Culture
“Pilgrims”: New play asks questions about replicating utopian genocide
June 29, 2017As Sigmund Freud argued in Beyond the Pleasure Principle, we are unconsciously compelled to repeat or recreate the conditions or experiences of violence we have suffered.
Read more“Beyond the Waterfront”: A multidisciplinary collaborative project on the L.A. docks
June 29, 2017A large part of the raison d’être of this piece is to showcase the skills of the Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre, which specializes in performances in extraordinary, non-theatrical locations.
Read more“Abu” and “Sun Dogs,” two finding-yourself film premieres
June 26, 2017Tambakis and Morrison have captured the mood of America in those times, which anticipates the hateful, anti-immigrant rhetoric so common today.
Read moreCapsule reviews from the L.A. Film Festival 2017
June 26, 2017This year’s 23rd LAFF stressed a multitude of voices with regard to ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, etc.
Read moreAesthetics meets politics in Josephine Baker tribute
June 23, 2017Daryl Brooks continues the Black Ensemble Theater's tradition of exploring the way that music and artists have given consciousness to the experience of racial oppression.
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