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    Record-Breaking Participation at 11th Annual Easterseals Disability Film Challenge

    The five-day film challenge inspired 135 entrants with 6 winners announced and 12 grants presented at the Cary Grant Theater on the Sony Pictures Studios Lot on Thursday. Hollywood is known the world over for its red carpet events and an air of excitement around a new project, but the atmosphere on the orange carpet […]

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    ProPublica Wins Pulitzer Prize for Supreme Court Coverage

    The award marks ProPublica’s 7th Pulitzer; Uvalde shooting investigation is named a Pulitzer finalist. by ProPublica ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. ProPublica won the prestigious public service Pulitzer Prize for what the judges described as “groundbreaking and […]

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    World Press Freedom Day at California State University Dominguez Hills

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    Restored Argentinian Film ‘Never Open That Door’ to be Released with Booklet, Bonus Features

    Celebrated Argentinian film “Never Open That Door” (“No abras nunca esa puerta,” 1952), recently restored with funding from the Golden Globe Foundation, will soon be available on DVD with a selection of bonus materials, thanks to film distributor Flicker Alley. “This extraordinary 1952 Argentinian noir … is probably the most bedarkened, beshadowed film I’ve seen, […]

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    Southwestern Law School announces Spring 2024 Legal Clinic Rising Stars

    Congratulations to Southwestern Law School’s Spring 2024 Legal Clinic Rising Stars! These remarkable students have applied their skills and knowledge to empower others in areas such as immigration, family law, and children’s rights, making a positive impact on countless lives. Nominated and recognized by their peers for their generosity, kindness, and work ethic, they’ve helped […]

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    Black Filmmaker Rebellion Hold 2nd Annual Film Festival – Winners Announced

    Inspired by L.A. Rebellion – the film movement that started at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and brought together Black film students from the late 1960s to the late ’80s in adopting cinema as a poetic expression for the African-American experience – a group of Loyola Marymount University (LMU) Black film students felt […]

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    MANIFESTWORKS Celebrates 38 New Graduates

    Through immersive learning, real-world work experience, and a network of supportive professional mentors, ManifestWorks connects those impacted by foster care, homelessness, and incarceration with job opportunities and provides ongoing life and professional skills to support long-term success. On Saturday, April 20, ManifestWorks graduated 38 alumni, their largest cohort ever. Not only were the 14 women […]

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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 […]

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    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 […]

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    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. […]

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    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 […]

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    ‘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 […]

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