Film Independent at LACMA and the Loyola Marymount School of Film and Television

Film Independent at LACMA and the Loyola Marymount School of Film and Television will be showing 21 documentaries. It is organized by Film Independent at LACMA's Elvis Mitchell and will also include Q&A with some filmmakers. It starts off at LACMA's Bing Theater with Mahamat-Saleh Haroun's "Bye Bye Africa" and the U.S. premiere of "Grigris." The festival will also include vintage films as 1973's "Touki Bouki" and 1990's "Tilai." The screenings will be on Tuesday and Thursday through October at the Bing.

What really caught my eye was that these films are independent. They aren't that well known. Many new filmmakers will also get noticed and might even get more famous. Also that the filmmakers will have Q&A. This gives the chance for future filmmakers to see what they did and how they did it. 

An impact for students or filmmakers, is that they can ask them questions. They, the students or filmmakers, learn from what they did and what they think they could have done differently. They can see how they fixed some situations or what their difficult task was. As a consumer, anyone can go just for fun and learn facts. 

Are they just going to be premiering West African cinema? Why only West African cinema? How much will it be to go and watch these documentaries?

 http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-film-independent-loyola-marymount-west-african-cinema-20130919,0,11459.story

the Cinecon Classic Film Festival

On August 29, 2013, the Cinecon Classic Film Festival premiered films from the 30s to around the 40s at the Egyptian Theatre. The festival showed classic film; for example, "A Tough Winter", "The Book of Sherlock Holmes", "Let's Go Native" and much more. They said that some of these films haven't been seen in years. Film historian Robert Birchard, president of Cinecon, was very excited and said, "It's a sense of discovery and it gives you a much better sense of the moviegoing experience of the classic age."

This article was important to me because in years people haven't seen these film and I find that very sad. What caught my eye was mostly that they haven't been seen and that the Egyptian Theatre was showing them. When I saw the Egyptian Theatre, I got excited. The main reason that I got excited was that films from Film 2 and Film 3, from last year, were showed at that exact theatre. Having their films showed there is amazing and in the same theatre that they had this festival. I haven't heard of these films that where showed, but they seem very interesting.

As a student, I feel that by watching these films I can learn more. I can see what cinematography they did and much more. As a future filmmaker, it can get me inspired for my films that I will be doing. Last but not least, as a consumer I would have definitely wanted to go. To see how old films influenced the present day films, and just to get out and watch these films.

What did the filmmakers thinking of the old film showings? How did old filmmakers edit? How money did the festival make? And with that money are they putting it to film equipment, workers, or films? 

 muchhttp://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-cinecon-classic-hollywood-20130826,0,2893515.story