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Transactivation: Revealing Queer Histories in the Archive
Thu, Mar 01, 2012 @ 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Admission is free.
A series of events will be presented in conjunction with the exhibition Cruising the Archive: Queer Art and Culture in Los Angeles, 1945â1980 at the ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives. The events will foster discussions about LGBT histories, queer art and aesthetics and archival practices in contemporary art.
Artists Heather Cassils, Zackary Drucker, Wu Tsang and Chris Vargas will present a series of live performances and video projects inspired by the collections at ONE. These artists explore trans content in their multidisciplinary work and are interested in a discussion about LGBTQ archives and the "Ts" and "Qs" that are often missing from historical records. The performance will be followed by a discussion moderated by Dean Spade, assistant professor at the Seattle University School of Law.
Performer and Speaker Bios:
Heather Cassils is a body builder who uses her exaggerated physique to intervene in various contexts in order to interrogate systems of power, control and gender. Often employing many of the same strategies used by Fluxus and guerrilla theatre, her method is multidisciplinary and crosses a spectrum of performance, film, video and photography. She is also a founding member of the Los Angelesâbased performance group Toxic Titties.
Zackary Drucker is a Los Angelesâbased artist who is interested in obliterating language obstacles, pulverizing identity disorders and revealing dark subconscious layers of outsider agency. Drucker disarms audiences using live performance, film, video and photography.
Dean Spade is an assistant professor at the Seattle University School of Law, teaching law and social movements, poverty law and administrative law. His book, Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics and the Limits of Law, is forthcoming from South End Press.
Wu Tsang is a Los Angelesâbased visual artist and performer whose projects have been presented at X-Initative (New York), Sala de Arte Público Siqueiros (Mexico City), Oberhausen (Germany), REDCAT (Los Angeles) and the California Biennial 2010. In 2008, his short film The Shape of a Right Statement was included in Artforumâs âBest of the Year (Film).â Tsang is currently directing his first feature documentary, Wildness, which is in post-production.
Chris Vargas is a video maker based in Oakland. With collaborator Greg Youmans he creates the sitcom series Falling in Love . . . with Chris and Greg, and with Eric Stanley he is the co-director of the movie Homotopia and the feature-length sequel Criminal Queers.
Organized by Joseph Hawkins, Mia Locks, David Frantz, Onya Hogan-Finlay and the ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives. Co-sponsored by LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions) and the Gettyâs Pacific Standard Time Initiative.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: One National Gay & Lesbian Archives, 909 West Adams Boulevard, Los Angeles
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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Home Movie Projections
Fri, Mar 02, 2012 @ 06:00 PM - 10:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Join us for a screening of home movies gathered and remixed by USC students as part of a Homegrown History contest. An awards ceremony announcing the winning entries will be facilitated by Michael Renov, a documentary theorist and associate dean in the School of Cinematic Arts.
This event will be presented as part of Screening Homegrown History, a two-part series that will explore the cultural value of home movies and give the community an opportunity to participate in producing an archival cultural history.
Organized by Marsha Kinder (Cinematic Arts).
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: School Of Cinematic Arts (SCA) - School of Cinematic Arts 110
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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L.A. Conservancy Walking Tour: Broadway Theatres
Sat, Mar 03, 2012 @ 09:45 AM - 02:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Open to USC students only. Admission is free. Reservations required. To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserve.php?RSVPEvtCode=199 beginning Wednesday, February 8, at 9 a.m. See below for details.*
*This trip is for current USC students only. You must use the provided transportation to participate. Space is limited and advance registration is required. RSVP at the link above beginning Wednesday, February 8, at 9 a.m. Check-in for the event will begin at 9 a.m. on campus. Buses will depart at 9:45 a.m. and return to campus at 2 p.m. Breakfast will be provided at check-in.
Join us for a fascinating walking tour of the Broadway Historic Theatre and Commercial District and explore the social, cinematic and architectural history of this unique street. Home to an astonishing twelve movie palaces built between 1910 and 1931 and nearly two dozen major department and clothing stores, Broadway was once the entertainment epicenter of Los Angeles. Although the theatres no longer regularly show films, their elegant presence remains, revealing the glitz and glamour of a bygone era.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: Downtown Los Angeles
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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Letters from Zora: In Her Own Words
Sat, Mar 03, 2012 @ 07:30 PM - 09:30 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Admission is free. Reservations required. RSVP at the links below beginning Thursday, February 9, at 9 a.m.
