Monday, April 2 at 7pm: WE HAVE A POPE. This wry comic drama from Italian director Nanni Moretti takes us inside the Vatican as the College of Cardinals struggle to elect a new Pope. Unfortunately, the man selected for the post—played by veteran French actor Michel Piccoli—is not at all certain that he wants the job. Guest speakers: Aine O’Healy, professor of Italian and director of the Humanities Program at Loyola Marymount University; Maria Elena de las Carreras, professor of film at UCLA, Cal State Northridge, and the New York Film Academy; Sister Rose Pacatte, Pauline Center for Media Studies; and Scott Young, executive director, University Religious Conference at UCLA.
Sr Rose Pacatte interviews Rev. Scott Young at Florence and Normandie, South LA
The worst riots in urban U.S. history, or civil unrest as some prefer to call them, erupted on April 29, 1992, a reaction to the acquittal of four white Los Angeles policemen for using excessive force in apprehending a black motorist, Rodney King.
Racism and brutality, the lack of opportunities, poverty, historical and current official negligence on the part of the city governance and police, and reverse racism, all these socially flammable realities contributed to the 1992 Los Angeles riots.
Most years on April 29, Scott D. Young, an ordained Baptist minister, campus minister, and film lover, makes a pilgrimage to the intersection of Normandie and Florence in Los Angeles’ South Central district, the flash point of the 1992 riots. City officials don’t say “South Central” anymore. They know language and geography are important and by broadening the vast and racially diverse conceptual plain of urban life, perhaps some of the stigma will be dispersed and unrest forgotten. Scott is committed both to eliminating the stigma and remembering an event that cannot be erased.
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Check out the film slate at The City of Angels Film Festival
There will also be an alternative track
Founder’s Forays into Film
Saturday, March 13
hosted by the City of Angels Film Festival co-founder, Scott D. Young.
Theater 3, Directors Guild of America
1 pm FOR THE LOVE OF MOVIES Director, Gerald Peary
Documentary on the (melo)dramatic story of film criticism
“a fascinating look at the vibrant personalities who changed the way we look at film” Chris Gore
Screening followed by panel discussion: “Writing On Film”
Panel Moderator: Scott Young
Panelists: Claudia Puig, USA Today film critic, Scott D. Young, and Sr Rose Pacatte, FSP, film journalist and author
3:30 pm BEST FILM RESTORATION OF DECADE
KILLER OF SHEEP Director, Charles Burnett
Considered one of the finest student films ever produced. Selected as one of the 100 Essential Films by the National Society of Film Critics.
“an American masterpiece,independent to the bone” Manohla Dargis, New York Times
Post-screening discussion: Scott Young
7:00 pm BEST FILM OF THE DECADE
MULHOLLAND DRIVE Director, David Lynch
Voted Best Film of the Decade by Film Comment (survey of 100 international moviemakers/critics/academics)
“Hypnotic” Roger Ebert “A Maniacal Thrill” New York Times
Post-screening discussion: Scott Young
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