Category Archives: Arts

Healing the wounds For Haile Gerima, solving today’s ills must begin with dealing with yesterday’s. The revolutionary filmmaker, whose feature ‘Sankofa’ literally means ‘reconciling the past to move foward,’ speaks this Friday in Melnitz Theater. By Emily Forster Daily Bruin Contributor Affirmative action, according to revolutionary independent filmmaker Haile Gerima, does not make up for […]

Nikkei members await 10th Cultural Night show Students celebrate cultural awareness through performance By Colette Jue Daily Bruin Contributor As Saturday night approaches, Nikkei Student Union member Laura Uyeda feels a growing sense of nervous anticipation. "Being on stage, I never had a chance to do that," said Uyeda, a performer in the student union’s […]

KCET exposes student films Young filmmakers receive opportunity to share their works By Sona Stepanian Daily Bruin Contributor Student filmmakers often have a hard time finding places to screen their work. But all this week KCET expands student film audiences by airing the "Fine Cut: Festival of Student Films," a series of films made by […]

Global Perspective The New Kerckhoff Art Gallery exhibit looks at people of African descent around the world, capturing the spirit of the continent’s contribution to international culture By Cheryl Klein Daily Bruin Contributor A young girl named Gide cups a handful of breadcrumbs in the palm of her hand and looks up at the camera […]

‘Late Shift’ chronicles fight for late night TV By Lynn Elber The Associated Press Producer Ivan Reitman finds out this weekend how viewers take to his sly, satirical HBO movie detailing the guerrilla warfare over Johnny Carson’s "Tonight Show" throne. He’s already heard from one key figure: Mikey likes it. That’s Michael Ovitz, president of […]

‘Living Single’ star to bring talents to UCLA Carson offers series at Freud Playhouse By Judy Hu Daily Bruin Contributor Hollywood often lacks diverse and multi-talented faces. Yet T.C. Carson, the singer, dancer and star of Fox TV’s "Living Single" does not perpetuate this stereotype. Carson brings his creative talents to UCLA’s Freud Playhouse this […]

Tammy Faye hits airwaves with new talk show Former evangelical queen starts anew on daytime television By Lynn Elber The Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Tammy Faye Messner, the former Mrs. Jim Bakker and evangelical queen, is back on television sharing her gift of gab. "The Jim J. and Tammy Faye Show," a syndicated daytime […]