USC Students, Staff and Faculty: To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserve.php?RSVPEvtCode=200
General Public: To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserveGeneral_Multi.php?RSVPEvtCode=200
Actress Vanessa Bell-Calloway will take on the role of Zora Neale Hurston in a provocative multimedia production written by Gabrielle Pina and directed by Anita Dashiell-Sparks. With live music composed by Ron McCurdy and archival images collected by Rebecca Houston, the performance will illuminate Hurstonâs prose, her life, her distinctive array of friends and foes and her unique view of a jazz-age world.
Through the analysis and dramatization of approximately fifteen letters and selected excerpts from Zora Neale Hurstonâs impressive body of work, Letters from Zora will explore Hurstonâs controversial views on integration, segregation and social justice and will showcase a life that was filled with artistic and literary triumphs as well as abject poverty and self-doubt. Additionally, the letters and corresponding narrative will examine Hurstonâs delicate financial and artistic dance with her patron Charlotte Osgood Mason and her relationships with other notable luminaries such as Richard Wright, Countee Culllen, Alain Locke and Langston Hughes. The piece will also reflect on Hurstonâs fall from grace and her untimely death in 1960. Archival footage will showcase the events, places and icons referenced in many of Hurstonâs letters, and McCurdyâs original score will serve as a live soundtrack, with music performed by students from the USC Thornton School.
Organized by Ron McCurdy (Jazz Studies).
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: George Finley Bovard Administration Building (ADM) - Bovard Auditorium
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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The Metropolitan Opera in HD: Götterdämmerung
Sun, Mar 04, 2012 @ 12:00 PM - 04:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Admission is free. Please check http://www.usc.edu/visionsandvoices for reservation information.
Following a pre-opera discussion hosted by the USC Thornton School, a delayed satellite broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera will feature Wagnerâs Götterdämmerung. With its cataclysmic climax, the Metâs new Ring cycle, directed by Robert Lepage, comes to its resolution. Deborah Voigt stars as Brünnhilde and Gary Lehman is Siegfriedâthe star-crossed lovers doomed by fate. James Levine conducts. The broadcast will be presented in spectacular HD digital projection and 5.1 surround sound.
Organized by the USC School of Cinematic Arts in conjunction with the Metropolitan Opera and the USC Thornton School of Music.
Photo: Brigitte Lacombe/Metropolitan Opera
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: Eileen L. Norris Cinema Theatre (NCT) - Eileen Norris Cinema Theatre
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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Networking Event with Rocco Fabiano
Mon, Mar 05, 2012 @ 06:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Receptions & Special Events
Networking Event focused on Entrepreneurship
Location: Charlotte S. & Davre R. Davidson Continuing Education Conference Center (DCC) - Figueroa Room
Audiences: Members have first priority, but anyone can RSVP
Contact: USC NOBE
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StartEngine USC MBA/Engineering Student Mixer
Tue, Mar 06, 2012 @ 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Are you looking to start a company but lack an engineer or a business co-founder? StartEngine, Los Angeles' largest accelerator, wants to help match you with the right co-founders and build a world class team.
During the mixer, StartEngine will use a proven process used by executives around the world who want to find likeminded people. StartEngine will help partner you with a compatible co-founder who best supports your vision.
When: Tuesday, March 6, 6:00PM - 8:00PM
Where: StartEngine HQ - 10960 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 1050.
Host: Howard Marks, co-founder of Activision and co-chair of StartEngine
Please RSVP to:
http://www.punchbowl.com/parties/3506111-startengine-usc-mba-engineering-student-mixer-copy
This mixer is reserved exclusively for USC Marshall Business School and Viterbi Engineering School students.
StartEngine will provide food and soft drinks.
Note: We have limited space, so we will allocate this event on a first come first serve basis.
