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This workshop providesThis workshop provides an overview on the various forms of academic dishonesty regarding plagiarism. Participants will learn when, where, and why it is important to cite properly. Students will also learn how to avoid plagiarism and the information presented will stress the need to attribute work to the original author and the potential outcomes for plagiarizing. Additionally, paraphrasing, and direct quoting will be discussed. ZOOM. Register through MyEvents on MyUCLA.

The mindful writing retreat will integrate simple techniques from mindfulness to support the writing process and cultivate an approach to writing that fosters balance, self-care, and well-being. Please bring a current writing project because much of the retreat time will be allocated for writing. All sessions will be conducted remotely via zoom.

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Beginning Winter 2026, Student Experiences of Teaching (SET) will offer virtual drop-in hours with Cassidy Alvarado, Program Manager of Student Experience Initiatives. Instructors, Teaching Assistants, and Evaluation Coordinators can get support navigating Blue (UCLA’s course feedback platform), accessing reports, and more. Instructors and Teaching Assistants Mondays: 3–4 p.m. Fridays: Noon–1 p.m. Evaluation Coordinators and Department Staff Tuesdays: 2–3 p.m. Fridays: 9–10 a.m.

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Join us for our bi-weekly community meetings! A space to foster our system-impacted and formerly incarcerated scholars to connect, build community, and access resources.

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Choosing the right AI tool can be a real challenge. This short presentation provides a practical framework, using the Diffusion of Innovation model, to help you choose the best tools. We will explore the five key attributes, which are relative advantage, complexity, compatibility, trialability, and observability. The discussion will support you to confidently select GenAI solutions that enhance teaching and learning. Presenter: Sirui Wang, Senior Instructional Designer with Instructional Design and Media Production #GenAI #pick-your-innovation #diffusion-of-innovation #enhancing-teaching-and-learning Each academic quarter, the UCLA Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) hosts a weekly series of 10+10 Pop-Up sessions on Zoom. These brief, 10-minute presentations focus on specific topics related to course design, teaching, learning, and assessment, and are led by instructional designers and developers from TLC and campus partners. The “+10” refers to an optional 10-minute discussion following each presentation, where participants can ask questions and share insights. 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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Meet the TLC’s Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Scholar Engagement (GSPSE) team at the Graduate Student Resource Center (GSRC)! Enjoy coffee and snacks while supplies last and chat with us about all of your TA training and other teaching-related professional development questions.

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Beginning Winter 2026, Student Experiences of Teaching (SET) will offer virtual drop-in hours with Cassidy Alvarado, Program Manager of Student Experience Initiatives. Instructors, Teaching Assistants, and Evaluation Coordinators can get support navigating Blue (UCLA’s course feedback platform), accessing reports, and more. Instructors and Teaching Assistants Mondays: 3–4 p.m. Fridays: Noon–1 p.m. Evaluation Coordinators and Department Staff Tuesdays: 2–3 p.m. Fridays: 9–10 a.m.

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The pathway to medical school can begin after graduation. Hear from a panel of pre-med coaches, UCLA alumni, and medical school admissions experts to learn what steps to take to reach your goal as a UCLA alum. Learn from alumni stories and get insider knowledge on med school experience.

In our deeply fractured world, religion serves both to connect and offer wisdom and to foster conflict and division. Over the course of centuries, it has been frequently invoked to justify brutal violence, but can it be an effective tool to advance justice? To explore different perspectives on the topic of faith, forgiveness, and justice, we will be joined by a distinguished panel of religious leaders: Father Greg Boyle, Rabbi Sharon Brous, Valarie Kaur, and Imam Dr. Jihad Turk. Father Greg Boyle is a Jesuit priest and director of Homeboy Industries, the world’s largest gang intervention and rehabilitation program. Rabbi Sharon Brous is the senior and founding Rabbi of IKAR, a Jewish spiritual community in Los Angeles. Valarie Kaur is a civil rights leader and activist, filmmaker, educator, best-selling author, and founder of the Revolutionary Love Project, a movement to reclaim love as a force for justice. Imam Dr. Jihad Turk is the founding President of Bayan Islamic Graduate School, a preeminent Muslim institution of higher education. Event time TBD. Registration link coming soon.

