Arts & Performance Studies

Film trailer for "THE POWER OF FILM" directed by Laura Gabbert. A composite image consisting of four smaller rectangular images from memorable films. https://vimeo.com/936810503
THE POWER OF FILM, PART 2: "TRAPPED"
THE POWER OF FILM is a 6-part television event from legendary UCLA film Professor Emeritus Howard Suber, analyzing why certain films have remained both popular and memorable for generations
Film trailer for "THE POWER OF FILM" directed by Laura Gabbert. A composite image consisting of four smaller rectangular images from memorable films. https://vimeo.com/936849815
THE POWER OF FILM, PART 3: "CHARACTER RELATIONSHIPS"
THE POWER OF FILM is a 6-part television event from legendary UCLA film Professor Emeritus Howard Suber, analyzing why certain films have remained both popular and memorable for generations
Film trailer for "THE POWER OF FILM" directed by Laura Gabbert. A composite image consisting of four smaller rectangular images from memorable films. https://vimeo.com/936850995
THE POWER OF FILM, PART 4: "HEROES AND VILLAINS"
THE POWER OF FILM is a 6-part television event from legendary UCLA film Professor Emeritus Howard Suber, analyzing why certain films have remained both popular and memorable for generations
Film trailer for "THE POWER OF FILM" directed by Laura Gabbert. A composite image consisting of four smaller rectangular images from memorable films. https://vimeo.com/936852267
THE POWER OF FILM, PART 5: "THE POWER OF PARADOX"
THE POWER OF FILM is a 6-part television event from legendary UCLA film Professor Emeritus Howard Suber, analyzing why certain films have remained both popular and memorable for generations
Film trailer for "THE POWER OF FILM" directed by Laura Gabbert. A composite image consisting of four smaller rectangular images from memorable films. https://vimeo.com/936853101
THE POWER OF FILM, PART 6: "LOVE AND MEANING
THE POWER OF FILM is a 6-part television event from legendary UCLA film Professor Emeritus Howard Suber, analyzing why certain films have remained both popular and memorable for generations
Trailer for "The Secret Song" directed by Samantha Campbell. In a classroom, young students play musical instruments. https://vimeo.com/915272419
THE SECRET SONG
A tight-knit school with music at its core faces the challenge of learning under the pandemic lockdown. The film celebrates the dynamism that teachers bring forth in the classroom, and how a sense of belonging helps us surmount hardships and adversity
Trailer for documentary "The Show Must Go On" directed by Divya Cowasji & Jall Cowasji. Old man and woman dancing on ballroom floor. https://vimeo.com/874989545
THE SHOW MUST GO ON - BITCHITRA COLLECTIVE
Aging Parsi theatre icons return to the stage for one final curtain - chronicling the resilience of a singular cast of characters that want nothing more than to go out with a bang
Trailer for documentary "This Is The Way We Rise" directed by Ciara Lacy. Side profile of person and Hawaiian flag. https://vimeo.com/699551699
THIS IS THE WAY WE RISE
Protecting Hawaiian sacred sites through art and poetry
Trailer for documentary "Tyrus" directed by Pamela Tom. Man painting on the floor in black and white. https://vimeo.com/210684465
TYRUS
His art inspired Bambi, his life will inspire you
https://vimeo.com/824589849
UNDERDOG
The curiously optimistic tale of Doug Butler—a hardscrabble Vermont dairy farmer who risks losing the only home he's ever known to chase his dreams of dog mushing in Alaska
Trailer for documentary "Uprooted - The Journey of Jazz Dance" directed by Khadifa Wong. Three woman dancing. https://vimeo.com/745606066
UPROOTED - THE JOURNEY OF JAZZ DANCE
Celebrating the African roots, history, lineage and future progressions of jazz dance through a social and political lens
Trailer for "VANISH - DISAPPEARING ICONS OF A RURAL AMERICA" https://vimeo.com/933411034
VANISH - DISAPPEARING ICONS OF A RURAL AMERICA
Vanish chronicles the “visual preservation” adventures of fine art photographer, Jim Westphalen, as he travels across the country seeking out and creating stunning imagery of America’s disappearing rural structures
"Voices from Texas" directed by Ray Santisteban. A collage of Mexican-American poets in the lone star state. https://vimeo.com/859874124
VOICES FROM TEXAS
Cultural and historical factors shape Mexican American writers as they employ poetry and spoken word to navigate their struggles and celebrate life
Trailer for documentary “WE PAID LET US IN! THE LEGEND OF ABSTRACT MINDSTATE" directed by Trizonna McClendon. A man and a girl sing. https://vimeo.com/1002436446
WE PAID LET US IN! THE LEGEND OF ABSTRACT MINDSTATE
No matter your age or lot in life, DREAMS STILL INSPIRE
Trailer for documentary “WESTERMANN: MEMORIAL TO THE IDEA OF MAN IF HE WAS AN IDEA” directed by Leslie Buchbinde. A robot figurine centers the frame. https://vimeo.com/899415206
WESTERMANN: MEMORIAL TO THE IDEA OF MAN IF HE WAS AN IDEA
The story of marine veteran H.C. Westermann, who navigated the profound traumas of war by making art, and became a hero to generations of artists
Trailer for documentary "What We Left Unfinished" directed by Mariam Ghani. Person holding clapperboard. https://vimeo.com/361927570
WHAT WE LEFT UNFINISHED
The story of five unfinished Afghan Communist films, and just how far artists will go to keep making art in times of war and political repression
Trailer for documentary "Who Will Write Our History" directed by Roberta Grossman. Man selling books to old man. https://vimeo.com/359373369
WHO WILL WRITE OUR HISTORY
Resistance comes in many forms
“Wisdom Gone Wild” directed by Rea Tajiri. Daughter presses her noes against her mother who is in hospice. https://vimeo.com/866122140
WISDOM GONE WILD
A vibrant tender cine-poem; a filmmaker collaborates with her Nisei mother as they confront the painful curious reality of wisdom ‘gone wild’ in the shadows of dementia
Arts & Performance Studies films from GOOD DOCS