Eyewitness in 16mm: The Early Life of Film and Activism at Oxy

February 20, 2025 | 7:30pm TO 9:00pm
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2025-02-20 19:30:00 2025-02-20 21:00:00 Eyewitness in 16mm: The Early Life of Film and Activism at Oxy <p>A film screening and talk-back celebrates the life and work of three individuals critical to Oxy’s film history.</p> America/Los_Angeles public

Choi Auditorium, Occidental College Campus

This event is free and open to the public. No RSVP required. 

Join the Media Arts and Culture Department and Oxy Arts for a film screening and talk-back celebrates the life and work of three individuals critical to Oxy’s film history—Chicano filmmaker Jesús Salvador Treviño ’68, Dr. Marsha Kinder, and the late Chick Strand.

Treviño, a student in Kinder’s Global Cinema course, filmed critical moments in the Chicano Civil Rights Movement and directed films like Raices de Sangre (Roots of Blood, 1978) and One Out of Ten (1979). Kinder co-developed the first cinema classes at Oxy in the 1960s, while the late Mildred “Chick” Strand led what is now the Media Arts & Culture Department from 1970 to 1995. The event will begin with a screening of short works by Strand and Treviño, followed by a conversation with the latter.

This event is part of the MAC Cinematheque program season Analog@Oxy: Race, Sex, Technological Obsolescence. The 4-part event series runs in conjunction with the Oxy Arts/Getty PST ART exhibition Invisibility: Powers & Perils. The 2024-25 Cinematheque series is organized by visiting lecturer Adrienne Adams with the Media Arts & Culture Department and Oxy Arts in conjunction with the Center for Community-Based Learning and American Studies Department, with generous support from the Remsen Bird Fund and Mellon Foundation.

This is a Core 99 event. 

This event is taking place at Choi Auditorium, located on the second floor of Johnson Hall, on Occidental College's campus. There is free street parking on Campus Road along all entrances to the college. You can find directions to Choi Auditorium here.

 

Image Courtesy of Jesús Salvador Treviño. 
Caption: Jesús Salvador Treviño Directing Resurrection Blvd.

Jesús Salvador Treviño Directing Resurrection Blvd. Jesús wears glasses and stands with a megaphone, speaking to someone outside of the image frame.