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In our deeply fractured world, religion serves both to connect and offer wisdom and to foster conflict and division. Over the course of centuries, it has been frequently invoked to justify brutal violence, but can it be an effective tool to advance justice? To explore different perspectives on the topic of faith, forgiveness, and justice, we will be joined by a distinguished panel of religious leaders: Father Greg Boyle, Rabbi Sharon Brous, Valarie Kaur, and Imam Dr. Jihad Turk. Father Greg Boyle is a Jesuit priest and director of Homeboy Industries, the world’s largest gang intervention and rehabilitation program. Rabbi Sharon Brous is the senior and founding Rabbi of IKAR, a Jewish spiritual community in Los Angeles. Valarie Kaur is a civil rights leader and activist, filmmaker, educator, best-selling author, and founder of the Revolutionary Love Project, a movement to reclaim love as a force for justice. Imam Dr. Jihad Turk is the founding President of Bayan Islamic Graduate School, a preeminent Muslim institution of higher education.

Bruin Family Socials are events that bring UCLA to neighborhoods around the world. Providing an opportunity for attendees to engage with one another on a regional level, Bruin Family Socials foster connections and relationships within the greater Bruin community. Historically, Bruin Family Socials have taken place over the course of one weekend each year. During spring 2023, these events transitioned to a year-round model that accommodates a variety of activities and locations, ultimately allowing for added flexibility and more opportunities to build community than ever before. We hope you will join us at an event near you!

Familia, join us on Tuesday, February 24th at 6pm  in the Latinx Success Center to be in community and hear from powerful mujeres as we hold a plática with [Rosa Benavides](https://www.speakupmujer.com/about) from [Speak Up Mujer!](https://www.speakupmujer.com/) This plática will focus on honoring our voices, building self-trust, confidence, and a sense of belonging—particularly for first-generation and Latina students. Free food will be provided, along with opportunity drawings! RSVP is strongly encouraged. Gracias and we cant wait to be in community!

UCLA Financial Aid & Scholarships will be hosting a series of workshops for assistance with the 26-27 FAFSA/CADAA. Join us for a FREE in-person workshop in partnership with UCLA Basic Needs at Strathmore to receive tips and tricks on how to complete your Financial Aid application by the Priority Filing Deadline of March 2, 2026 (9pm PST)! The UCLA Basic Needs at Strathmore is located between the Luskin Center and UCPD on Westwood Blvd and in the same building as the Career Center. No RSVP required.

Drop in for students or faculty to request support for an academic accommodation concern. These sessions are held by a CAE Disability Specialist who may or may not be a student's assigned Disability Specialist and therefore who may need to follow up with a student's assigned Disability Specialist for the specific question or concern in mind.

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As generative AI usage expands across academic settings, educators must decide when AI outputs can be trusted - and when they require verification. This 30-minute Zoom workshop introduces a “Trust, but Verify” framework that centers human judgment in working with AI-generated content. Through guided examples and discussion, participants will build shared language and critical awareness around evaluating AI outputs and exercising informed human oversight. Please contact idmp@teaching.ucla.edu if you have any questions.

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Have specific questions about your research journey? Join the Undergraduate Research Center for the Sciences for office hours with one of our directors.

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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!

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This workshop will cover strategies for writing longer literature reviews for theses, dissertations, proposals, and review papers. The workshop will also address organizational approaches and writing process issues.

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Join us for a fireside chat hosted by the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs in collaboration with the UCLA Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies. Michael Harriot and Michael Lens will be signing copies of their books, Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America and Where the Hood At? Fifty Years of Change in Black Neighborhoods.

