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BLOWIN UP Panel Discussions Opening Weekend at the Music Hall.

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BLOWIN’ UP panel discussions details below:
Friday April 12th 7:10 PM
Theme: Human Trafficking: From Victim to Survivor
Uncover the secrets of human trafficking and learn about the impact it has on those involved.
Conversation w/Panida Rzonca (Directing Attorney for the Thai Community Development Center), Director Stephanie Wang-Breal, & Jane N. Kespradit (Board Member of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Los Angeles County)

Saturday April 13th 1:50 PM
Theme: Where do we go from here? A conversation around reentry and recidivism
An open and honest conversation about the justice system.
Conversation w/ Elyssa Caplan (Clean Slate Staff Attorney for Bet Tzedek), & Director Stephanie Wang-Breal, & Esther Suh (Co-founder & Director of Dwelle Collaborative)

Sat April 13th 7:10 PM
Theme: The War on Sex Work
In recent years, the conversation surrounding the rights of sex workers has developed in new and exciting ways. With sex workers such as the stockholm escorts speaking out about the need for better protections for people working in the adult industry, this talk provides a unique opportunity to hear about what the future holds for sex work. More people are accepting of the fact that sex work is one of the oldest known professions and with the digital age taking over, it has led to the increase in popularity of sites like OnlyFans and EhoCams.com – sites which allow sex workers to work online without risk of harm.
Conversation w/ Siouxsie Q (Secretary of the Adult Performer Advocacy Committee, author of Truth, Justice, and the American Whore, Creator and host of Ill Repute! and The WhoreCast) & Director Stephanie Wang-Breal, & Lauren Levitt (PhD candidate in Communication at the University of Southern California and a member of the Sex Worker Outreach Project – Los Angeles)

Sunday April 14th 7:10pm
Theme: Blowin Up the Bechdel Test
Is representation of women in fiction improving? Or are old habits proving difficult to beat?
Conversation w/ Melissa Verdugo (Manager of Programs at Women in Film) & Director Stephanie Wang-Breal

WILLIAM Q&A with Director Opening Weekend at the Monica Film Center.

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WILLIAM director Tim Disney will participate in a Q&A following the 7:10 pm show on Saturday, 4/13 .

 

https://youtu.be/9kCUfThagX0

THE LAST Q&A’s Opening Weekend with Cast & Crew at the Royal and Town Center.

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THE LAST writer/director Jeffrey Lipsky and star Rebecca Schull will participate in Q&A’s following the 4 pm and 7:10 pm shows on Friday, 4/26 at the Royal and after the 4 pm and 7 pm shows on Saturday, 4/27 at the Town Center.

 

https://youtu.be/97MQVBte3ms

French Farce THE MAD ADVENTURES OF RABBI JACOB April 17th in Encino, Pasadena, and West LA

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Laemmle Theatres and the Anniversary Classics Series present screenings of the raucous comedy, THE MAD ADVENTURES OF RABBI JACOB, on the 45th anniversary of its US release as part of the popular monthly Abroad program. The French farce, directed by Gerard Oury, will screen April 17 at three Laemmle venues: Royal, Town Center, and Playhouse.

This madcap movie draws upon time-honored comedy tropes of frantic disguises and mistaken identities. The story, written by Oury, Daniele Thomsom, Josy Eisenberg, and Roberto de Leonardis, involves the return of beloved Rabbi Jacob (Marcel Dalio) from the United States after thirty years to his hometown in France. He is waylaid at the Paris airport by a bigoted French businessman, Victor Pivert (Louis de Funes) and an Arab rebel leader fleeing the police and assassins. Pivert and the Arab then impersonate Rabbi Jacob and his companion in their escape. Other characters, including Pivert’s daughter (Miou-Miou), jealous wife , and Jewish driver, join the pursuit in a hodgepodge of plot twists and slapstick shenanigans culminating in a chaotic, fun climax.

The movie is a showcase for Louis de Funes, a popular French comic actor of the era, who topped French moviegoing polls several times in the 60s and 70s. With his high-energy acting style and wide range of facial expressions and tics, he was known in Europe as “the man with forty faces per minute,” but remains relatively unknown to American audiences. Filmmaker Gerard Oury, who had a long career in France, co-wrote a film there in 1958 that Barbra Streisand later adapted as the basis for her 1996 movie, The Mirror Has Two Faces.

Leonard Maltin found THE MAD ADVENTURES OF RABBI JACOB to be “Often quite funny, with echoes of silent-screen humor.” The National Board of Review proclaimed it, “The funniest picture of the year,” with kudos to Louis de Funes as “in a class with Woody Allen. The best slapstick in years.” The Hollywood Foreign Press endorsed the acclaim with a Golden Globe nomination that year for Best Foreign Film.

THE MAD ADVENTURES OF RABBI JACOB screens on Wednesday, April 17 at 7pm in Encino, Pasadena, and West LA. Click here for tickets.

WHO WILL WRITE OUR HISTORY? Roberta Grossman in Person for Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) at the Town Center.

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WHO WILL WRITE OUR HISTORY? director Roberta Grossman will participate in a Q&A following the 1pm show on Thursday, 5/2.

 

ROLL RED ROLL Panel Discussions Opening Weekend at the Monica Film Center. Details below.

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ROLL RED ROLL panel discussions:

FRIDAY 4/5 7:40pm: Bold Voices Disrupting Rape Culture
Join Director Nancy Schwartzman in a conversation with Carmen Rios, digital editor of Ms. Magazine, co-founder of Argot Magazine.

SATURDAY 4/6 5:30pm: Beyond True-Crime: Composing Music for Complex Stories
A conversation with Director, Nancy Schwartzman, film composer Nima Fakhrara (Resident Evil Biohazard), and musician Morgan Kibby (White Sea, Women of the Sun) who wrote the original song Master of Myself for Roll Red Roll.

SUNDAY 4/7 5:30pm: Could Sex-Education Have Saved Steubenville?
A conversation with Director, Nancy Schwartzman; Dr. Caroline Heldman, intersectional feminist, and Professor at Occidental; with moderator Heidi N. Moore, journalist, formerly of the Guardian and Wall Street Journal.

 

https://youtu.be/5v1iUSyViyo

CANCELLED_BACK FORK Q&A with Cast & Crew Opening Day at the Music Hall._CANCELLED

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BACK FORK Q&A with filmmaker/star Josh Stewart (‘The Punisher,’ The Mustang) and producers Robert and Jeffrey Tinnell following the 4:30 pm show on Friday, 4/5. –THIS Q&A IS CANCELLED–

 

https://youtu.be/fHYrkwWeVx0

CHAPERONE Q&A with star Elizabeth McGovern Opening Day at the Royal.

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CHAPERONE star Elizabeth McGovern will participate in a Q&A following the 4:30 pm show and intro the 7:10 pm show on Friday, 4/5. Jenelle Riley from Variety will moderate the Q&A.

 

https://youtu.be/STwiLcUMibE