Be Your Change

Sep 🎬

Juliette Bouquerel — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 00:56:11 +0000

Sep 21 | 6th Independent Visionaries Film Festival | Lumiere Music Hall | At our festival, we celebrate the brilliance of independent filmmakers who dare to think outside the box. From thought-provoking documentaries to captivating narratives, we showcase a diverse range of films that push the boundaries of storytelling. From $10

Apr 🎬

Juliette Bouquerel — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 17:58:56 +0000

Apr 4 | 7:30 p.m. | Food and Film: Food, Inc. 2 (2024) | Billy Wildy Theater Co-presented by the Hammer Museum. Documentarians Robert Kenner and Melissa Robredo return to the subject of Kenner’s 2009 exposé of the food industry, Food Inc., for a globe-hopping post-pandemic look at the current state of the movement to build a “food system that reflects our values.”

In person: Q&A with filmmakers Robert Kenner, Melissa Robledo; Gerardo Reyes Chavez, Coalition of Immokalee Workers; producer Eric Schlosser; chef and restaurateur Alice Waters.

Apr 22 | 5 pm (PST) | Climate Changemaker Teen Film Festival 2024 presented by New Roads School. VIRTUAL | FREE |

Mar 🎬

Juliette Bouquerel — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 17:55:40 +0000

Mar 12 | 7 pm | Common Grounds | Santa Monica | Big Picture Ranch and Area23a in partnership with Sustainable Works. Screening and Discussion moderated by Sarah Spitz, UC Master Gardener, Los Angeles County. A hopeful and uplifting story of the pioneers of the “Regenerative Movement” who produce tremendous quantities of nutritionally dense food and are working to balance the climate. | FREE

Mar 19 | 7 pm | HRSS – Freedom on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom Part of the Human Rights Speakers Series (HRSS) collection. To recognize the 10th anniversary of the war and the second anniversary of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine w/panel discussion | FREE

March 20 | 7 pm | Vulnerable Innocence | Santa Monica | Canadian Ambassador, Educator and Computer Science expert, Amb. Dr. Charlene Douk-Gebauer is an award-winning documentary detailing the threats the internet and social media pose to children, with clear steps parents can take to increase the safety of their children. Film followed by an expert panel with Q&A and recommended resources. | FREE

Mar 21 | 5 pm | Birthing Justice at Planned Parenthood | Inglewood Health Center. Experience a powerful documentary addressing critical issues in black maternal health and childbirth. Following the film, there will be a Q&A session for attendees to participate in, accompanied by light refreshments. |FREE|

Mar 23 | 7pm | Celebrating Women Filmmakers: A Short Film Spotlight | Let’s celebrate the artistry and brilliance of women and mom filmmakers, and their commitment to championing diversity and inclusivity. |$15|

March 24 | 7:30 pm | Gaza Ghetto on In the first documentary film made in Gaza, Gaza Ghetto (1984) highlights the historical precedents that fuel the current cycles of violence and continue at the heart of the Palestine-Israel conflict.| FREE

March 24 | A Week of French Language Cinema

8:15 pm | Short film: Dilemme Dilemme by will be followed by a discussion with director Jacky Goldberg.
9:15 pm | Feature film: L’enfant du Paradis by Salim Kechiouche followed by a Q&A post-screening with Salim Kechiouche and Nora Arnezeder.
Complimentary buffet between short film and feature presentation in the presence of Jacky Goldberg. |Tickets $10 / Pass for week: $50

The French screening on March 24th will include a complimentary buffet during intermission.

March 26 | 7:00 pm| Pipe Dreams | Waters of Change | Now Instant Image Hall | an intimate evening exploring Water in the American West at the luscious Now Instant Image Hall in Chinatown, Los Angeles including the screening of the documentary short ‘Pipe Dreams’ by Los Angeles based Filmmaker Kyle Scoble.

Mar 28 | 6-8 pm | USC Impact spring screening | Wallis Annenberg Hall (ANN), Sheindlin Forum (106)

Coming Up

Apr 22 | 5 pm (PST) | Climate Changemaker Teen Film Festival 2024 presented by New Roads School. VIRTUAL | FREE

Feb 🎬

Juliette Bouquerel — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 03:50:55 +0000

Feb 21st | 7 pm | Maryam Zaree’s Born in Evin | Westlake | Film Screening + Discussion presented by The Goethe-Institut, Villa Aurora and Thomas Mann House | In this powerful documentary, filmmaker and actress Maryam Zaree (UNDINE, NO HARD FEELINGS) embarks on a personal journey to uncover the violent circumstances surrounding her birth inside one of the most notorious political prisons in the world. Through an exceptionally personal lens, Zaree examines Iran’s oppressive regime in the 1980s that saw tens of thousands of political opponents arrested, persecuted and murdered. Through a series of emotional interviews with her parents, who sought asylum in Germany after years of imprisonment, Zaree overcomes a decades-long silence to reveal the true extent of her family’s unimaginable experience. Winner of Best Documentary at the 2020 German Film Awards.

Feb 25th | 4:30 pm | We Dare To Dream | Culver City | Optimist & Human Rights Watch (HRW) Los Angeles Film Club present an exclusive screening and panel featuring story of athletes from Iran, Syria, South Sudan, and Cameroon—all refugees who swim, run, and fight their way to opportunity and safety in host nations across the world. | DONATION |

Feb 29th | 6 pm | State of the Unity | Malibu | Creative Visions Sunset Screening Series – including a Q&A and performance from the duo Jillian Speece and Nathaniel Hoff. In 2016, Brooklyn-based band, The Bergamot embarked on a timely journey to unite Americans by touring to all 50 States, performing music and inviting people to sign their message of unity on their station wagon. Seated limited | FREE |

Feb 29th | Should We Shrink to Save the Planet ? | Downtown LA | Night Of Idea | Timothée Parrique’s 2019 thesis is entitled “The political economy of degrowth.” He frequently writes on green growth and capitalism. His latest book, Ralentir ou périr (“slow down or die”) has received extensive media coverage in France. | FREE |

Mar 12th | 7 pm | Common Grounds | Santa Monica | Big Picture Ranch and Area23a in partnership with Sustainable Works. Screening and Discussion moderated by Sarah Spitz, UC Master Gardener, Los Angeles County. A hopeful and uplifting story of the pioneers of the “Regenerative Movement” who produce tremendous quantities of nutritionally dense food and are working to balance the climate. | FREE |

March 20 | 7 pm | Vulnerable Innocence | Santa Monica |Canadian Ambassador, Educator and Computer Science expert, Amb. Dr. Charlene Douk-Gebauer is an award winning documentary detailing the threats the internet and social media pose to children with clear steps parents can take to to increase the safety of their children. Film followed by an expert panel with Q/A and recommended resources. | FREE |

Apr 22 | 5 pm (PST) | Climate Changemaker Teen Film Festival 2024 presented by New Roads School. VIRTUAL | FREE |