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Please join us for a celebration of Professor Alicia Gaspar de Alba’s 2026 retirement and lifelong research on Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, the 17th century Mexican nun/poet/scholar who is hailed all over the world as the “first feminist of the Americas” and the Mexican “Tenth Muse.” Free and open to the public, but all attendees, including participants and audience members, must register online.

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UCLA Financial Aid & Scholarships will be hosting a series of workshops for assistance with the 26-27 FAFSA/CADAA. Join us for a FREE virtual workshop to receive tips and tricks on how to complete your Financial Aid application by the Priority Filing Deadline of March 2, 2026 (9pm PST)! Meeting ID: 927 1312 6507 Passcode: 469741 No RSVP required.

Join us on Thursday, February 26 from 12-1 pm at La Kretz Garden Pavilion for another installment of Botany Brown Bag. Dr. Andy Kleinhesselink will give a talk titled “A Scrap of Nature: Rediscovering UCLA’s Native Plants on Sage Hill.” Stop in on your lunch break and learn about how UCLA's past biodiversity is informing the future of Sage Hill. Make sure to bring your lunch! This event is free and open to the public, no RSVP required.

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The Bruin Love Station (BLS) is mobile cart that offers free safer-sex supplies, Narcan, fentanyl test strips and opportunities for students to converse with trained peers and professional staff. Students are free to stop by to pick up any of our supplies.

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Join the Career Center for virtual 15-min drop ins; Sessions can cover resume/cover letter development and review, help with job/internship search, or interview preparation.

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The Beadwork Wellness Workshop is a creative and meditative space where participants can engage in beadwork as a form of self-care and mindfulness. This hands-on session fosters relaxation, focus, and cultural appreciation while providing an opportunity for community building. Whether you’re a beginner or experienced in beadwork, this workshop encourages artistic expression and personal reflection through the therapeutic practice of working with beads.

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Interested in examining methodologies that are outside the Western sphere of knowledge? Want to feel more connected to your research and center community voices? Learn about Indigenous research methodologies and explore different ways in which you can conduct your research in this online workshop. Led by Maile Chung (Ponca), post-graduate assistant conservator, Library Preservation and Conservation

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Join us for our February Leaders 2 Leaders session! Our Alumni Career Engagement team will lead our next session on how your network can create meaningful events and initiatives that serve alumni throughout their professional journey unique to your communities. They'll share best practices, answer your questions, and highlight successful career-focused events hosted by alumni networks. Speakers include: Gloria Ko (Senior Director, Alumni Career Engagement) Mia Seleshi (Director, Alumni Career Engagement) Haley Krakoski (Director, Alumni Career Engagement) Alyson Beckman (Director, Alumni Career Engagement)

Undergraduate Student-Initiated Education (USIE) gives juniors and seniors the rare chance to design and lead their own lower-division seminar under the guidance of a faculty mentor. If you’re interested in sharing an academic passion, building teaching and leadership skills, and shaping a meaningful learning experience for your peers, this workshop will walk you through what the program involves and how to prepare a strong application.

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Beginning Winter 2026, Student Experiences of Teaching (SET) will offer virtual drop-in hours with Cassidy Alvarado, Program Manager of Student Experience Initiatives. Instructors, Teaching Assistants, and Evaluation Coordinators can get support navigating Blue (UCLA’s course feedback platform), accessing reports, and more. Instructors and Teaching Assistants Mondays: 3–4 p.m. Fridays: Noon–1 p.m. Evaluation Coordinators and Department Staff Tuesdays: 2–3 p.m. Fridays: 9–10 a.m.

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Offered through the Teaching and Learning Center’s Instructor Wellbeing Initiative in collaboration with the Postdoctoral Association and award-winning mental health speaker and advocate, Ross Szabo. This interactive, in-person professional development workshop provides a practical and straight forward approach to help postdocs address common mental health challenges that can show up in classes, mentoring relationships, and office hours. The first portion lays out a common language for mental health that offers a baseline to navigate these issues, as well as how to frame mental health from a health education perspective. The second part of this session offers guidelines for if participants choose to incorporate their personal stories about mental health into interactions with mentees and students to help do so in ways that protect the boundaries of all parties and reinforce learning objectives. Lunch will be provided.

