Hey, Mama (1968) / The Bus (1965)

10899 Wilshire Boulevard,Los Angeles CA 90024

21 May, 2022

Description

UCLA Film & Television Archive presents free screenings at the Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum. Please review our COVID-19 protocols and admission policies. ---------- Hey, MamaU.S., 1968 In this documentary, Vaughn Obern, a white student at UCLA, engages residents of the African American neighborhood known as Oakwood or “Ghost Town” in Venice, California. Obern’s earnest work gives agency to the community and serves as a vital historical record of the area’s untenable conditions created by a climate of gross socio-economic oppression and racism. 16mm, b&w, 17min. Producer/Director: Vaughn Obern. Cinematographer: Peter Jensen. With: Lavertice Lewis, Leonard McAdoo, the People of Venice, California. Restoration funding provided by the National Film Preservation Foundation. Restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive from the 16mm dupe picture negative and a 35/32 original track negative. Laboratory services by FotoKem, Audio Mechanics, DJ Audio, Inc., Simon Daniel Sound. The BusU.S., 1965 Filmmaker Haskell Wexler (Medium Cool) chronicles a diverse group as they travel to join the historic March on Washington in 1963. A work of major consequence, comprised of small, extraordinary moments that serve as an essential record of the everyday faces and voices behind a watershed moment in the civil rights movement. 35mm, b&w, 63 min. Producer: Haskell Wexler. Cinematographers: Haskell Wexler, Mike Butler, Nell Cox (credited as Nel Cox). Restoration funding provided by the National Film Preservation Foundation. Restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive from the original 16mm A/B camera negatives, a 35mm dupe picture negative and a 35mm print. Laboratory services by The PHI Stoa Film Lab, Roundabout Entertainment, Inc., DJ Audio, Inc., Simon Daniel Sound. Special thanks to Rita Taggart.