#ucla film

[ourhistorytoo]

In 1967, Nikolai Ursin, shot this short independent film which was a slice of life look at a trans woman's life. I've searched through newspaper archives to try and identify the start of the film, but haven't had any luck.

She had the same dreams that many women do, which is to settle down with a partner who appreciates her and who she can appreciate.

According to this bio, Ursin was a film student (MFA '71) at UCLA and was partners with artist Norman Yonemoto when he filmed Behind Every Good Man. Nikolai passed away in 1990, Norman passed away in 2014.

[materialsscienceandengineering]

Atomic clocks that excite the nucleus of thorium-229 embedded in a transparent crystal when hit by a laser beam could yield the most accurate measurements ever of time and gravity, and even rewrite some of the fundamental laws of physics. Thorium-229-doped crystals are both scarce and radioactive. A thin film using a dry precursor of thorium-229 shows the same nuclear excitation as the crystal, but its low cost and radioactivity, and smaller size mean its production could be more easily scaled up to make smaller, less expensive, more portable atomic clocks. This summer, UCLA physicists succeeded in getting the nucleus of a thorium-229 atom embedded in a transparent crystal to absorb and emit photons like the electrons in an atom do, ending decades of speculation about whether such a feat was possible. Raising the energy state of an atom's nucleus using a laser, or exciting it, would permit the development of the most accurate atomic clocks ever to exist and allow the most accurate measurements of time and gravity. Such an atomic clock could even rewrite some of the fundamental laws of physics.

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[themomentthat]

Behind Every Good Man (c. 1967) | UCLA restoration

A short film showcasing the extraordinary life of a Black trans woman, predating the LGBTQ rights movement at Stonewall in 1969.

[filmnoirfoundation]

NOIR CITY: Portland

We are delighted to finally be returning to the Hollywood Theatre for NOIR CITY Portland, Friday-Sunday, July 19-21, hosted by FNF prez Eddie Muller. The festival includes screenings of two FNF funded restorations, No abras nunca esa Puerta (Never Open That Door) and The Man Who Cheated Himself as well as the 35mm print we funded of The Window. The restorations were performed by the UCLA Film & Television Archive. The rest of the festival slate comprises Gilda, Night Has A Thousand Eyes, and Eddie’s favorite film noir, In A Lonely Place.

On Saturday, July 20th at 1:00 PM , Eddie takes a break from hosting to converse about his storied career.  After the talk, Eddie will be available to sign his books.  The Hollywood Theatre will have three of his titles available for purchase - Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir, Eddie Muller’s Noir Bar: Cocktails Inspired by the World of Film Noir, and for younger, potential noiristas, Kid Noir: Kitty Feral and the Case of the Marshmallow Monkey. This event requires a separate admission for ticket holders.

You can purchase a NOIR CITY: Portland festival pass for just $50 which grants you admission to all the screenings and to the conversation with Eddie Muller.

The festival’s full schedule and tickets to individual screenings are available on the Hollywood Theatre website.

CONFIRMED 2024 NOIR CITY DATES

NOIR CITY: Portland: Jul 19-21 Hollywood Theatre, Portland, OR

NOIR CITY: Chicago: Sep 6-12 Music Box Theatre, Chicago, IL

NOIR CITY: Detroit: Sep 20-22 Redford Theatre, Detroit, MI

NOIR CITY: D.C.: Oct 11-24 AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center

NOIR CITY: Philadelphia: Nov 15-17 The Colonial Theatre, Phoenixville, PA

*Other U.S. cities will be added as festival dates are confirmed.

[drsonnet]

The Shadow of the West - Written and Narrated by Edward Said and feat Ibrahim Abu-Lughod (1986) Directed by Geoff Dunlop

[thinkbolt]

Buzzy Boop at the Concert (Fleischer, 1938) Betty had a kick-ass niece?? This film was only just rediscovered (in Moscow, of all places!) and restored in 2022!

[oldshowbiz]

Freight Yard Symphony (1963)

[boogiefts]

UCLA VS OREGON FOOTBALL GAME

SHOT ON OLYMPUS & KODAKGOLD200

[waste-it-on-something-useful]

Welcome Home, Brother Charles aka Soul Vengeance (Jamaa Fanaka, 1975)

[fagrackham]

Its always funny to me to see how hollywood conceives of teeny bullshit hippie colleges on screen

[filmcourage]

Top 5 Mistakes That Will Ruin A Short Film - Kim Adelman via FilmCourage.com.

[cliffordthurlow]

MAKING SHORT FILMS HAS NEVER BEEN EASIER

Making short films has never been easier. Cameras are smaller, lighter, less expensive and easier to use. A home PC and an inexpensive programme is all you need to edit, compose music and add sound and digital effects. Jess Murphy in Greta May – Photo: Alex Atwater Films can be uploaded on YouTube and a host of streaming sites. If you wants to take the process to its ultimate conclusion, digital…

[elierlick]

In 1967, a trans woman named Vicky shared her life with an interviewer. The UCLA Film and Television Archive preserved the full short film, Queens at Heart, in 2009.

[filmnoirfoundation]

TV Noir on the Big Screen

The FNF will co-present Noir Television: Naked City with UCLA Film & Television Archive on Sunday, October 15, 7:00 p.m. at the Billy Wilder Theater located in Los Angeles' Hammer Museum.

The evening comprises two episodes of Naked City, a police drama from the original Golden Age of Television, and an in-person Q&A with FNF board member Alan K. Rode and actor/writer Michael McGreevey between screenings. Based on Jules Dassin's acclaimed 1948 motion picture of the same name, Naked City boasted location photography and a host of New York actors in thoughtful, original teleplays that emphasized character over action.

First, Jack Warden (Twelve Angry Men) guest stars as a fugitive who takes refuge in a tenement rooftop hideaway belonging to a troubled child (Mike McGreevey) in The King of Venus Will Take Care of You (1962). As the police close in, the misfit pair confront each other and their individual life circumstances, which are untenable.

A Horse Has a Big Head — Let Him Worry (1962) plays second. In groundbreaking casting, Diahann Carroll (Julia) guests as an earnest special education teacher searching for a sight-impaired student (John Megna) who, in defiant independence, wanders away on a field trip. Admission is free. Full details and program notes are available on UCLA's website.

[gemstarb]

Watch "UCLA DETAINMENT" on YouTube