Week 6

Climate change poses serious threats to pregnant people, mothers, and those hoping to have children — from toxic exposures and miscarriage to guilt, anxiety, and grief. Join us for a talk with Jade S. Sasser, PhD, Professor of Environmental Studies at UC Riverside, as she examines these challenges and how birth workers, organizers, and elected officials are mobilizing for policy change. Free lunch provided. Dr. Sasser is the author of On Infertile Ground (NYU Press, 2018) and Climate Anxiety and the Kid Question (UC Press, 2024), and hosts a podcast by the same name. Her forthcoming book explores climate change's health impacts on pregnant people and mothers.

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The Bruin Underground Scholars (BUS) Program, in collaboration with the UCLA Career Center, invites students to participate in an interactive networking workshop designed to help build confidence and strengthen professional relationship-building skills. Participants will learn practical strategies for introducing themselves, engaging in meaningful conversations, and developing authentic connections with employers, alumni, faculty, and mentors. Whether preparing for career fairs, internships, job searches, or graduate school opportunities, students will gain tools to expand their professional networks, communicate their strengths effectively, and create connections that can support their academic and career goals. This workshop is open to all UCLA students seeking to enhance their professional development and career readiness.

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Nearly a decade ago the descendants of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) transferred a substantial part of the author’s private library to Blackie House Library and Museum in Edinburgh, the city of his birth. Each of the 400 volumes tells a unique story of the writer who not only created the globally admired character Sherlock Holmes but was author of dozens upon dozens of works in fictional and non-fictional genres. In this talk, Dr. William Zachs, the Director of the Blackie House Library and Museum, tells tales teased out from the pages of the collection that reveal the close connections between the books Conan Doyle owned and read and those he wrote and revised. Using his own critical powers of observation and deduction, Zachs uncovers significant biographical revelations that bring us closer to the author and his times.

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@ Join the official UCLA Alumni pregame party on Monday, Nov. 2, 2026 when the UCLA men’s basketball team kicks off the season in the 2026 Hall of Fame Series Las Vegas.  Enjoy pregame heavy appetizers at Tom’s Watch Bar, New York-New York Casino, 3790 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89109, located just steps from T-Mobile Arena. Children under 5 are free Adults and Children ages 5 to 12; Children under 5 are free ### [UCLA Alumni Affairs](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/ucla-alumni-affairs/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

@ Come watch your UCLA men’s basketball team as they face the Arizona Wildcats at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas next season on Monday, Nov. 2, 2026, as part of a college basketball opening-night doubleheader. This will also be the college debut of UCLA’s latest five-star recruit Serbian forward Nikola Kusturica. Nikola is arguably the best European prospect in his age group and an early contender for the No. 1 pick in the 2028 NBA draft. Hope to see you there and Go Bruins! Open event. ### [Sacramento Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/sacramento-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/sacramento-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

@ Everyone is invited to join our SF Bay Area Bruins Alumni Network Board planning meeting. We meet every other month over Zoom to review past events and plan future events. We seek to schedule diverse opportunities for alumni and friends to gather anywhere from Los Gatos to Oakland to Marin to San Mateo. Come to share ideas or find ways to get connected with UCLA. RSVP in advance to get the Zoom link. We look forward to meeting you! ### [San Francisco Bay Area Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/san-francisco-bay-area-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/san-francisco-bay-area-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

During this session, learn quick, practical ways to make your data visualizations (vizzes) more accessible and easier for everyone to understand. We’ll highlight simple improvements to color and contrast, labels, keyboard accessibility, and text alternatives that you can incorporate into your dashboards. You’ll leave with a handy checklist to guide your next visualization. Presenters: Karen Sobelman, Associate Instructional Designer, Instructional Design and Media Production and Petunia Sunnywell, Digital Accessibility Specialist at UCLA Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) Keywords: accessible visualization, clarity, inclusive, technical strategies Each academic quarter, the educational designers and developers of the UCLA Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) offer via Zoom a weekly series of seven pop-up sessions - each just 10 minutes in length - on focused, specific topics related to course design, teaching, learning, and learning assessment. The additional “+10” in the series title refers to an optional 10 minutes that follow each presentation for Q&A and discussion. These 10 + 10 sessions will take place at 10am (PT) every Tuesday in the quarter, from Week 2 through Week 8. These sessions are open to all UCLA instructors—including faculty, lecturers, instructors of record, graduate student instructors, and postdoctoral scholars. Please direct any inquiries to instructorsupport@teaching.ucla.edu.

