Programs & Events

An evening of films exploring the endurance of union labor in the face of union antagonism, curated by UCLA AMIA Student Chapter.

With narratives inspired by the filmmakers’ own lives, Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. and Parting Glances are key moments in Black independent filmmaking of the 1990s and New Queer Cinema, respectively.

Screening of two television programs in honor of the centennial of the birth of Malcolm X.

Nervous Translation follows Yael, an 8-year-old who spends much of her time alone with her imagination. Blending realism with dreamlike storytelling, the film captures the quiet loneliness, curiosity and unspoken emotions of childhood, where understanding and explanation comes in fragments.

Arnold Perl’s Malcolm X (1972), also known as Malcolm X: His Own Story as It Really Happened, is a striking documentary that weaves historical imagery about racial stereotypes with archival footage and Malcolm X’s own words.

Spike Lee’s Malcolm X (1992) is more than a biopic — it’s a cinematic reckoning, charting Malcolm X’s journey from street hustler to Black nationalist to a global human rights leader.

Regina King’s feature directorial debut imagines a pivotal night on Feb. 25, 1964, between Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown, Sam Cooke and Malcolm X.

In this edition of Food and Film we turn the focus onto chef and restaurateur Alice Waters herself and her globally focused, locally driven campaign to change the way we farm, eat and educate.

Screening of three films by the African diasporic film director Sarah Maldoror, who passed away in 2020.

A plucky rabbit (Ginnifer Goodwin) earns a spot on the police force of a teeming animal metropolis just as the delicate social contract between predators and prey is threatened by a string of mysterious mammal abductions in this timely animated feature.