arts and entertainment
LGBTQ, homelessness, family, prison at 2020 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
October 26, 2020In what is likely my final report from this year’s Festival, here are more capsule reviews of short films from Hawaii being screened at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, which is taking place through...
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Video tribute to radical composer Marc Blitzstein by University of Wisconsin Opera
October 19, 2020This is one event to mark on your calendar now for a very rare treat.
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‘Waikiki’ shines at Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
October 14, 2020America is currently experiencing a historic surge of protests igniting a cultural awakening and racial reckoning.
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‘The Sit-In’: The week Harry Belafonte hosted ‘The Tonight Show’
September 25, 2020The camera sweeps over an applauding audience. Ed McMahon announces his familiar introduction—with a twist.
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‘The Wall of Mexico’: A new feature film about construction and deconstruction
September 22, 2020Virtually the entire action of this film takes place on the vast compound belonging to the Aristas, a Mexican-American family of unimaginable wealth and privilege.
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