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April 28, 12:37 pm

Student short film ‘Cedar Mountain’ is ‘Euphoria’ for summer camp counselors

This post was updated May 12 at 8:20 p.m. In the short film “Cedar Mountain,” it’s all about summer camp and self-expression. The film, which is being produced by a team of UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television students, is a coming-of-age story that follows a group of college students who work as camp counselors for the summer. Read more...

Photo: The cast and crew of “Cedar Mountain” prepare to film a scene. Fourth-year theater student Isaiah Bowes, who co-wrote and co-directed the short film, said the project’s team took inspiration from the HBO series “Euphoria” when developing its visuals. (Aidan Sun/Daily Bruin)

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April 26, 7:06 pm

Film review: Heady tennis romance ‘Challengers’ aces action-packed melodrama

This post was updated April 28 at 7:17 p.m. In this backhanded game of love and tennis, “Challengers” has an ace up its sleeve. Slicing into theaters Friday, director Luca Guadagnino’s riveting romantic melodrama circles a tightly coiled love triangle culminating in a tennis match showdown. Read more...

Photo: Mike Faist, Zendaya and Josh O’Connor (left to right) star as tennis players in a love triangle in the romantic drama “Challengers.” Directed by Luca Guadagnino, the film released in theaters Friday. (Courtesy of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)

Arts, Music

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April 25, 9:46 pm

Running on bike power, Coastalong 2024 brings music and sustainability to UCLA

At the Coastalong Music and Sustainability Festival, helping the environment while listening to tunes is easier than riding a bicycle. Less than a week after Earth Day, the 11th annual Coastalong festival will be held Saturday from 12 to 5:30 p.m. Read more...

Photo: A line of participants sit on colorful stationary bikes in an image from last year’s Coastalong Music and Sustainability Festival. The annual event will take place at the Sunset Canyon Recreation Center on Saturday. (Courtesy of Fran Fox)

Arts, Theater & Fine Arts

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April 25, 9:38 pm

Aquilah Ohemeng innovates with ‘PASS US NOT: Holy Ghosted’ choreography

Aquilah Ohemeng is bringing her reimagining of a 64-year-old dance to the modern stage. The graduate student in choreographic inquiry is imbuing modern artistic expression into one of the most influential pieces of choreographed dance – Alvin Ailey’s “Revelations.” Titled “PASS US NOT: Holy Ghosted,” Ohemeng’s piece builds on the trailblazing choreographer’s creation, which uses traditional African American spirituals, blues and work songs to tell a story of faith and perseverance as it relates to slavery and freedom. Read more...

Photo: Dancers carry white parasols in “PASS US NOT: Holy Ghosted.” The performance was directed by Aquilah Ohemeng, a graduate student in choreographic inquiry. (Nina Schmidt/Daily Bruin)

Arts, Film & TV, Theater & Fine Arts

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April 25, 1:56 pm

‘Taking the helm’: Night of Cultura controls narrative, reflects diverse community

This post was updated April 25 at 8:42 p.m. The Latine Film and Theatre Association is uprooting societal stereotypes in its upcoming Night of Cultura. Gracing the Northwest Campus Auditorium stage April 26 and 27, the annual two-day event will showcase a combination of short films and plays, entirely produced by Latine artists on campus. Read more...

Photo: Members of the Latine Film and Theatre Association stand around a table in rehearsals for their Night of Cultura. The two-night event will showcase a combination of short films and plays April 26 and 27. (Darlene Sanzon/Daily Bruin)

Arts, Film & TV

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April 23, 4:30 pm

Panel discusses solidarity, activism at Palestinian film screening

This post was updated April 24 at 3:13 p.m. UCLA faculty and students spent an evening in search of the meaning of solidarity through film. This Monday, in Royce Hall, the UCLA Department of English & Comparative Literature hosted a screening and discussion of the film “R21 AKA Restoring Solidarity” by Palestinian filmmaker Mohanad Yaqubi. Read more...

Photo: A still from “R21 AKA Restoring Solidarity” is pictured. The film from Palestinian filmmaker Mohanad Yaqubi was screened in Royce Hall and followed by a panel discussion with UCLA professors Monday. (Courtesy of Idioms Film)

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April 23, 11:53 am

Alumnus Mei-Chen Chen unearths Indigenous music of Taiwan in presentation

This posted was updated April 23 at 7:38 p.m. Mei-Chen Chen is unearthing the fruits of ethnomusicological documentation. This Wednesday at the Schoenberg Music Building, the ethnomusicologist will walk the UCLA community through her experiences uncovering missionary Joseph Lenherr’s field recordings of Indigenous Taiwanese tribes’ music. Read more...

Photo: Light radiates out from the Schoenberg Music Building. Taking place in room B544, alumnus Mei-Chen Chen’s lecture “Unearthing Sounds from the Archive: Joseph Lenherr’s Field Recordings of Indigenous Music of Taiwan” will discuss Indigenous church music through the lens of archival documentation from Lenherr. (Jeremy Chen/Photo editor)


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