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Beginning Winter 2026, Student Experiences of Teaching (SET) will offer virtual drop-in hours with Cassidy Alvarado, Program Manager of Student Experience Initiatives. Instructors, Teaching Assistants, and Evaluation Coordinators can get support navigating Blue (UCLA’s course feedback platform), accessing reports, and more. Instructors and Teaching Assistants Mondays: 3–4 p.m. Fridays: Noon–1 p.m. Evaluation Coordinators and Department Staff Tuesdays: 2–3 p.m. Fridays: 9–10 a.m.

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UCLA Financial Aid & Scholarships will be hosting a series of workshops for assistance with the 26-27 FAFSA/CADAA. Join us for a FREE in-person workshop in partnership with UCLA Basic Needs at Strathmore to receive tips and tricks on how to complete your Financial Aid application by the Priority Filing Deadline of March 2, 2026 (9pm PST)! The UCLA Basic Needs at Strathmore is located between the Luskin Center and UCPD on Westwood Blvd and in the same building as the Career Center. No RSVP required.

The UCLA Alumni Network of San Diego invites you to the Annual Beachside Reception at the exclusive La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club! Come network with Bruins, meet the UCLA Men's Tennis team, celebrate the legacy of Arthur Ashe and enjoy appetizers, as well as hosted beer and wine. This is a rare and special opportunity to get to know UCLA student-athletes and hear directly from Coach Billy Martin. _Thank you to our hosts, Stephanie and Steve Williams, for making this event possible._

The San Fernando Valley Network in collaboration with Bruin Entrepreneurs present the Alumni Entrepreneurship Networking Night an opportunity to connect UCLA students and alumni who care about entrepreneurship, innovation, and early stage problem solving. Networking facilitation will revolve around students exploring ways to solve real world problems this is not a pitch competition or demo day. Instead, it is a low pressure space where students share ideas they are curious about, alumni share lived experience, and both begin building long term relationships across the UCLA ecosystem.

Join us for a screening of a documentary biography on the life and career of Bob Nakamura, the legendary “Godfather of Asian American film” and longtime professor of Asian American Studies and film at UCLA. Reception 6–7 PM, Screening 7–8:30 PM, Q&A 8:30–9:15 PM

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In-person: Q&A with Mary Corey, senior continuing lecturer in the UCLA Department of History. Admission is free. No advance reservations. Your seat will be assigned to you when you pick up your ticket at the box office. Seats are assigned on a first come, first served basis. The box office opens one hour before the event. Red Hollywood U.S. 1996 Abraham Polonsky, the writer of Body and Soul, said, “All films that are about crime are about capitalism.” In the 1940s, the House Un-American Activities Committee and studio executives conspired to create a blacklist barring hundreds of film artists suspected of communist sympathies, like Polonsky, from employment, upending countless lives. In Red Hollywood, Thom Andersen and Noël Burch reassess the blacklist’s legacy by reassembling footage from over 50 films made by blacklisted artists. These films, once dismissed as minor, are reconsidered as thoughtful attempts to tackle social and political issues in ways that Hollywood wouldn’t attempt again for decades.—Public Programs Assistant Noah Brockman DCP, color, 114 min. Directors/Screenwriters: Thom Andersen, Noël Burch. With: Billy Woodberry (narration). The Master Race U.S., 1944 George Coulouris stars as a Nazi commander who, seeing the writing on the wall for the Third Reich, disperses his officers incognito around liberated Europe to begin sowing seeds of discontent anew. As he assures them: “In our hands, hate can be turned into the most potent of weapons.” Settling himself in a Belgian town under Allied control, he works to undermine fledgling reconstruction efforts by playing on local antagonisms and resentment. A study of fascist rhetorical and propaganda tactics in the guise of a thriller, The Master Race was directed by Herbert J. Biberman who co-wrote the script with Anne Froelich and Rowland Leigh, with Biberman and Froelich both blacklisted just a few years later.—Senior Public Programmer Paul Malcolm 35mm, b&w, 95 min. Director: Herbert J. Biberman. Screenwriters: Herbert J. Biberman, Anne Froelich, Rowland Leigh. With: George Coulouris, Stanley Ridges, Osa Massen. Part of: From John Doe to Lonesome Rhodes: Antifacism from the Archive

