Spotlight Archive

"UCLA Festival of Preservation" Tour

Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982)

July 15, 2011 – August 17, 2012

Recently completed UCLA Film & Television Archive preservation projects spanning an entire century of moving image media.

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Archive Treasures

"Remembering Marilyn Monroe"

The Legend of Marilyn Monroe (1966)

Wednesday, January 25 @ 7:30 p.m.

For the 50th anniversary of Monroe's untimely passing, we present newsreel clips, a feature documentary and a conversation with the author of "Marilyn: Intimate Exposures."

IN PERSON: director Terry Sanders and author Susan Bernard.

Free admission!

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L.A. Rebellion: Creating a New Black Cinema

Ashes & Embers (1982)

Friday, October 7 -
Saturday, December 17

Explore our new L.A. Rebellion website to learn more about the films and filmmakers through texts, photos and viewable clips!

www.cinema.ucla.edu/la-rebellion

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Archive Documentary Spotlight

Where Are You Taking Me? (2010)

Sunday, January 15 @ 7:00 p.m.

Kim Takesue's lyrical Where Are You Taking Me? (2010) takes us to the streets, shops and countrysides of post-civil war Uganda.

Free admission!

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UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Hammer Museum present

Family Flicks

Babies (2010)

Sunday, January 8 @ 11:00 a.m.

In the beautifully produced documentary Babies (2010), four infants in four countries become scene-stealing movie stars of the first order!

Free admission!

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UCLA Film & Television Archive and The Andrew J. Kuehn Jr. Foundation present

The Legacy Project Screening Series

American Fabulous (1990)

December 3, 2011 @ 7:30 p.m.

Reno Dakota’s cult classic documentary, American Fabulous (1990), lovingly portrays his friend Jeffrey Strouth, a gay man living in central Ohio.

In Person: filmmaker Reno Dakota.

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UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Hammer Museum present

Family Flicks

Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)

December 11 @ 11:00 a.m.

In Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)—director Vincente Minnelli's delightful musical slice of Americana circa 1903—Margaret O’Brien steals the show as Tootie, a pint-sized town booster who dreams about St Louis’ World’s Fair.

Free Admission!

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UCLA Film & Television Archive and the French Film & TV Office, Consulate General of France in Los Angeles present

Archive Treasures

The Adolescent (1979)

December 4, 2011 @ 7:00 p.m.

Jeanne Moreau—the glamorous icon of postwar French cinema—was also a film director. Her two fiction features, Lumiere (1976) and The Adolescent (1979), consciously set out to create more complex, multi-faceted female characters.

 

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UCLA Film & Television Archive and Paulist Productions present

Archive Treasures

"Insight" (1960)

Friday, November 18 @ 7:30 p.m.

Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the landmark anthology series "Insight" with a panel discussion and a screening of episodes starring William Shatner, Ed Asner, Bill Bixby and Beau Bridges.

In person: Rev. Eric Andrews, President, Paulist Productions.

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UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Istituto Italiano di Cultura in Los Angeles present

Days of Glory: Masterworks of Italian Neo-Realism

Il Posto (1961)

Saturday, October 15 -
Wednesday, November 16

One of the most influential national film movements to emerge in the post-World War II era, Italian neo-realism continues to hold sway over filmmakers and artists worldwide.

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