LA Poverty Department

Burn Motherf*cker, Burn! (2017) | A Film by Sacha Jenkins Fri, June 23 at 7pm A provocative documentary look into the 1992 Los Angeles uprising. 25 years ago, Los Angeles exploded when four police officers were acquitted in the beating of Rodney King. But the city had been smoldering for…

Friday, May 26 @ 7:00 PM Directed by Philip Gnadt, Mickey Yamine  |  Running time: 1h 24m Civil rights attorney Nana Gyamfi will facilitate the discussion after the film.  Gaza – a strip of land with a population of 1.7 million citizens, wedged between Israel and Egypt, and isolated from…

Friday, May 12 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM at #skidrowmuseum Directed by Josh Fox  |  Running time: 1h 24m. Lydia Ponce, activist and organizer with SoCal 350 and American Indian Movement, will lead the discussion after the film. AWAKE follows the rise of the #NODAPL native-led peaceful resistance at the…