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Learn how to write a research or creative proposal for scholarship and project applications. This workshop is a great way to prepare for your Mellon Mays, McNair, or URFP scholarship application!

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The Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF) is a two-year scholarship program ($17,000) designed for outstanding students in Mellon-designated humanities and humanistic social science fields who intend to pursue a PhD and a career in academia. Mellon Mays Fellows work closely with faculty advisors and graduate mentors to design and carry out an independent research project. The Undergraduate Research Fellows Program ($3,000) supports students doing a multi-quarter research or creative project under the mentorship of a UCLA faculty member during winter and spring quarters. At this info session, you will learn about eligibility, application steps, and resources to help you with your application for these scholarships.

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Part of the Jacob Marschak Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Mathematics in the Behavioral Sciences Speaker: Takao Sasaki, associate professor in the Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester Social animals—from insect colonies to human groups—often make decisions without centralized control, relying on local interactions to produce coordinated collective outcomes. However, we still know little about the circumstances under which groups make better (or worse) decisions than individuals. To address this question, Takao Sasaki's research applies concepts and methods from psychology to both individuals and groups, allowing him to directly compare their cognitive abilities. Using ants and homing pigeons as model systems, Sasaki will discuss (1) how rock ant colonies avoid making irrational decisions, (2) how fire ants collectively build self-assembled pontoon bridges, and (3) how homing pigeons improve their homing routes through the accumulation of knowledge. He will also briefly introduce a new research direction that his lab has recently started investigating: collective animal learning.

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Co-sponsored by UCLA Library, the Kwame J. Granderson Undergraduate Writing Center and the Undergraduate Research Center – Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. Keep your stress levels down while pursuing your research interest! Learn how to create a timeline for your project and manage challenges while staying on track toward your goal. All fall quarter Cornerstone workshops will be held on Zoom.

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Join us at the Public Affairs Major Information Session to learn about the B.A. in Public Affairs, major requirements, application process, and how Luskin supports your academic goals! The information session is open to first- and second-year students who are interested in the Public Affairs major. Light refreshments will be served. Walk-ins are welcomed. For questions, please contact the Public Affairs Undergraduate Program via MyUCLA Message Center at https://luskin.ucla.edu/undergraduate-program/contact-us.

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Join Faculty in Residence for brief talk over free tacos!

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Are you looking for a safe and supportive space to practice your English conversation skills? Check out Dashew Center's English Language Circle (ELC)! Here you will have an opportunity to practice your English with other language learners. The circle is led by a native English speaker, who will help you become more confident in your speaking skills and who can answer your language and grammar questions. While this week's ELC session will take place in person, please note that our program for Fall 2026 will operate on an alternating hybrid schedule. ELC meet virtually during odd weeks (weeks 3, 5, 7, and 9) and in-person during even weeks (weeks 2, 4, 6, and 10.) Please be sure to check the full description before registering. Space is limited to 20 participants per session, and participants are welcome to bring and enjoy their lunch during these meetings.

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The Dashew Center invites you to join our quarterly International Scholar Lunch Hour this Fall! Meet other members of the UCLA International Scholar community to socialize, connect, and expand your network. The event will be held on Wednesday, November 4th from 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM PT @ Bradley 300. Registration is recommended to assist us with estimating attendance.

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This workshop is only open to instructors. This workshop offers an overview on the art of writing effective alt text. Participants will also learn how to tackle writing long descriptions for objects that require more detailed information, as well as seeing how writing descriptive alt text brings your visual content to life for everyone. Session details, including Zoom link can be found in the 10+10 Pop-up Series Bruin Learn site.

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Join the UCLA Arts Library for an introduction to the collections, methods, and people supporting research in a variety of Arts disciplines. Topics will include image and multimedia resources, unique treasures in the Arts Library and strategies for incorporating visual materials into the research process. Attendees from all disciplinary backgrounds are welcome! Instructors: Ashley Peterson, Digital Scholarship Librarian for the Arts and Humanities; Lane Goldszer, Teaching and Learning Librarian for the Arts; Diana King, Teaching and Learning Librarian for Arts and Social Sciences; Sylvia Page, Teaching and Learning Librarian for Humanities and Arts

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Join Case Management and the Graduate Student Resource Center for drop-in hours this fall! Discover how case managers support students by exploring options, identifying on-campus resources, and helping students to create a plan for their next steps.

