UCLA Student Films: 1970s-1980s

The 1970s-1980s. This period brought the advent of video technology, shaping students’ work in both access and style. By the late-1970s and into the 1980s many of these films could be seen on The View, an hour-long student-produced program from the school’s Motion Picture & Television Division, presented on Theta Cable’s public access channel.

There will be a 30-minute Q&A with filmmakers and intermission between Program 1 and 2.

Program 1

Tasteful Romance  (Clint Clover, 1978)

Navajo Rain Chant  (Susan Dyal, 1971)

Sleepwalker  (Laura Ho, 1971)

454 Villa Street  (Mariella Gomez, 1976)

Little Wheels, Big Wheels  (J. Kristina Van Wagoner, 1979)

Last Year at Melnitz(Bad!) or, Walk Away, Resnais  (Ron Birnbach, 1984)

Flipper  (Alex Gibney, 1980)

Program 2

Photo Album  (Rebecca Ring, 1979)

Gloria  (Marcy Muray, 1979)

54th & Crenshaw  (Cathy Roberts Ross, 1983)

Working Title A.M.  (John O'Brien, Mark Lazar, Bryan Winter, 1982)

Edge City  (Alex Cox, 1980)

Films provided by UCLA Film & Television Archive. Total running time: 141 min.