Ethno LA

These look like interesting films.  One thing I love about films like these is that they focus on what’s real, real characters that make up a community’s diverse landscape, and real lives that people experience.  If you’re in LA, check it out!

Dear EthnoCommunications Friends and Supporters,

Please save the date for…

ETHNO LA: Revisioning Community and Culture
A retrospective of films from the UCLA Center for EthnoCommunications.

Monday, May 10, 7 pm
Hammer Museum, Billy Wilder Theater
10899 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90024
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DESCRIPTION:
Please join us for an evening of films by students of the Center for EthnoCommunications program, highlighting the diverse experiences of people across Los Angeles County.  This retrospective screening aims to bring together students, faculty, staff, and community members to share stories that provide a lens into multi-ethnic Los Angeles. EthnoLA: Revisioning Community and Culturefeatures six films that highlight a range of issues, including the struggles of low-income students at Belmont High School; South Asian motel owners, a skateboard crew in Long Beach, Pilipinos in the Los Angeles hip hop scene in the mid-90s, and one of the Bus Riders’ Union’s eldest organizers, Grandma Kim.  The event will also include a Q&A with the filmmakers, followed by light refreshments provided by the Hammer Museum.

Films:
Beats, Rhymes, and Resistance (1997)
810logy (2002)
No Vacancy (2003)
Belmont High: Trapping Our Youth (2003)
Metro Es Para Todos (2004)
Troqueros (2008)

For more information, please contact Gena at ghamamoto@ucla.edu or visit:
http://hammer.ucla.edu/programs/detail/program_id/448

We hope to see you there!

Thank you,

Gena Hamamoto

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