feed" project, iterated as a radio hour, lecture, discussion space, performance space, and theoretical framework, brings to attention an array of interwoven studies and interventions, inspecting and addressing racial hegemonies as they manifest in online spaces.

Ever practical, Mandy dissects everyday online behavior and the algorithms that enforce it and encourages attendees to generate and implement a cognizant response to these sometimes
inviting, and sometimes insidious technologies.

How is it possible for history to have sidelined seven full decades of early African American organizing? In this talk, attendees will learn about an ongoing campaign for Black rights which served as the prequel to the NAACP, Civil Rights, and Black Lives Matter movements. From 1830 through the beginning of the 20th century, free, fugitive, and freed Black Americans held multi-day “Colored Conventions” all across North America.

Joey Soloway is one of the most prominent non-binary creators in Hollywood.

Detroit cop killed in the line of duty becomes a crime-fighting cyborg in this dark satire of corporate privatization and greed, now celebrating its 35th Anniversary!

Films include a recent restoration of Oscar winning film, The Man Who Planted Trees, and short films exploring a range of topics including environmental health, happiness, leaving home, a post-apocalyptic world, masks from around the world, and more. Selected production artwork from the films will be exhibited. There will be a pre-screening reception 6-7pm outside of Choi with light refreshments (pizza, dessert) served. Surgical grade or higher masks (N95, KN95, KN94) must be worn in the auditorium.

This screening is part of the Media Arts & Culture Department's Fall 2022 MAC Cinematheque series, which brings together the Occidental and Los Angeles communities to explore representational questions tied to a chosen theme. 

Stay tuned for the Spring 2023 series: "Oxy Creates: Media and Scholarship by MAC Faculty.

The series is sponsored by the Media Arts & Culture Department (MAC) in collaboration with  Institutional Advancement and Alumni and Parent Engagement, with support from the Mellon Arts & Technology Grant. 

Professor Mary Beth Heffernan will trace the arc of her research-based art practice, illuminating the questions and material explorations that inform her work.

Winona LaDuke is a Harvard-educated economist, environmental activist, author, hemp farmer, grandmother, and a two-time former Green Party Vice President candidate with Ralph Nader. LaDuke specializes in rural development, economic, food, and energy sovereignty and environmental justice.

An international thought leader and lecturer in climate justice, renewable energy, and environmental justice, Winona LaDuke is also an advocate for protecting Indigenous plants and heritage foods from patenting and genetic engineering. 

Mr. Dujarric previously served as Spokesperson for Secretaries-General Kofi Annan and Ban Ki-moon, the Director of News and Media for the UN Department of Public Information, and the Director of Communications for UNDP.

During this multimedia presentation, Aoki will share his experiences dealing with the television networks, movie studios and radio stations while pushing for more inclusion and sensitive portrayals of Asian Americans.  He’ll address the growing problem of white-washing, where Hollywood takes Asian or Asian American source material and hires non-Asians for the lead r