About StartEngine:
StartEngine is a rapid accelerator focused on helping Los Angeles-based technology startups build a solid foundation for success in 90 days. Created by Howard Marks, co-founder of Activision, and Paul Kessler, one of the most prolific investors in Los Angeles, StartEngine will provide local startups with the essential resources and counsel they need to become successful, self-directed businesses. StartEngine offers a team of mentors who have proven themselves as successful entrepreneurs -- not professional investors -- ensuring that its startups are guided by the right people for the right reasons. Early-stage companies in the web, mobile and ecommerce space are encouraged to apply for the program which completes four cycles per year, culminating in Demo Days that are attended by the region's top angel investors and VCs.Location: StartEngine HQ - 10960 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1050
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Katie Dunham
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Do You Dream in Color?
Thu, Mar 08, 2012 @ 07:00 PM - 10:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Admission is free. Reservations required. RSVP at the links below beginning Tuesday, February 14, at 9 a.m.
USC Students: To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserveDreamTransport.php?RSVPEvtCode=201
USC Staff and Faculty: To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserve.php?RSVPEvtCode=208
General Public: To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserveGeneral_Multi.php?RSVPEvtCode=201
Transportation will be provided for USC students. Buses will depart USC at 6 p.m. and return to campus at 9:30 p.m. If you would like to use the provided transportation, you must make a reservation.
A fascinating evening of performance and conversation will explore issues raised by blindness. The event will feature the West Coast premiere of Do You Dream in Color?, composed by Bruce Adolphe, sung by blind mezzo-soprano Laurie Rubin, who is also the author of the text, and accompanied by acclaimed pianist Marija Stroke. Following the performance, Rubin and Adolphe will participate in a conversation with USC University Professor and neuroscientist Antonio Damasio and Mark Humayun, a distinguished professor of ophthalmology at USC and pioneer of retinal transplants.
About the Artists and Speakers
Laurie Rubin has been praised by the New York Times for her âcompelling artistryâ and âcommunicative power.â The Los Angeles Times wrote that âRubin seems to have an especially acute intuition about the power and subtleties of soundâ and is a âcharismatic, multi-textured performer.â
Recently named composer-in-residence at the USC Brain and Creativity Institute, Bruce Adolphe has composed music for Itzhak Perlman, Yo-Yo Ma, Sylvia McNair, the Beaux Arts Trio, the Brentano String Quartet, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the Miami Quartet, Chicago Chamber Musicians and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.
Pianist Marija Stroke has performed throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, Russia and Hong Kong, in chamber-music festivals and in solo performances.
Antonio Damasio is University Professor and David Dornsife Professor of Neuroscience and director of the Brain and Creativity Institute at USC. Damasio has made seminal contributions to the understanding of how the brain generates mind and behavior and described his discoveries in books such as Descartesâ Error and Looking for Spinoza. Damasioâs newest book is Self Comes to Mind. He is the recipient of many awards, including the Honda Prize and the Asturias Prize in Science and Technology.
Dr. Mark Humayun is a professor of ophthalmology at the Doheny Eye Institute and a leader in the treatment of the most challenging eye diseases through advanced engineering. Dr. Humayun is focused on developing therapies for retinal degenerations, macular degenerations, retinovascular diseases, diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma.
Organized by Antonio Damasio (Neuroscience). Co-sponsored by Classical KUSC.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: AT&T Center Theatre, 1150 South Olive Street, Los Angeles
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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Startup Equinox Networking Event
Wed, Mar 21, 2012 @ 06:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Receptions & Special Events
This Event is being put on by NOBE, the eClub, and EVMA.
This will be an opportunity to network with students from all different schools within USC, whether you are creative, technical or more focused on business, this will be a great place to share ideas and build bonds with different students that could potentially come in handy in your professional life down the road.Location: Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) - The Ballroom
Audiences: Members have first priority, but anyone can RSVP
Contact: USC NOBE
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SEVEN: Art at Work for Human Rights and Social Justice
Wed, Mar 21, 2012 @ 11:00 PM - 12:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Admission is free. Reservations required. RSVP at the links below beginning Monday, February 27, at 9 a.m.