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Join fellow UC alumni in Sacramento for a dynamic, in-person conference exploring topics at the intersection of career and identity. Enjoy interactive breakout sessions, meaningful networking opportunities and important conversations designed specifically for UC alumni. Open to graduates from all UC campuses, this event welcomes anyone interested in the topics presented. Registration and experience include: ● Full conference program and materials ● Professional headshots ● Light breakfast and catered lunch ● Exhibitor fair ● Prize giveaways and more Register by January 31 to take advantage of early-bird pricing. Standard registration closes February 21.

Join Bruin basketball fans at Underdog’s Cantina for game watch parties on selected weekends during the season. Come out and wear your UCLA gear — no RSVP necessary!

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“Nada somos sí solos caminamos, todo seremos si nuestros pasos caminan junto a otros pasos dignos.” “We are nothing walking alone; we become everything walking alongside dignified steps.” – El Comité Clandestino (1994) Join the Fowler Museum and UCLA students for a community reading of the new publication, (in)visibility. This powerful book features critical essays and artworks by undoc+ artists—individuals exploring the complex realities of undocumentedness, immigration journeys, and hyperdocumentation. Together, participants will read aloud selected excerpts from (in)visibility, engaging in a shared reflection on identity, migration, healing, and solidarity. The reading will offer a collective space to listen, witness, and honor the voices of the undoc+ community. The editor of this volume is a formerly undocumented, first-generation, transnational, Japanese-Mexican immigrant and UCLA doctoral candidate. (in)visibility foregrounds the aesthetic achievements of undoc+ authors and scholars while centering care and protection for participants. This reading is part of a broader commitment to foster community connection through art and storytelling. This program is in partnership with Undoc+ Collective

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Dinners for 12 Strangers is a 50+ year UCLA tradition that has become a global phenomenon. Every year, on one of three nights, alumni, faculty, and students come together to enjoy good food and great conversation. Visit d[12.alumni.ucla.edu](https://d12.alumni.ucla.edu/) for more information on how to host and attend.

