Mead Film Festival

With all that extra money in our program, we should think of sponsoring the Traveling Margaret Mead Film Festival at CSULB. The rental fees are $1800 for the full program and $900 for half, such a deal... 

I don't actually know what would constitute a deal, but if I don't have to pay for it...well, I guess my taxes are paying for it, and my tuition. Hmm...maybe we should buy more equipment instead. 

Free Screening of Four LA-Themed Documentaries

So, this is incredibly late notice, but I just found out today about this screening on Saturday. These are four films sponsored by the same organization (California Council for the Humanities) that is sponsoring the Master's project that Donia and I are working on . 

The four films are: "The New Los Angeles", documenting the city's recent political and social history; "The Eastsiders", about the historic Central Avenue area before 1965; "Chicano Rock", Jon Wilkman's film tracing the history of rock n' roll and Latino identities in East L.A.; and "Chinatown Remembered: Los Angeles During the 1930s and 1940s", about the creation of the first planned Chinese American community in the U.S.

These films will be screened for the L.A. Archives Bazaar at the USC Davidson Conference Center (3415 South Figueroa Street at Jefferson Boulevard) on Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm. I know this conflicts with the proposed Grad Student Mixer, but maybe we could go in the morning for part of it. 

Admission is free, but parking is $8 (of course).

Schedule:

"The New Los Angeles"

10:30-11:45 am

www.californiadreamseries.org/nla.htm

"The Eastenders"

12:30-1:30 pm

www.eighthandwall.org

"Chicano Rock! The Sounds of East Los Angeles"

2-3 pm

www.wilkman.com

"Chinatown Remembered: Los Angeles During the 1930s and 1940s"

3:30-4:30 pm

www.chssa.org

Please let me know if you are interested in going.