USC Students, Staff and Faculty: To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserve.php?RSVPEvtCode=202
General Public: To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserveGeneral_Multi.php?RSVPEvtCode=242
âRiveting, explosive and inspiring drama . . . starkly emotive . . . reaffirm[s] the belief that one person could indeed make a difference.ââThe Huffington Post
âIt was impossible not to be inspired by the widely varying examples of courage that the project corralled.ââThe Washington Post
SEVEN is a collaborative documentary theatre piece written by seven award-winning women playwrights. Based on personal interviews, SEVEN tells the stories of seven incredible women from around the world who have faced risks to themselves and their families to take on human rights abuses in their countries. One of the women set up the first domestic-violence crisis center in Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union, even as the government denied the existence of such abuse. Another, in Pakistan, refused to remain silent after she was raped, demanding justice; she later opened a school so that young girls would no longer be victimized because of illiteracy. Still another returned to Cambodia after her parents had been killed by the Khmer Rouge to work against human trafficking. In the interwoven stories, what emerges is a connection of common purpose, determination and courage. The groundbreaking play was written by Paula Cizmar, Catherine Filloux, Gail Kriegel, Carol K. Mack, Ruth Margraff, Anna Deavere Smith and Susan Yankowitz.
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Theatre for Social Change Workshop
Monday, March 19, 3 to 5:30 p.m.
Doheny Memorial Library, Friends Lecture Hall, Room 240
Join us for an introductory workshop in applied theatre arts and learn how to use theatre techniques to explore social justice issues that matter to you. The workshop will be led by Rebecca Struch (MA, Applied Theatre Arts, USC 2011).
Organized by Lora Zane (Theatre), Paula Cizmar (Theatre), Brent Blair (Theatre), Ange-Marie Hancock (Political Science and Gender Studies) and Michael Messner (Sociology). Co-sponsored by El Centro Chicano, the International Visitors Council of Los Angeles, Latina/o Student Assembly, Take Back the Night and Women's Student Association.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: George Finley Bovard Administration Building (ADM) - Bovard Auditorium
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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An Afro-Classical Evolution within the Revolution
Fri, Mar 23, 2012 @ 07:30 PM - 09:30 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Admission is free. Reservations required. RSVP at the links below beginning Wednesday, February 29, at 9 a.m.
USC Students, Staff and Faculty: To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserve.php?RSVPEvtCode=203
General Public: To RSVP, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserveGeneral_Multi.php?RSVPEvtCode=203
Explore the unique contributions of African Americans to the literature of classical music, focusing on orchestral works by African American composers past and present. A discussion led by Ndugu Chancler, adjunct professor of jazz studies and popular music at USC, will feature Hansonia Caldwell, professor of music emeritus at California State University, Dominguez Hills, and Robert Watt, who served as assistant principal horn for the Los Angeles Philharmonic from 1970 through 2007. The event will also include performances of orchestral compositions by African American composers, including William Grant Still and Patrice Rushen, performed by the Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles under the leadership of Maestro Charles Dickerson.
Speaker Bios:
Hansonia Caldwell is professor of music emeritus at California State University, Dominguez Hills. She is a distinguished accompanist and church organist, and is founding conductor of the Dominguez Hills Jubilee Choir, a town-and-gown multiethnic ensemble that specializes in the performance of music from African American culture.
Ndugu Chancler is a drummer, percussionist, producer, composer, clinician and educator. As a studio musician, he has recorded with such greats as Frank Sinatra, Herbie Hancock and Michael Jackson. As a songwriter, Chancler co-wrote hits for Santana, George Duke and the Dazz Band. His production credits include Flora Purim, Bill Summers, Toki and his own solo recordings.
Charles Dickerson is founder, music director and conductor of the Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles, director of music at Rolling Hills United Methodist Church and former director of the Southeast Symphony. The Inner City Youth Orchestra made its world debut at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in 2010.
Multi-GRAMMY nominated artist Patrice Rushen is a composer, producer and international recording artist. She was the first woman to serve as musical director for the GRAMMY Awards, the first woman in 43 years to serve as head composer/musical director for the Emmy Awards and the first woman musical director of the NAACP Image Awards. A classically trained pianist, Rushen is one of the music industryâs most versatile and sought after artists.
Robert Watt served as assistant principal horn for the Los Angeles Philharmonic from 1970 through 2007. Watt has been a soloist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Boston Pops Orchestra, the New Jersey Symphony and many community orchestras in the Los Angeles area.
Organized by Ndugu Chancler (Jazz Studies and Popular Music).
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: George Finley Bovard Administration Building (ADM) - Bovard Auditorium
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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Shelf Life 2: A Big Day for Small Press
Sat, Mar 24, 2012 @ 11:00 AM - 05:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Admission is free.
