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SUMMARY:Fluctuations of Home: Short Films From L.A. to D.C.
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DESCRIPTION:In-person: Q&A with filmmakers Lupita Limón Corrales and Diego 
	Robles\, moderated by UCLA Activist-in-Residence James Suazo.\n\nFluctuati
	ons of Home: Short Films From L.A. to D.C.\n\n(Dis)placement: Fluctuations
	 of Home opens with the works and words of community organizers and filmma
	kers. Through meetings\, poetry and visual arts education and collaboratio
	n\, these artists engage profoundly with their communities. The evening in
	cludes films by UCLA alumni: L.A. Rebellion filmmakers Charles Burnett (’6
	9\, M.F.A. ’77) and Shirikiana Aina (M.A. ’82)\, Los Angeles Filmforum pro
	grammer and educator Diego Robles (’06) and 2025 UCLA Luskin Institute Act
	ivist-in-Residence Lupita Limón Corrales.\n\nBrick by Brick (U.S.\, 1982)\
	n\nBrick by Brick is an unflinching documentary portrait of late-’70s Wash
	ington\, D.C.\, where Black residents face displacement amid rising gentri
	fication. Juxtaposing the iconography of national monuments with scenes of
	 homelessness blocks away\, the film highlights the Seaton Street project\
	, a powerful example of tenant resistance. Nearly 40 years later\, Shiriki
	ana Aina’s debut remains a prescient testament to global struggles against
	 displacement — and a reminder of who pays the price for so-called progres
	s in the Chocolate City.\n\nWhen It Rains (U.S.\, 1995)\n\nOn New Year’s D
	ay\, a man tries to help a woman pay her rent and learns a lesson in conne
	cting with others in a community. Ayuko Babu\, founding director of the Pa
	n African Film Festival of Los Angeles\, assumes the lead role in a pleasi
	ngly empathic reading. \n\nWe Are Wyvernwood (U.S.\, 2011)\n\nThis collabo
	rative film project between Diego Robles\, LA Co-Media film collective and
	 Wyvernwood Garden residents introduces the shared struggle of the Wyvernw
	ood residents against displacement. Filmmaker and educator Diego Robles wa
	s invited to lead film education initiatives at Wyvernwood during the rece
	ssion’s early days — as residents mobilized against demolition threats. Th
	rough this partnership\, Robles guided and participated in creating short 
	films honoring the vibrant community Wyvernwood residents are determined t
	o protect.\n\nNuestros Videos Culturales para la Preservación de Wyvernwoo
	d (Our Cultural Videos for the Preservation of Wyvernwood\, U.S.\,  2009)\
	n\nErasto Arena documented the images seen in Nuestros Videos Culturales p
	ara la Preservación de Wyvernwood at a community gathering and procession.
	 The footage was edited by Diego Robles with input from Arena\, who wanted
	 to convey the feeling of everything moving fast and slow at the same time
	. For the residents of Wyvernwood\, life does move at a rapid pace as they
	 balance full-time jobs\, raising children\, organizing community events a
	nd resisting eviction and demolition. \n\nThe Need for Roots (U.S.\, 2023)
	\n\nAs a poet and organizer\, Lupita Limón Corrales’ voice speaks loudly o
	n the issues she and her Los Angeles community face. Lupita’s first film\,
	 The Need for Roots speaks on these issues too with visual words overlaid 
	on footage captured from her window and the surrounding streets. Lupita’s 
	images portray both beauty and destruction as she reflects on the changes 
	in her Echo Park home and neighborhood.\n\nEvent Website: https://alumni.u
	cla.edu/event/fluctuations-of-home-short-films-from-l-a-to-d-c/\n\nEvent W
	ebsite: https://alumni.ucla.edu/wp-json/tribe/events/v1/events/153912\n\nS
	ource: https://community.ucla.edu/event/ee112355-236b-3c0c-f3f0-7cacf679ce
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LOCATION:Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum
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