TOMORROW: "A Small Act"

Hello Feministas, and Happy New Year!!

I hope you all had a lovely holiday season, enjoying the snow/ rain/ multiple screenings of Black Swan.. etc.

I'm excited to kick off the new year with such a positive event. The Hammer Museum will be screening the documentary "A Small Act", Produced and Directed by Jennifer Arnold, and Produced by Patti Lee.

One of my focuses for the new year is to make positive contributions to my surroundings, therefore creating positive change in the lives around me. This is the perfect way to begin, and this film is the perfect introduction to a year of positive ripple effects.

You may have already heard about "A Small Act",  it's gotten so much great buzz and has been awarded the Elle/ Garnier Film Independent Directing Fellowship, and the Women In Film National Geographic All Roads Film Program award.  I can't wait to see it, and I'm bringing tissues. Here's a little synopsis.

"A Small Act explores the ripple effect a single action can create. This award winning documentary tells the story of Chris Mburu, a young man from Kenya, and his astonishing journey from an impoverished village to becoming a Harvard Law School graduate and a human rights lawyer for the United Nations. Eventually Mburu traces the woman who sponsored his early education for 50 cents a day, and finds she is a Holocaust survivor, who is amazed to discover that her small act of generosity has led to educating a man who would then dedicate his life to fighting crimes against humanity." - Hammer Museum


Writer/ Director/ Producer Jennifer Arnold and Producer/DP Patti Lee will be there for a Q&A following the screening.

But best of all, the screening is FREE! Just another reason to love The Hammer Museum. (They're not paying me, I swear. I just think they're great)

Here's the Info:

Date: January 4, 2011
Time: 7:00PM
Location:
Hammer Museum
10899 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Phone: 310.443.7000

And here's the trailer .... About those tissues...

TODAY: Film Seriese "Minotaur" by Daria Martin

Today I think we're going to head over to the Hammer Museum in Westwood and check out their latest film series exhibit "Minotaur" by visual artist Daria Martin.. The exhibit plays through July 3rd, but we're going today because The Hammer museum offers FREE ADMISSION on Thursdays! We love them.

"London-based American artist Daria Martin's 16mm film, "Minotaur" pays tribute to the work of dance pioneer Anna Halprin, whose life and work has had a profound influence on Martin. This film is centered on a Halprin dance based on the sculpture Minotaur by Auguste Rodin from 1886 (also known as Faun and Nymph), a work possessing intensely erotic content (it depicts the part-man/part-bull figure from Greek mythology with a naked young female in its grasp.) Martin's Minotaur extends her interweaving of highly conceptualized and choreographed physical movement; complexly layered stagecraft provoking unconventional formal relationships; direct allusions to modernist art history; and editing and cinematographic techniques evoking a broad range of the histories of both mainstream and experimental filmmaking." - Hammer Museum

Where:
Hammer Museum
10899 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90024

When:
Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat 11am - 7pm*
Thu 11am - 9pm
Sun 11am - 5pm

How Much:
$7 Adults
$5 Seniors (65+) and UCLA Alumni Association Members with ID
Free for Museum members, students with ID, UCLA faculty and staff, and visitors 17 and under accompanied by an adult
Free on Thursdays for all visitors

THIS WEEK!

Hey L.A.!
So, we've got a couple fun things coming up at the end of the week. But what on EARTH (in L.A.) are we going to do until then?

Here's what we have so far..

THURSDAY
"Minotaur" Film series by Daria Martin @ The Hammer Museum

FRIDAY
"What's Up Lovely" Film Screening @ Downtown Independent

Now you show us what YOU have!

What's on your agenda? Email us at lafeministmedia@gmail.com, or write a little comment. We'll blog and tweet about it. See you around town!

Xoxox
L.A.F.