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Get Lit – The 13th Annual Classic Slam Retrospective!

AN EVENING OF YOUTH SPOKEN WORD POETRY The culmination of Get Lit’s in-school program is the annual Classic Slam — one of the largest youth Spoken Word events in the country. It’s a youthful celebration of fire and feeling, with fresh perspectives that demonstrate storytelling at the highest level. Last week, hundreds of students from […]

UCLA Film & Television Archive Selects Esteban Arellano as Inaugural Artist-in-Residence

The UCLA Film & Television Archive is pleased to announce the selection of Esteban Arellano (he/they), an emerging multidisciplinary artist and designer, as the inaugural artist for its new artist-in-residence program. Chosen from a competitive national pool of more than 120 applicants, Arellano will begin the two-week residency program later this year, with the residency […]

Emmy Award-Winning “60 Minutes” Producer Ira Rosen visits LA City College

The Los Angeles City College Foundation (LACCF) recently hosted the Nick Beck Investigative Journalism Lecture Series, headlined by renowned producer Ira Rosen at Los Angeles City College’s (LACC) Morgan Freeman Theater.   The afternoon started with welcoming remarks by Dr. Lisa Nashua, Executive Director of LACCF, followed by an introduction from LACC Journalism Professor Rhonda Guess. […]

Southwestern Law School – Legal Clinic Leaders Series: Bryon Alvarez

From www.swlaw.edu Meet the students who work directly with and in the community to provide quality legal representation to underserved individuals through our Legal Clinic Leaders blog series. We’re excited to spotlight these all-star advocates and showcase the many different fields of law you can explore through our legal clinics and the wide range of […]

‘Smog’ Film Restoration – Film Poster Design Contest Winners Announced

UCLA Film & Television Archive has announced the winner and runner-up of a film poster design contest that invited UCLA student artists to show their unique interpretations of the newly restored film Smog (dir. Franco Rossi, Italy, 1962). This contest was open exclusively to students in the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture. Set against the backdrop […]

National Hispanic Media Coalition publishes Inclusion Roadmap for the Entertainment Industry

Seeing Beyond the Stereotypes Telling Authentic Latino/a/x/e Stories A Guide for the Entertainment Industry ‘Seeing Beyond The Stereotypes: Telling Authentic Latino/a/x/e Stories: A Guide for the Entertainment Industry‘ will drive media portrayals of the Latine community away from the current narrative and toward the authenticity and depth Latine stories deserve. The media guide analyzes the state […]

Golden Globe Foundation-funded restoration of ‘Never Open That Door’ (1952) to premiere at UCLA Festival of Preservation

Event Date: April 6, 2024 - 9:30pm - Billy Wilder Theater - FREE

The Latin American Cinemateca of Los Angeles presents a special screening of Never Open That Door (No abras nunca era puerta, Argentina 1952), a restoration funded by the Golden Globe Foundation and the Film Noir Foundation. Restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive from a 35mm dupe picture negative, a 35mm subtitled print and […]

Represent Justice – Impact Campaign: ‘Kemba’ streaming now on BET+

Kemba is a fictionalized account of the life of Kemba Smith Pradia. Though she never handled any drugs herself, in 1995 Kemba was sentenced to over 24 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute drugs, due to mandatory minimum sentencing laws. She was pardoned by President Clinton in 2000. Kemba’s sentence is typical of so many […]

Film Independent Project Involve – March update

from FILM INDEPENDENT It’s been a busy time for the 2024 Project Involve Fellows since being formally introduced at the First Look Screening on January 11! The two-day orientation swiftly followed on January 12 and 13 at Film Independent’s HQ. This year’s theme for the shorts the Fellows will be creating is ‘The Bonds That Bind Us’ and […]

Urban Peace Institute – Federal Funding for Community Safety: The LA Peacemakers Initiative

Urban Peace Institute (UPI) announced $7,400,000 in federal earmark funding to implement the LA Peacemakers Initiative alongside Congressman Tony Cárdenas and with support from former Congresswoman, now Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and the Office of Gang Reduction and Youth Development (GRYD). Approximately 150 attendees, including peacemakers, city officials, and allies, gathered at Champions In […]

Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press – Public radio journalist Josie Huang reaches $700,000 settlement with LA County, Sheriff’s Department

Attorneys from RCFP and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher helped Huang reach a settlement related to her unlawful arrest in 2020. Josie Huang, a reporter for NPR member station LAist 89.3 (formerly known as KPCC), reached a $700,000 settlement agreement on Tuesday with Los Angeles County and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department related to the […]

GET LIT – WORDS IGNITE Receives $1 Million Gift from THE YIELD GIVING OPEN CALL

Los Angeles, CA. March 19, 2024 – Today, MacKenzie Scott’s Yield Giving announced Get Lit – Words Ignite as one of the Yield Giving Open Call’s awardees working with people and in places experiencing the greatest need in the United States. Get Lit received $1 million. Get Lit – Words Ignite is a Los Angeles-based education nonprofit founded in 2006 by […]