Arts

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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

Charles Burnett’s dark comedy masterpiece set in South Central Los Angeles. The film
will be preceded by a Q and A with Burnett and musician Stephen Taylor. A limited number of
free tickets will be made available for Oxy students, RSVP to Professor John Trafton
(trafto@oxy.edu).

This event will take place at Vidiots, 4884 Eagle Rock Blvd, Los Angeles

With generous support from Ronald R. and Susan C. Hahn '66 '65

Cult horror classic Messiah of Evil is a counterculture zombie film set in Southern California about a young woman who goes searching for her missing pop artist father. The event will be moderated by special guest Professor Amy Lyford. 

With generous support from Ronald R. and Susan C. Hahn '66 '65

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

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.

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.

Mercedes Dorame's exhibition Where Sky Touches Water brings together a collection of new and recent work, combining photography and sculpture to explore the profound beauty of our natural world. 

Dorame's lens captures the vibrant tapestry of our Native ecology and its elusive peripheries, inviting reflection on the delicate balance between the familiar and what lies beyond. 

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