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SUMMARY:Creative Interventions: "Empathy in the Archives" with Irene Lusztig
DESCRIPTION:Across a range of projects\, filmmaker/artist\, archival researcher\, and UC Santa Cruz Film + Digital Media Professor Irene Lusztig discusses her creative practice working with archival materials to reanimate hidden\, forgotten\, and unsettled histories in this talk\, organized as part of the Creative Interventions speaker series.\n—\nADMISSION\n– Attend online\n– FREE and open to UCSC affiliates only\n– Advance registration required here\n—\nFULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS\n– Event dates to be announced throughout the 2025-26 academic year.\n– Learn more about the Creative Intervention Series here.\n—\nABOUT THE SERIES\nCreative Interventions addresses the interconnected work of artists\, designers\, activists\, and knowledge workers—and the intrinsic and transformative capacity of that work to cultivate a just society. The speaker series raises questions of import to contemporary creative workers in media and technology. How do creative workers address their most challenging problems? How does creative labor intersect with other forms of labor to nurture the world views and cultural practices of democracy?\n—\nThis program is open to all UC Santa Cruz affiliates consistent with state and federal law.
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SUMMARY:"The Cigarette Surfboard" screening with filmmaker Ben Judkins (Kresge '17)
DESCRIPTION:Join Banana Slug alumni filmmaker Ben Judkins (Kresge ’17\, film and digital media) and “ciggy board” creator Taylor Lane for a screening of their award-winning documentary\, The Cigarette Surfboard (presented by the California Coastal Commission‘s Whale Tail Grant). \n5:00-6:00 PM | alumni meet & greet with light refreshments\n6:00-7:35 PM | film screening\n7:35-8:30 PM | filmmaker discussion\n8:30-9:00 PM | mingle \nREGISTER\nABOUT THE FILM\nAfter a young designer realizes that a surfboard – which he crafted from thousands of littered cigarette butts picked up off California beaches – could captivate the eyes of millions across the globe\, he decides to use it as the impetus to do something more. The Cigarette Surfboards become a platform to spark ocean stewardship and the symbol of a campaign to hold Big Tobacco accountable for their toxic\, plastic waste. Surfing is the medium\, but the message is universal. \nSmall decisions and actions\, like littering a cigarette butt\, cumulatively can have a large impact\, for better or for worse. This immersive documentary provides viewers an up close experience of the ocean through surfers’ eyes\, to amplify a message of urgency and possibility regarding the ocean’s wellbeing. As our ocean faces mounting threats\, and surfing continues to grow\, we as surfers have a responsibility to protect it. \nABOUT THE FILMMAKER\nRaised in Northern California\, at age eight\, Ben Judkins found an old camcorder and discovered the medium to explore and create. After years of videotaping friends skateboarding and surfing\, Ben landed at the University of California\, Santa Cruz\, majoring in Film & Digital Media. His senior film “Marshall” earned the Dean’s Award\, and also won “Best Locally-Produced Work” at the 2017 Santa Cruz Film Festival. Ben is an avid surfer who believes in the power of visual storytelling to move people to action. The Cigarette Surfboard documentary is an opportunity to inspire a generation of surfers to be stewards of the sea.
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/the-cigarette-surfboard-screening-with-filmmaker-ben-judkins-kresge-17/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Screening
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SUMMARY:Film Screening: Sotong and Against this Messy World
DESCRIPTION:On April 6\, 2026\, the Graduate Training in Southeast Asia (GETSEA) consortium and UCSC’s Center for Southeast Asian Coastal Interactions will host two short films highlighting the challenges to art and expression in Malaysia’s complex political\, legal\, and societal landscape. \nSotong follows four fierce local drag queens who were part of the 2022 Halloween party raided by the authorities. One of them\, Juan\, was arrested for ‘a man dressing up as a woman’. Two years later\, they revisit on the fallout of that night as they continue to perform underground and nurture the Malaysian drag scene in all its beauty\, joy\, and pain. \nAgainst This Messy World is a deeply introspective and visually captivating short documentary that delves into the heart and soul of artistic expression in Malaysia. A personal exploration\, narrated by Malaysian artists\, this documentary takes viewers on an evocative journey to understand the essence and purpose of being an artist in a world marked by chaos and uncertainty and piece together conversations and unfiltered moments in their lives. \nUniversities from across North America will come together to watch the films simultaneously\, then connect via Zoom with the filmmakers for a post-screening discussion. Please join us in conversation!
