Institute of American Cultures
Upcoming Events
Rez Metal Show - Rezisting Borderlands
Thu 5/28 • 10AM - 7PM PDT
Fowler Museum, Room A222
10:00–11:30 AM - Sound Rezistance Session Gregg Deal + Native Audio 11:30–1:00 pm - Lunch and Pedal Demo 1:15–2:15 - Rez Metal-Indigenous Punk Session 3:00 PM - Reception in the Courtyard 5:00 PM - Rez Metal Pop up show
Screenings: The Computer-Laser-Videos of Raphael Montanez Ortiz (1996-7)
Sat 5/30 • 10:45PM - 11:30PM PDT
Billy Wilder Theater, UCLA Hammer Museum
World premiere of new preservations! Part of the 2026 UCLA Festival of Preservation led by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. These four selected works are Ortiz’s final computer-laser-videos, marking a significant point in his career as an interdisciplinary artist and pioneer of the Destructivism movement. Introduction by UCLA distinguished professor Chon Noriega, School of Theater, Film and Television, and processing conservator Yesenia Perez.
Screening: The Unwanted (1975)
Sun 5/31 • 2:30PM - 4PM PDT
World premiere of a new restoration! Part of the 2026 UCLA Festival of Preservation led by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. “They come in search of the American Dream, only to find they have become the unwanted,” begins this groundbreaking television documentary on the troubles faced by Latino immigrants in the United States. Introduction by producer-director José Luis Ruiz and John H. Mitchell Television Curator Mark Quigley.