Shelf Life 2 will bring together independent publishers, writers, artists and designers for a unique, vital and historically charged event that will push the boundaries of popular culture. What is the role of independent publishers? What is the impact and potential benefit of digital media for todayâs small publishers? Who will control what we read and see? To address these and many other questions, the event will feature dynamic speakers including Chip Kidd, a publishing-design veteran with a career spanning 25 years. Described as a ârock-starâ book designer, he has created innovative, award-winning book and comic designs, and his work has taken the comic and graphic-novel industry to new levels. Gary Panter is an artist and cartoonist who works in painting, design, comics and commercial imagery. He is a publisher, the artist of the Jimbo comic series, an Emmy Award winner for Pee-Weeâs Playhouse and a musician. Byron Coley is a music critic who wrote for Forced Exposure, NY Rocker, Boston Rock and Take It! magazine. One of the first writers to extensively document indie rock, Coley was a contributing writer to SPIN in the 1980s and â90s, and currently writes for Wire and Arthur.
Additionally, a series of hands-on DIY workshops will be led by writers and artists in zine publishing, e-publications, blogging and bookbinding, including Amir Fallah, artist and creator of Beautiful-Decay magazine; artist and critic Doug Harvey; and publisher Bruce Caen.
Throughout the day, independent publishers, artists and designers will showcase their wares at a festive bazaar. The bazaar will include free food and a DJ.
Organized by Ewa Wojciak and Haven Lin-Kirk (Fine Arts).
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduAudiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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A Tribute to Dino De Laurentiis
Fri, Mar 30, 2012
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Admission is free. Reservations required. RSVP beginning Friday, March 9, at 9 a.m. at http://cinema.usc.edu.
Hollywood icon and international legend Dino De Laurentiis was one of the most prolific and respected producers in film history when he passed away in 2010 at the age of 91. From his early neorealist masterpieces, Bitter Rice and Felliniâs Nights of Cabiria and La Strada, for which he received an Academy Award, to big-budget spectaculars like Barbarella, King Kong, Dune and Conan the Barbarian, to his recent reinvention of the Hannibal Lecter franchise, De Laurentiisâs career spanned 73 years in the film industry. With the support and guidance of the De Laurentiis family, we will pay homage to the exceptional variety and longevity that marked his career with screenings of his films and discussions featuring his friends, family, scholars and colleagues.
Films that will be screened include Bitter Rice (Riso Amaro, 1949), The Great War (La Grande Guerra, 1959), Barbarella (1968), Serpico (1973), Death Wish (1974), Three Days of the Condor (1975), King Kong (1976), Conan the Barbarian (1982), Manhunter (1986), Blue Velvet (1986), Army of Darkness (1992) and Hannibal (2001). Additional screenings will take place in the weeks prior to the event. (1986),
Organized by the USC School of Cinematic Arts.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: Eileen L. Norris Cinema Theatre (NCT) - Eileen Norris Cinema Theatre
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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A Tribute to Dino De Laurentiis
Sat, Mar 31, 2012
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Admission is free. Reservations required. RSVP beginning Friday, March 9, at 9 a.m. at http://cinema.usc.edu.
Hollywood icon and international legend Dino De Laurentiis was one of the most prolific and respected producers in film history when he passed away in 2010 at the age of 91. From his early neorealist masterpieces, Bitter Rice and Felliniâs Nights of Cabiria and La Strada, for which he received an Academy Award, to big-budget spectaculars like Barbarella, King Kong, Dune and Conan the Barbarian, to his recent reinvention of the Hannibal Lecter franchise, De Laurentiisâs career spanned 73 years in the film industry. With the support and guidance of the De Laurentiis family, we will pay homage to the exceptional variety and longevity that marked his career with screenings of his films and discussions featuring his friends, family, scholars and colleagues.
Films that will be screened include Bitter Rice (Riso Amaro, 1949), The Great War (La Grande Guerra, 1959), Barbarella (1968), Serpico (1973), Death Wish (1974), Three Days of the Condor (1975), King Kong (1976), Conan the Barbarian (1982), Manhunter (1986), Blue Velvet (1986), Army of Darkness (1992) and Hannibal (2001). Additional screenings will take place in the weeks prior to the event. (1986),
Organized by the USC School of Cinematic Arts.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: Eileen L. Norris Cinema Theatre (NCT) - Eileen Norris Cinema Theatre
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