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UCLA F-1 visa students, do you want to know more about off-campus employment authorization? Join us on one of our weekly OPT webinars hosted by the Dashew Center staff to learn more! Time: 2 - 3pm (Pacific Time)

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@ With his single mother in jail, Sequoyah, a fifteen-year-old Cherokee boy, is placed in foster care. Literally and figuratively scarred by his mother’s years of substance abuse, Sequoyah keeps mostly to himself, living with his emotions pressed deep below the surface. At least until he meets seventeen-year-old Rosemary, a troubled artist who also lives with the family. Sequoyah and Rosemary bond over their shared Native American background and tumultuous paths through the foster care system, but as Sequoyah’s feelings toward Rosemary deepen, the precariousness of their lives and the scars of their pasts threaten to undo them both. (from GoodReads) ### [New York Tri-State Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/new-york-tri-state-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/new-york-tri-state-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

This workshop will give an overview of how to write a master's thesis for students in STEM fields. It will include writing activities and discussion to help participants develop their thesis topics. We will also present strategies for organizing research and literature reviews, as well as tips for drafting and revision.

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@ UCLA alumni volunteers create the moments that foster connection, transforming a group of Bruins, parents, families and friends into a community. Usually, this work is joyful and straightforward. #### But sometimes it isn’t. * A guest may behave in a way that concerns you. * You may notice someone who appears uncomfortable. * Someone may share an experience with you and look to you for help. In the moment, it may not be clear what you should do or say, or when UCLA needs to be involved. ### Overview This session helps you lead with care and confidence when something feels off. ·       Set the tone Help create welcoming events by setting clear expectations and respectful boundaries. ·       Respond in the moment Recognize concerns and consider practical, supportive next steps. ·       Know when to involve UCLA Understand when to reach out, whom to contact and what information helps. ·       Know your role Understand where your responsibility ends and UCLA’s support begins. ### Who should attend? This training is intended for network leaders, parent volunteers and others who help organize, host or support UCLA alumni activities. Whether you lead a network, plan events, welcome participants or help bring programs to life, the guidance is designed to be useful in the situations you may encounter while volunteering with UCLA. Virtual This session will be recorded. ### What we’ll cover #### Creating welcoming and respectful spaces Alumni volunteers already play a key role in setting a positive tone. We’ll explore ways to clarify behavioral expectations, set clear boundaries, and foster a welcoming environment where everyone feels included and valued. #### Recognizing and responding in the moment UCLA CARE will teach you how to identify concerning behavior and engage calmly to support the person. We will emphasize practical techniques, including immediate actions and effective communication for de-escalation. #### Understanding when UCLA needs to be informed The Civil Rights Office will specify when to escalate issues, how to report concerns to UCLA and what details are most useful. We’ll also provide clear next steps to make contacting UCLA simple. #### Knowing where your role ends Alumni Affairs and the Civil Rights Office will outline the immediate next steps following a concern, including when to contact your Alumni Affairs staff advisor, what support you can expect from UCLA and when responsibility shifts out of the volunteer leader’s hands. These partners will demonstrate that you have a support network, emphasizing that you don’t have to face difficult situations alone. ### Practice with realistic scenarios Knowing the guidance is helpful. Applying it in the moment is another matter. **A SESSION CONVERSATION MIGHT BEGIN WITH… **“A guest is making another attendee visibly uncomfortable. What can I do right now?” We’ll explore real-world alumni network scenarios, discussing what volunteers might observe, the available options, when UCLA should intervene and how the response process might unfold. There may not always be a single perfect solution or a clear course of action. The goal is to provide a framework that helps you respond thoughtfully and guides you on where to turn. Explore the available options in the moment, including how to offer support and when it may be appropriate to involve UCLA. ### Our commitment to you #### We support the people who support UCLA. You give UCLA your valuable time, judgment and willingness to help build community. This training is one way we can support you in return. We want you to leave not expecting difficult situations, but feeling more confident that if one arises, you’ll know what to do, whom to call and that UCLA is there to help. ### With gratitude to our partners We are grateful to our colleagues at **UCLA CARE** and the **Title IX Civil Rights Office** for sharing their expertise, guidance and care to support our alumni volunteers and the communities they serve. #### [CARE: Campus Advocacy, Resources & Education](https://careprogram.ucla.edu/) Building compassion, knowledge and resilience encourages culture change toward a safer, healthier, equitable community. #### [Title IX Civil Rights Office](https://sexualharassment.ucla.edu/) Standing for a fair, supportive and proactive approach in service of our community Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

Each quarter, CARE offers a 3-session certificate training where all students are invited to engage in learning and conversation about sexual violence prevention, gaining knowledge in 3-parts of prevention: stopping harm before it happens, being responsive to survivors who have experienced harm, and promoting long-term healing. The Fall Certificate Training will be held Wednesday evenings Wk 5-7 from 6-8pm in the CAPS LCR. Interested individuals can RSVP by 10/23 to participate.

