UCLA School of Film and Television

Harvey Milk was an outspoken human rights activist and one of the first openly gay U.S. politicians elected to public office; even after his...

An improvised late '60s short-subject student film, and debut movie of Charles Burnett, done in the neo-realist, documentary film style. A...

Ben Caldwell’s Medea, a collage piece made on an animation stand and edited entirely in the camera, combines live action and rapidly edited...

Francesco takes an unsparing look at the most pressing challenges of the 21st-century, asking deep questions about the human condition. The film is...

When Cassandra witnesses a drunken encounter between her friend and her roommate, she is compelled to investigate if it was consensual.

A former cop works in purgatory and processes people going to heaven and hell. One day, his 20 year old son appears.

When an aged man feels the need to confess to the new catholic priest, his gay lover of many years is hurt and upset.

A voodoo doll must find the courage to save his friends from being pinned to death.

Animation of a poem from Edith Sitwell's "Façade".

In the course of a botched purse-snatching, a boy comes to question the path of his life. Billy Woodberry’s second film, and first completed in...

In 1963 a boy and his mother are left in Saigon while his father and brother flee to seek shelter from religious persecution in North Vietnam. The...

Daydream Therapy is set to Nina Simone’s haunting rendition of “Pirate Jenny” and concludes with Archie Shepp’s “Things...

A chronicle of lives lost in a school shooting. In the wake of another tragedy, we get a glimpse of each victim and see who they were, who they...

A woman remembers an unwanted teenage pregnancy.

Director Melvonna Ballenger’s Rain (Nyesha) shows how awareness can lead to a more fulfilling life. In the film, a female typist goes from...

The Angler claims he will use a toxin which will kill sea life unless a ransom is paid. Aquaman races to stop him.

As a woman anxiously awaits her overdue period, she performs African-based rituals of purification. She cleans house and body, and calls on the...

A short drama directed by Joseph Neulight.

A maan is trying to decide if he should go to Vietnam with the US army.

A woman from Nigeria seeks work in the United States while her daughter struggles with premonitions and homesickness.