Wednesday, September 30

Former UCLA basketball player Beau Bridges to star in play about John Wooden

Our sports den is Pauley Pavilion, but “Coach: An Evening with John Wooden” will take audiences into John Wooden’s personal den at home. Many Bruins only know Wooden as UCLA’s most-esteemed basketball coach from 1948 to 1975. Read more...

Photo: “Coach: An Evening with John Wooden” will tell the story of John Wooden off the courts. The production will center around the love shared between Wooden and his wife, Nell Wooden. John Wooden will be portrayed by former basketball player and actor, Beau Bridges. (Daily Bruin file photo)



Graduate student’s documentary unpacks legal process, inspects for-profit bail

Documentary reenactments can be misleading, creating a false distance between audience and reality, said Antonia Thornton. However, the graduate production and directing student said her documentary “Broken” tells a tale of incarceration and advocacy by inserting her subject directly into the reenactments, instead of hiring an actor. Read more...

Photo: Graduate student Antonia Thornton’s documentary “Broken” touches upon themes of imprisonment and advocacy, casting the formerly incarcerated woman Wendy Staggs as the production’s protagonist. (Niveda Tennety/Assistant Photo editor)





Upside Down cafe hosts gallery raising awareness of plight of Congolese children

Photos of happy children can have a real impact on awareness of political conflict. This is the philosophy Nicole Peters, the Strategic Partnerships Manager for Los Angeles-based nonprofit Justice Rising, espoused at a photo gallery exhibition at Upside Down cafe Thursday. Read more...

Photo: The LA-based non-profit Justice Rising hosted a photo gallery exhibition at Upside Down Café featuring photos of the students they help in Eastern Congo. The organization works to promote secondary education in the country, where they build schoolhouses and hire local teachers to educate children. (Tess Horowitz/Daily Bruin)