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November 20, 8:54 pm

Short film “Dogwood” spotlights Native representation on both sides of the camera

Maya Rose Dittloff is embracing Native tradition on the path toward increased representation in film. The alumnus’s short film “Dogwood,” which was presented at the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival in October, tells the story of a young girl named Rose Home Gun as she embarks on a treacherous mission to gather medicinal plants. Read more...

Photo: Three girls walk along a field in alumnus Maya Rose Dittloff’s film “Dogwood.” Presented at the imagineNative Film + Media Arts Festival, the short follows Rose Home Gun as she goes on an adventure to harvest medicinal plants. (Courtesy of Dogwood)

Arts, Music

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November 20, 8:50 pm

Alumnus Angel Blue to perform at Schoenberg Hall, host opera master class

Angel Blue is returning to UCLA to help opera students hit the high note. The Grammy Award-winning opera singer and alumnus will be performing at Schoenberg Hall on Monday, accompanied by pianist Bryan Wagorn of the Metropolitan Opera. Read more...

Photo: Dressed in navy blue, Angel Blue looks at the camera with a hand on her head. The alumnus and Grammy Award-winning opera soprano will return to UCLA this week for a performance Monday and master class Tuesday. (Courtesy of Angel Blue)

Arts, Arts Columns, Music

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November 18, 6:23 pm

Album review: Weyes Blood transports listeners to a world of ethereal loneliness in new album

Weyes Blood is assuring listeners they are not alone in feeling alone. Three years after “Titanic Rising” was released, the artist – whose real name is Natalie Mering – dropped her newest album, “And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow” on Friday. Read more...

Photo: Weyes Blood is lit by blue and purple lighting and appears to glow from within on the cover of her fifth album, “And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow,” which released Friday. (Courtesy is of Sub Pop Records)

Arts, Film & TV

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November 18, 6:22 pm

Q&A: “The People We Hate at the Wedding” screenwriters, cast navigate family dynamics

Weddings may be the time for family to gather, but there is no vow they’ll get along. On Friday, Amazon Prime Video will be ringing the wedding bells for the release of Claire Scanlon’s “The People We Hate at the Wedding.” Based on the comedic novel of the same name written by Grant Ginder, the film follows struggling sibling pair Alice (Kristen Bell) and Paul (Ben Platt) and their mother Donna (Allison Janney) as they travel to London to attend the wedding of their estranged, posh half-sister Eloise (Cynthia Addai-Robinson). Read more...

Photo: (From left to right) Ben Platt, Allison Janney and Kristen Bell star in Amazon Prime Video’s “The People We Hate at the Wedding.” The film will begin streaming Nov. 18. (Courtesy of Amazon Studios)

Arts, Film & TV

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November 18, 4:38 pm

UCLA archive to host screening of works by Black TV pioneer Robert L. Goodwin

A chamber of works by Robert L. Goodwin will soon be screened in Westwood. On Saturday, the UCLA Film & Television Archive will co-present two of Goodwin’s works, “The Upper Chamber’” and “The Death of Simon Jackson” as part of “Lost African American TV: Robert L. Read more...

Photo: Prisoners converse in a scene from Robert L. Goodwin’s “The Upper Chamber.” The UCLA Film & Television Archive will screen the film on Saturday. (Courtesy of “The Upper Chamber”)

Arts, Theater & Fine Arts

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November 16, 4:34 pm

Student play ‘The C Word’ explores femininity through visual art, surreal humor

“The C Word” is exhibiting the fruitful female experience. Beginning Friday, Out of the Blue Theatre Company will run its production of “The C Word” at 1330 Macgowan Hall. Read more...

Photo: Cast members of “The C Word” extend their arms through a gold frame. Written and directed by third-year theater student Sarah Lina Sparks, the play will open Friday. (Courtesy of Sarah Lina Sparks)

Arts, Film & TV

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November 15, 8:16 pm

‘Kingdom of Strangers’ film explores universal themes of isolation, exile

This post was updated Dec. 28 at 12:05 a.m. Randa Ali is bringing experiences of isolation and identity to the big screen. The graduate student in directing debuted her short film “Kingdom of Strangers” at the 26th annual Arab Film Festival on Nov. Read more...

Photo: Two black and white figures overlook the ocean. Graduate student in directing Randa Ali premiered her film “Kingdom of Strangers” at the 26th Arab Film Festival. (Courtesy of Kingdom of Strangers)


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