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Mindful Awareness Meditation

Thursdays, 12:30–1 PM PDT

Free weekly drop-in sessions are open to all who are interested in learning how to live more presently.

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Blitz

Steve McQueen’s visually arresting, Dickensian epic is his most classical, audience-friendly film to date.

Tue Dec 10 7:30 PM

Part of the series MoMA Contenders 2024

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Lunchtime Art Talk on Christina Ramberg

Curator Erin Christovale leads an in-person discussion of Christina Ramberg.

Wed Dec 11 12:30 PM

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Maria

In an all-consuming performance at once poignant and imperious, Angelina Jolie becomes Maria Callas, the opera singer whose voice and intensely dramatic life captivated millions

Wed Dec 11 7:30 PM

Part of the series MoMA Contenders 2024

An audience sitting in a darkened theater, watching a woman on stage

Special Programs

Mindful Awareness Meditation

Free weekly drop-in sessions are open to all who are interested in learning how to live more presently.

Thu Dec 12 12:30 PM

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Good One

A seemingly small incident has monumental implications in the extraordinary feature debut of India Donaldson, who will do a Q&A following the screening

Thu Dec 12 7:30 PM

Part of the series MoMA Contenders 2024

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Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

Ukrainian Rhapsody / Dumka / Natalya Ushvij

Screening three films by Sergei Parajanov, one of cinema’s true visionaries, as part of the UCLA Film & Television Archive series 'Three Homelands: A Sergei Parajanov Retrospective.

Fri Dec 13 7:30 PM

An astronaut with a Palestinian flag and the name "Larissa Sansour" on her uniform, floating in space

Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

An Evening With Larissa Sansour

Interdisciplinary artist Larissa Sansour will be on hand to discuss her films, which examine the collective memory and trauma of the Palestinian people through allegorical and experimental science fiction film, as part of the UCLA Film & Television Archive screening series Science Fiction Against the Margins.

Sat Dec 14 7:30 PM

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Screenings Kids UCLA Film & TV Archive

Family Flicks: My Octopus Teacher

The unique bond between a filmmaker and an exceptional octopus in a South African kelp forest is documented in this Academy Award winning film, through intimate and breathtaking underwater footage

Sun Dec 15 11:00 AM

Part of the series Breath(e): Toward Climate and Social Justice: Programs & Performances

A girl in a yellow shirt is holding up an art project and is assisted by a man in a baseball cap who leans over with a glue gun pointed at the girl's project.

826LA@Hammer: Future Perfects

Create stories of imagined futures based on personal memories and our favorite objects. Bring a non-digital memento to think about how it might save the world in the future!

Sun Dec 15 11:00 AM

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Special Programs

From the Ground Up, with Chris Burroughs

Explore the vital role of soil in supporting life in this hands-on workshop led by Chris Burroughs, master composter, community activist, and founder of the non-profit organization Garden 31.

Sun Dec 15 2:00 PM

Part of the series Breath(e): Toward Climate and Social Justice: Programs & Performances