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Join us for a Community Cookout in collaboration with 580 Café. A welcoming space to share food, connection, and conversation. This gathering is about more than just a meal; it’s an opportunity to build community, celebrate our shared experiences, and create moments of joy together. We’ll have delicious food prepared with care, time to meet new people and reconnect with familiar faces, and a chance to learn more about the resources and programs available through UCLA Bruin Underground Scholars and 580 Café. Everyone is invited to come as they are; bring your appetite, your stories, and your community spirit!

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These are your golden 15-minute slots to get personalized, one-on-one career advice from the UCLA Career Center that caters specifically to your unique journey as a transfer student.

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The 21st Kenneth Karmiole Lecture on the History of the Book Trade, given by Dennis Duncan, Associate Professor, University College London. This talk begins with a collection of four dozen Burying in Woollen affidavits from the village of Upper Heyford in Oxfordshire, dating from the first decade of the eighteenth century to the last. Each affidavit testifies to a burial in the village, and an oath taken by a relative of the deceased that the body was wrapped in nothing other than wool. These are roughly-printed, single-sheet forms, illustrated with crude woodcuts of skulls and cadavers. They were printed seventy miles away in London. What can the stationery of a country rector tell us about the practices of the London printers, how they advertised, and how the blank precedent?what we might today call a form?offered rich, ever-changing opportunities to supplement their book work?

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This workshop will give an overview of how to write a master's thesis or project of similar length (like a qualifying paper) for students in the Humanities and Social Sciences. It will include writing activities and discussion to help participants develop their thesis topics. We will also present strategies for organizing research and literature reviews, as well as tips for drafting and revision.

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Out of the Depths: the first collection of Holocaust songs tells the story of a small songbook, produced in Bucharest in 1945. It contains the first collection of songs from survivors of camps and ghettos, those hiding in forests, or those on false papers who managed to conceal their identity throughout the war. Bucharest Romania, 1945: a small team of Polish Jews gather in a house set up by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee to support recently liberated survivors of the camps and ghettos. While compiling legal testimonies from those who come for food, provisions, and advice for safe places to resettle, they notate songs of wartime experience, which are collected and printed in a short run, and distributed to various people and organisations. Sydney Australia, 2013: one of these fragile song books is found in the estate of a survivor in Sydney, preserved from deterioration by chance, gently pressed between pages of another music score. It is one of only 5 remaining copies in the world. Thirteen years later, the songbook is reborn as Out of the Depths: the first collection of Holocaust songs. Dr Joseph Toltz and Associate Professor Anna Boucher have spent the last 13 years traveling four continents, investigating archives, tracing the stories of those who contributed to the original project. Critically acclaimed by James Loeffler (Johns Hopkins), Samuel Kassow (YIVO), Hasia Diner (NYU) and many other scholars, this event will launch the book in the USA. Similar to launches in Australia, the melodies of the songbook will be woven around the stories of the songs themselves.  Joseph Toltz will be joined by Professor Michael Beckerman on piano for this special event.

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Part of TLC’s new From PhD to Professor pathway, this virtual workshop will explore how to plan student workload, pace assignments, and communicate course policies in ways that reflect your teaching values and support student success. Designed for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars pursuing academic or teaching-oriented careers, this workshop and the pathway it is part of connect pedagogical development with preparation for the professoriate. Please register to receive the Zoom link. Please contact gspse@teaching.ucla.edu if you have any questions.

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Group work can enhance problem-solving and peer learning, but unstructured tasks often result in uneven participation, team friction, and complex grading. Transforming simple group activities into effective collaborative learning requires intentional task design, functional role assignment, and clear accountability structures. Join us for this session to learn practical frameworks for organizing, monitoring, and evaluating group work across disciplines. This session is only open to instructors. Please register to receive the Zoom link. Please contact instructorsupport@teaching.ucla.edu if you have any questions.

