Film and theater will unite onscreen in “Partying with Communists.” “Partying With Communists,” a short musical film, written and directed by fourth-year film and television student Vincent Blake, takes place in 1950s Hollywood during the Red Scare. The film follows the journey of Daphne, a Hollywood actress who is blacklisted by her director because she […]
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HOOLIGAN’s uncensored rendition of ‘Cabaret’ aims to push boundaries
HOOLIGAN Theatre Company is trying to push boundaries this quarter with risqué costumes and social commentary in its production of “Cabaret.” In addition to a heavy amount of dancing, the show deals with themes of violence and genocide in 1930s Germany. “Cabaret,” which runs Friday and Saturday at Schoenberg Hall, tells the fictional story of […]
Video: UCLA Game Art Festival returns for fifth year to showcase new projects
On Tuesday, the Hammer Museum hosted UCLA’s fifth Game Art Festival at its first- and second-floor courtyards. The UCLA Game Lab invited select artists and gamemakers from UCLA and around the world to showcase their work, which ranged from board games to cinema.
UCLA’s fifth Game Art Festival exhibits gaming as art form
The operatic Latin lyrics from the “Super Smash Bros.” sound track concluded festivities at the Hammer Museum on Tuesday night. The museum hosted the fifth UCLA Game Art Festival in its first- and second-floor courtyards where the sounds of attendees playing games rang out for three hours. Design media arts professor Eddo Stern organized the […]
LCC Theatre Company’s fall production to feature student-directed plays
“Great Scott! And Other Above-Average People” will feature three plays in one show. Six UCLA students of the LCC Theatre Company directed three one-act plays for the student-run, Asian-American theater company’s first production this fall. Each scene was overseen by two directors, said Kady Le, a fourth-year film and television student and one of the […]
Alumna singer-songwriter transcends genre to convey lived experience
Teira Lockhart Church was only 14 when she stood on stage and belted out “This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)” in front of more than 1,000 people. The 2016 UCLA alumna began performing gospel music at family gatherings when she was five years old, and now works in Los Angeles as a professional singer-songwriter. Though […]
UCLA theater student portrays teen in coming-of-age indie film
“Knowing Nothing Cold” threw a group of amateur teen actors into the 1970s Midwest. Directed by Jeff Kao, the indie film “Knowing Nothing Cold” examines Kao’s own memories of adolescence in the 1970s Midwest, focusing on the struggles faced by a group of teenagers as they transition into adulthood. While some of the teenagers idolize […]