Spotlight Archive

UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Hammer Museum present

Family Flicks

Sunday, November 11 @ 11:00 a.m.

In Robert Altman’s rollicking 1980 musical Popeye, brawny sailor (Robin Williams) seeks his “Pappy," falls for Olive Oyl (Shelley Duvall) and fights Captain Bluto (Paul L. Smith).

Free admission!

Coinciding with RHI Entertainment and Vivendi Entertainment’s release of a new DVD box set, and celebrating its own ongoing work with Laurel & Hardy, the Archive is pleased to present two beloved comedy classics: Way Out West (1937) and The Music Box (1932).

Blogging the L.A. Rebellion

Coinciding with our L.A. Rebellion series, the graduate seminar Culture, Media & Society: The 'L.A. Rebellion' of Black Filmmakers offers a group blog that places the films in the contexts of African American filmmaking, race in American cinema, and social, political and cultural environments of production.

"L.A. Rebellion—Filmmaker Panel"

October 9, 2011 @ 4:00 p.m.

As we inaugurate "L.A. Rebellion: Creating a New Black Cinema," a number of representative filmmakers will convene for a panel discussion.

IN PERSON: filmmakers Julie Dash, Zeinabu irene Davis, Ben Caldwell, Billy Woodberry, Alile Sharon Larkin, O.Funmilayo Makarah and Barbara McCullough; and Jacqueline Stewart (moderator).

Free admission!

UCLA Film & Television Archive, the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, the Consulate General of Mexico in New York and the Consulate General of Mexico in Los Angeles present

Archive Documentary Spotlight

Sunday, November 6 @ 7:00 p.m.

The Little Seed in the Asphalt (La Pequeña Semilla en el Asfalto, 2009) is an intimate portrayal of four Chiapas youths who find the resolve to maintain their identities in the city, and the courage to stand for what they believe in.

In person: filmmaker Pedro Daniel López.

Free admission!

UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Hammer Museum present

Family Flicks

Sunday, October 30 @ 11:00 a.m.

Happy Halloween! Enjoy the hit sitcom's first color feature in Munster, Go Home! (1966). Herman Munster inherits an English manor house and drives his DRAG-U-LA in a hilarious car race.

Free admission!

UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Hammer Museum present

Family Flicks

Sunday, September 25 @ 11:00 a.m.

Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn exude all the charm and wit of Hollywood’s Golden Age in director Howard Hawk’s timeless screwball comedy, Bringing Up Baby (1938).

Free Admission!

Archive Documentary Spotlight

Saturday, September 17 @ 7:30 p.m.

The Learning (2011) is a surprising and moving documentary that tells a little-known story of public school teachers recruited from the Philippines to assume hard-to-fill teaching posts in American schools.

Free Admission!

Archive Treasures

Sunday, September 11 @ 7:00 p.m.

Two films directed by Robert Kaylor deserve a prominent place in the independent film canon: Derby (1972) is a Maysles-like exploration of the world of professional roller derby, and Max Out (1970) is an improvised short film featuring a cast of convicted felons.

In Person: Robert Kaylor

Archive Documentary Spotlight

Sunday, October 2 @ 7:00 p.m.

UCLA professor Marina Goldovskaya’s new film, A Bitter Taste of Freedom (2011), intimately chronicles the story of famed Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, who was murdered in 2006 while investigating the Russian state.

IN PERSON: filmmaker Marina Goldovskaya. Free admission!

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