Made possible by the John H. Mitchell Television Programming Endowment. Co-presented by the UCLA Asian American Studies Center. n-person: UCLA Professor Karen Umemoto, Helen and Morgan Chu Director of the Asian American Studies Center, and with Brian Niiya, Content Director of Densho, Lily Tung Crystal, Artistic Director, East West Players, and actor Denice Kumagai-Hoy. Admission is free. No advance reservations. Your seat will be assigned to you when you pick up your ticket at the box office. Seats are assigned on a first come, first served basis. The box office opens one hour before the event. Originally staged by the East West Players, pioneering author Wakako Yamauchi’s adaptation of her award-winning play, “And the Soul Shall Dance,” for KCET’s Hollywood Television Theatre is a poetic, haunting drama that reveals the hardships Japanese Americans faced during the Great Depression. Set in California’s Imperial Valley, Yamauchi's moving work explores the lives of two farming families as they struggle to make ends meet and assimilate in a so-called land of opportunity defined by systemic racism. Yamauchi’s teleplay unfolds through the eyes of a sensitive girl, Masako (Denice Kumagai), who bears witness to the challenges facing her loving parents (Pat Li, Sab Shimono) and the unraveling lives of a neighboring couple, Emiko (Haunani Minn) and Oka (Yuki Shimoda). Abused by her husband from an arranged marriage, Emiko dreams of a return to Japan to reclaim her past life, far from an inhospitable America. Her profound journey represents an indelible requiem for generations of Issei and Nisei beyond the play’s setting of the 1930s, with Yamauchi herself unjustly incarcerated as a teen at the concentration camp for Japanese Americans in Poston, Arizona, during World War II. Post-screening panel discussion moderated by UCLA Professor Karen Umemoto, Helen and Morgan Chu Director of the Asian American Studies Center,with Brian Niiya, Content Director of Densho, Lily Tung Crystal, Artistic Director, East West Players, and actor Denice Kumagai-Hoy. Before the screening in the lobby, beginning at 6:30 p.m., UCLA Library Audiovisual Project Conservator Maile Chung will display archival materials related to the East West Players from UCLA Library Special Collections. Programmed and notes written by John H. Mitchell Television Curator Mark Quigley. Hollywood Television Theatre: “And the Soul Shall Dance” U.S., 2/7/1978 DCP, color, 90 min. PBS. Production: KCET, Community Television of Southern California. Produced for the stage by East West Players. Executive Producer: Norman Lloyd. Director: Paul Stanley. Writer: Wakako Yamauchi. With: Denice Kumagai, Pat Li, Haunani Minn, Sab Shimono, Yuki Shimoda, DianeTakei. Special Thanks to PBS SoCal, Gerry Bryant, Patrick Yew. Part of: Archive Television Treasures

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In person: Q&A with actor Denice Kumagai-Hoy; Brian Niiya, content director, Densho; Lily Tung Crystal, artistic director, East West Players; moderated by UCLA Professor Karen Umemoto, Helen and Morgan Chu director of the Asian American Studies Center. Originally staged by the East West Players, pioneering author Wakako Yamauchi’s adaptation of her award-winning play, “And the Soul Shall Dance,” for KCET’s Hollywood Television Theatre is a poetic, haunting drama that reveals the hardships Japanese Americans faced during the Great Depression.

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Admission is free. No advance reservations. Your seat will be assigned to you when you pick up your ticket at the box office. Seats are assigned on a first come, first served basis. The box office opens one hour before the event. Cloak and Dagger U.S., 1946 Director Fritz Lang’s post-war espionage thriller follows Gary Cooper’s nuclear physicist from his lab working on the Manhattan Project to an Italian resistance unit on an OSS mission to rescue a dissident scientist forced to help the Nazis on their own atomic bomb. Lang delivers some outstanding action sequences (no one socks a Nazi quite like Gary Cooper) while later-blacklisted screenwriters, Ring Lardner Jr. and Albert Maltz, put a progressive spin on the film’s nuclear politics — “When are we going to be given a billion dollars to wipe out cancer?” decries Cooper’s physicist — alongside its message that resistance to fascism isn’t only necessary but a moral obligation. 35mm, b&w, 106 min. Director: Fritz Lang. Screenwriters: Ring Lardner Jr., Albert Maltz. With: Gary Cooper, Robert Alda, Lilli Palmer. 35mm restored print courtesy of the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Preservation funding provided by The Film Foundation. Keeper of the Flame U.S., 1942 In this mystery melodrama, the legacy of a “great man” of America is called into question after his sudden death in a suspicious car accident. Spencer Tracy is the grizzled veteran reporter who starts asking all the wrong questions of Katharine Hepburn’s grieving but suspicious widow. Donald Ogden Stewart’s script comes with a few paeans to American exceptionalism — ”You and I are free men today because centuries ago some unknown guy got an idea in his head that he was just as good as the guy who was bossing him” — in a story that decidedly suggests “it can happen here” as homegrown fascists wrap themselves in patriotic imagery and rhetoric. 35mm, b&w, 100 min. Director: George Cukor. Screenwriter: Donald Ogden Stewart. With: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Richard Whorf. —Senior Public Programmer Paul Malcolm Part of: From John Doe to Lonesome Rhodes: Antifacism from the Archive

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