Bisi Ademulegun, who goes by Bisi B., plans to ride her Harley-Davidson motorcycle from Southern California all the way to Alaska. Along the way, she will seek out women who lead extraordinary and adventurous lives. The UCLA alumna’s ride up the coast serves as the narrative continuum for her episodic documentary series, “Breaking the Mold,” […]
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Director of Swarovski’s sustainability documentary shares angle, experiences
Swarovski’s Waterschool initiative spans across 2,400 centers in seven countries, along the world’s major rivers. The program, which aims to educate and empower communities toward water sustainability, is the focus of “Waterschool,” a 70-minute documentary that dropped on Netflix on July 25. Produced by UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television Dean Teri Schwartz and […]
UCLA student revisits dance in recent season of ‘So You Think You Can Dance’
Tessa Dalke was excited to learn about her selection for “So You Think You Can Dance” while doing schoolwork in The Study at Hedrick. Dalke, a rising second-year psychobiology student, appeared on the show’s 15th season in the hopes of becoming America’s Favorite Dancer. Though the contemporary dancer performed her last number on the season’s […]
Second Take: ‘Joker’ origin film calls for unique reinvention of archvillain character
Warner Bros. is done clowning around. In 2016, the critically condemned “Suicide Squad” left audiences frantically fleeing theaters to find solace in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight trilogy. And after box office disaster “Justice League” failed to revitalize the studio’s reputation for mediocrity, DC Entertainment has gone back to the drawing board. It was recently […]
Comic-Con panel discusses Afrofuturism in ‘Black Panther,’ Octavia Butler’s works
“Black Panther” did much more than provide 8-year-olds with a sleek Halloween costume. Five months after its release, scholars are still meticulously dissecting Ryan Coogler’s film in the hopes of gaining a thorough understanding of its impact on the black community. The 2018 San Diego Comic Convention panel “Beyond Wakanda: Intersectional Afrofuturism” analyzed “Black Panther” […]
Play about human connection receives nomination for comedy direction
A large, beating heart is left on a subway for a man who has only ever had a flimsy, paper heart. The drama comes during the climactic scene in Julia Lederer’s play “With Love and A Major Organ,” which was put on by the Boston Court Pasadena theater company. Actress Paige Lindsey White and projection […]
Q&A: Writer, producer Steven Canals explains how ‘Pose’ unhinges status quo of TV
Steven Canals spends his days jumping between the ballroom world of 1980s New York City and the writer’s room with Ryan Murphy. As the co-creator of TV series “Pose,” the UCLA screenwriting alumnus aims to fill the gaps of communities underrepresented in TV, he said. The Daily Bruin’s Cameron Vernali spoke to Canals about determination […]