Month: February 2015 | UCLA Bunche Center

2015 Hollywood Diversity Report Makes News

February 26, 2015/2 Comments/in Race and Hollywood /by SSC WebTeam

The Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at UCLA recently released “2015 Hollywood Diversity Report: Flipping the Script,” examines diversity — of the lack thereof — in the film […]

When Will Hollywood Figure Out That Diversity Sells?

February 26, 2015 – One of the important takeaways from the panel discussion, “Why Can’t Hollywood Look Like America?” is that despite what is claimed, findings show that the most successful […]

NEW! 2015 Hollywood Diversity Report

February 25, 2015/2 Comments/in Featured /by SSC WebTeam

NOW AVAILABLE! THE 2015 HOLLYWOOD DIVERSITY REPORT: FLIPPING THE SCRIPT February 25, 2015 – The Bunche Center released its second annual Hollywood Diversity Report examining diversity and the bottom line […]

Why Can’t Hollywood Tell America’s Stories?

February 23, 2015/0 Comments/in Featured Race and Hollywood Special Projects and Programs /by SSC WebTeam

February 23, 2015 – Zócalo talks with Bunche Center’s Dr. Ana-Christina Ramon and others about stories they’d like to see. To read the article, Click Here. For background information about the […]

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February 23, 2015/0 Comments/in Featured /by SSC WebTeam

Subscribe to the Bunche Center Website TODAY! In order to enhance your experience with Bunche Center social media, the Bunche Center has consolidated all of its email lists into one. […]

The Washington Post Talks Fixing Hollywood’s Diversity Problem

February 23, 2015/0 Comments/in Race and Hollywood /by SSC WebTeam

February 23, 2015 – Washington Post columnist Jena McGregor quotes Darnell Hunt, UCLA professor and director of the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies, in her […]

2014 Lean Year for Women Film Directors

February 22, 2015/0 Comments/in Race and Hollywood /by SSC WebTeam

February 22, 2015 — A new LA Times analysis shows that women directed only 4.6 percent of films released by the major Hollywood studios in 2014. These numbers echo figures […]

Bunche Center’s Hollywood Diversity Report Cited in LA Times Op-Ed

February 20, 2015/0 Comments/in Race and Hollywood /by SSC WebTeam

February 20, 2015 – The Los Angeles Times published an op-ed piece today by Jose Antonio Vargas and Janet Yang citing the lack of racial diversity, particularly of Latinos and Asians, in […]

TODAY AT 5PM – Director Shaka King Discusses NEWLYWEEDS – 2/23/15

February 18, 2015/0 Comments/in Special Projects and Programs /by SSC WebTeam

ELEVATE, UCLA School of Theater, Film, & Television and the Ralph J. Bunche Center host a film screening and Q&A for the film Newlyweeds The event will be moderated by […]

Gant-Britton Discusses The Loving Story – 2/21/15

February 17, 2015/0 Comments/in Special Projects and Programs /by SSC WebTeam

Dr. Lisbeth Gant-Britton, UCLA instructor and former Student Affairs Officer for the UCLA Interdepartmental Program in Afro-American Studies, discusses the documentary, The Loving Story. To download the flyer, Click Here.