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/film-screening-sotong-and-against-this-messy-world/
LOCATION:Humanities 1 Building\, 257 Cowell-Stevenson Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
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SUMMARY:Tripoli: A Tale of Three Cities—reception\, screening\, and discussion with the filmmmaker
DESCRIPTION:While living abroad\, a filmmaker returns to Tripoli\, Lebanon\, to confront a hometown that once rejected him as a queer child. With a microphone in hand\, he walks around coffee shops\, public squares\, and a park to ask the city’s inhabitants about their cultural and social beliefs and their embrace of new ideas. Gradually\, he meets a group of marginalized individuals whose eccentric life choices contradict the general lifestyle in this religiously and socially conservative city. Through intimate conversations with a communist activist\, a queer music producer\, and other unconventional characters\, Tripoli: A Tale of Three Cities explores the complicated relations one forms with a hometown in crisis. This contemplative urban symphony paints a picture of a city trapped in a self-spun web\, paralyzed by a deep economic crisis\, a faltering revolution\, and a looming doomsday.\n \nUC Santa Cruz affiliates are invited to a screening of the film\, followed by a discussion between UCSC alum\, Raed Rafei\, and Professor of Film and Digital Media\, Peter Limbrick.\n—\nADMISSION\n– Attend in person at the Communications Studio C\n– FREE and open to UCSC affiliates\n—\nFULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS\n5:30 p.m.—Reception in Communications 139\n7:00 p.m.—Film Screening and Discussion in Studio C\n—\nPARKING\n– Parking by UCSC permit or ParkMobile.\n– Baskin Engineering Lot #139A and Core West are the closest parking lots to the Communications Building.\n– Visitors with DMV placards or plates may park for free in DMV spaces\, Medical spaces\, or ParkMobile spaces without additional payment\, or in timed zones for longer than the posted time.\n– More information provided by UCSC Transportation & Parking Services (TAPS)\n—\nThis program is open to all UC Santa Cruz affiliates consistent with state and federal law.
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/tripoli-a-tale-of-three-cities/
LOCATION:Communications Building\, 7487 Red Hill Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:Making an Exoneree Showcase
DESCRIPTION:Audiences are invited to Making an Exoneree\, a reception and film screening featuring the premiere of five student-made short documentaries that reveal the facts—and falsehoods—of wrongful conviction cases from around the country. Over the Winter and Spring quarters\, 15 UCSC undergraduate students in the Making an Exoneree course dedicated themselves to uncovering the truth about these cases. The final short films unravel the unjust convictions of Aaron Addison\, Dennis Littleton\, Ken Middleton\, Frank Perkins\, and Taunee Smith\, who have spent a combined 126 years in prison.The students hope that by sharing these stories\, they can help correct this injustice and bring innocent people home.\n—\nADVISORIES\n– Mature themes or content\, No intermission\, Strong language.\n—\nADMISSION\n– FREE and open to the public\n– Attend in person or online\n– ONLINE LINK HERE\n– Reception at 6:00 p.m.\n– Screenings at 7:00 p.m.\n—\nPARKING\n– Arts Lot #126 is the closest parking lot to the event.\n– $5 ParkMobile Arts Special Event flat rate; cash/credit via parking attendant when present in the lot; or by valid UCSC permit.\n– Before arriving to UCSC\, we recommend downloading the ParkMobile App on Google Play or Apple App Store and setting up a profile with license plate and payment information.\n– Visitors with DMV placards or plates may park for free in DMV spaces\, Medical spaces\, or ParkMobile spaces without additional payment\, or in timed zones for longer than the posted time.\n– UCSC affiliates must get their permits in advance; attendants will only sell non-affiliate rates\n– More information provided by UCSC Transportation & Parking Services.\n—\nThis program is open to all members of the public consistent with state and federal law.
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/making-an-exoneree-showcase/
LOCATION:Digital Arts Research Center\, 407 McHenry Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Film Screening,Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:SocDoc M.F.A. Thesis Screening
DESCRIPTION:The Social Documentation M.F.A. Thesis Screening is a yearly event held by the Film and Digital Media Department. This event is part of the Social Documentation M.F.A. program\, and involves second-year students presenting a 20-minute documentary film they have produced while in the program. Films are screened sequentially at the Del Mar Theater\, with a Q&A with the student filmmakers at the end.\n—\nADMISSION\n– FREE and open to the public\n—\nPARKING\nNearby Parking Lots\n– Lot No. 3: The Cedar/Church Garage 800 Cedar St (270 feet W)\n– Soquel Front Garage 601 Front St (444 feet SE)\n– Lot No. 8: The Pearl Alley Parking Lot 710 Cedar St (525 feet SW)\n– Lot No. 16: The Sentinel Parking Lot 204 Church St (575 feet W) \n—\nEVENT POSTER \n—\nThis program is open to all members of the public consistent with state and federal law.
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/socdoc-mfa-thesis-screening/
LOCATION:Landmark’s Del Mar Theatre
CATEGORIES:Film Screening,Lectures & Presentations
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