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The dissertation and final DMA recital curated by harpist Jillian Risigari-Gai will focus on the life and works of composer Alfredo Rolando Ortiz. It will explore how his compositions have continued the lineage of “Transculturality,” a conceptual framework describing the blending, fluid interaction, and transformation of cultures as they encounter one another. Unlike multiculturalism, which often views distinct cultures as existing side by side, transculturality emphasizes how globalization, migration, and communication break down traditional cultural boundaries, creating new, shared, and continuously evolving cultural identities. Through research, oral history interviews, and performance, the project will closely examine how Paraguayan harp techniques and performance practices inform and expand the possibilities of the double-action pedal harp through Alfredo Rolando Ortiz’s South American Suite for Harp and Orchestra.

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SwD if offering free family portraits for families! Pictures will be taken by De Neve Studio student staff! Images will be shared via email.

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@ This event celebrates the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Grupo Folklórico de UCLA in 1966. There will be performances by student and alumni dance groups, silent auction, food, and a DJ. per person $60 per person with a t-shirt $400 per table of 8 persons Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

The UCLA Guitar Ensemble presents the culmination of its Improvisation Workshop with the Radu Valcu Quintet, featuring chamber and ensemble performances by UCLA guitar students, alumni, and guests. Directed by the Radu Valcu Quintet and conducted by Dr. Mircea Gogoncea, the program explores new and existing classical-jazz fusion works, highlighting improvisation as a vital part of contemporary performance practice.

@ Cheer on the Bruins with alumni in your area and relive the energy of game day together. Share the excitement, no matter how far you are from Westwood. ### [Sacramento Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/sacramento-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/sacramento-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

Part of: Food and Film Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Hammer Museum Just as every memorable dinner harmonizes textures and flavors to create something more than the sum of its parts — of the type that feels like “a kind of love affair” — so too does Danish director Gabriel Axel’s Babette’s Feast. A dash of piety, a splash of romance, a hint of heartache, a touch of splendor, and generous portions of human frailty and desire all come together in Axel’s framing, Henning Kristiansen’s cinematography and the delicate performances of its outstanding cast to make you fall in love with the movies and dining, all over again. We’re pleased to present this Academy Award-winning classic of the culinary screen to mark the fifth anniversary of Lulu at the Hammer Museum. Programmed and note written by Senior Public Programmer Paul Malcolm.

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@ Join the SGV Bruins as we gather on a (hopefully) cool crisp Autumn morning for a cozy cup of coffee. Relax with fun convos with new and old friends. Make new connections and share your favorite stories and UCLA memories while the leaves are falling and coffee is calling. NOTE: We will be gathering outside and across the street from the coffee shop (Diamond Street side) to chat by the site of one of the original Carnegie libraries, and invigorate our senses with the fresh Autumn air of the urban forest in South Pasadena, a designated Tree City USA. There’s more history to where we’re meeting but you’ll have to come to find out more. There will be limited places to sit as this will be a casual coffee chat where we will mostly be standing and mingling in a park-like setting next to a building that is reminiscent of UCLA quad building architecture. RSVP by Nov 5th Noon. Purchase own coffee/beverages and morning pastries at Kaldi Coffee ### [San Gabriel Valley Bruins](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/san-gabriel-valley-bruins/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/san-gabriel-valley-bruins/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

The program includes compositions by Lili Boulanger, Maurice Ravel, and Felix Mendelssohn. Please visit the event website for full details and ticket information.

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Part of: Ryusuke Hamaguchi: Early Works Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Yanai Initiative When Drive My Car won the Oscar for Best International Feature Film in 2022, on top of being the first Japanese film ever nominated for Best Picture, it may have appeared to many as if its director, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, had come out of nowhere to accomplish such a feat. Still others may have known him as the director of the four-hour tour-de-force relationship drama, Happy Hour, when it generated cinephile buzz on the festival circuit in 2016 or perhaps the spellbinding romance-by-way-of identity-crisis, Asako I & II, when it became his first film to premiere at Cannes in 2018. But well before these milestones, Hamaguchi was busy making shorts and features that have rarely screened outside of Japan. After graduating from Tokyo University in 2003 under the influence of John Cassavetes, Hamaguchi began directing in earnest before entering Tokyo University of the Arts where Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Cure, Pulse) became a mentor. As a student and beyond, Hamaguchi took advantage of a network of non-profit, institutional support to workshop projects that allowed him to experiment with like-minded actors, screenwriters and cinematographers. Indeed, a number of his films from this period (Intimacies, Touching the Skin of Eeriness) foreground the creative process as elements of his sublimely structured mid-career style come into view. With his latest film, All of a Sudden, in theaters this November, the Archive is pleased to present this selection of early works by Hamaguchi that confirm what was to come even as they defy expectations. Series programmed and notes written by Senior Public Programmer Paul Malcolm.

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