LA Poverty Department

June 20, Screening PALMAS, 7pm Directed by Aric LopezRuntime: 21 min.Q&A with Director Aric Lopez and producer Ana Flavia Veiga.filmmakers and current students at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts. Rooted in the subversive tradition of Mexicanidad, “Palmas” confronts viewers with the haunting histories of the Kizh-Gabrieleño tribe, the Chavez Ravine…

June 6 Screening HUNTER GATHERER, 7:30PMDirected by Josh LocyRuntime 1 hr. 30 min.Q&A with Director Josh Locy and Lead Actor Andre Royo After a 3-year stint in prison, an unreasonably optimistic middle-aged man returns to his stagnant neighborhood to win back his girlfriend only to find that she and his family have done…