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Screening Riotsville, U.S.A. 8/4 All PostsCommunity ConversationsMovie Nights at the MuseumSkid Row History Museum & Archive

Screening Riotsville, U.S.A. 8/4

Friday, August 4, 7pm Screening Riotsville, U.S.A.Directed by Sierra PettengillRuntime: 1 hr. 31 min. Followed by a Q&A with Hamid Khan from Stop LAPD Spying Welcome to Riotsville, a fictional town built by the U.S. military. Using footage shot by the media and the government, Riotsville, U.S.A.explores the militarization of…
LA Poverty Department
July 12, 2023
Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust 7/21 7pm All PostsCommunity ConversationsMovie Nights at the MuseumSkid Row History Museum & Archive

Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust 7/21 7pm

Friday, July 21, 2023, 7pmScreening: Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes DustDirected by Ann KanekoRun time: 60 min.* Q&A with director Ann Kaneko following the screening At the foot of the majestic snowcapped Sierras, Manzanar, the WWII concentration camp,becomes the confluence for memories of Payahuunadü, the now-parched “land of flowing water.”Intergenerational women…
LA Poverty Department
July 5, 2023
We’re Not Bad Kids! 7/7 7pm All PostsCommunity ConversationsCommunity eventscommunity eventsMovie Nights at the MuseumSkid Row History Museum & Archive

We’re Not Bad Kids! 7/7 7pm

Screening We’re Not Bad Kids!Friday, July 7, 2023, 7pmConcept / Videography by Franklin ArburthaRuntime: 26 min. Q&A with Charles Porter and the original NOT BAD kids: Franklin, Maribel, Roshawn, DC and Adelene We’re Not Bad Kids is a 2004 documentary showing the lives of young people living in the area of…
LA Poverty Department
July 3, 2023