BLACK PANTHERS (1968)
2025-10-18 12:00 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Amanda Cinema, 180 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, 90026, United States
Join us for our Week 3 of ARRAY360 at BLACK PANTHERS X3 screening series. Reflecting on revolutionary history and radical imagination through the cinematic lens.
EVENT SCHEDULE
11:30 AM | Guest Check-in Begins
12:00 PM | Feature Film Presentation: BLACK PANTHERS (1968) (Run Time: 31m)
MPA Rating:
NOT-RATED
ABOUT THE FILM
Auteur Agnès Varda turns her camera on an Oakland demonstration against the imprisonment of activist and Black Panthers co-founder Huey P. Newton. In addition to evincing Ms. Varda’s fascination with her adopted surroundings and her empathy, this perceptive short is also a powerful political statement filmed during the summer of 1968.
ABOUT THE FILMMAKER
Agnès Varda (1928–2019) was a Belgian-born, Paris-based filmmaker known as a “godmother of the French New Wave,” who created a unique, mixed-media filmography of fiction, documentaries and art installations. Starting as a photographer for a theater, she directed her first film, LA POINTE COURTE in 1954, which ignited the New Wave movement. Ms. Varda’s influential career spanned over 60 years.
Screenings of THE BLACK PANTHERS: VANGUARD OF THE REVOLUTION (2015) and BLACK PANTHER (2018) are also included in the day’s program. Please note: Each film screening will have a separate ticketed entry. Guests must RSVP and possess a ticket for each film in order to attend any of the three film screenings.

THE BLACK PANTHERS: VANGUARD OF THE REVOLUTION (2015)
2025-10-18 13:00 - 16:00 | Amanda Cinema, 180 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, 90026, United States
Join us for our Week 3 of ARRAY360 at BLACK PANTHERS X3 screening series. Reflecting on revolutionary history and radical imagination through the cinematic lens.
EVENT SCHEDULE
12:00 PM | Guest Check-in Begins
1:00 PM | Feature Film presentation:THE BLACK PANTHERS: VANGUARD OF THE REVOLUTION (2015) (Run Time: 1h 55m)
ABOUT THE FILM
THE BLACK PANTHERS: VANGUARD OF THE REVOLUTION is the first feature-length documentary to explore the Black Panther Party, its significance to broader American culture, its cultural and political awakening for black people, and the painful lessons wrought when a movement derails. Master documentarian Stanley Nelson weaves a treasure trove of rare archival footage with the diverse group of voices of the people who were there: police, FBI informants, journalists, white supporters and detractors, and Black Panthers who remained loyal to the party and those who left it.
MPA Rating:
NOT-RATED
ABOUT THE FILMMAKER
Stanley Nelson is the foremost chronicler of the African American experience working in nonfiction film today. His documentary films, many of which have aired on PBS, combine compelling narratives with rich and deeply researched historical detail, shining new light on both familiar and under-explored aspects of the American past. A MacArthur “Genius” Fellow, Nelson was awarded a Peabody for his body of work in 2016. He has received numerous honors over the course of his career, including the 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Television Arts Sciences. In 2013, President Barack Obama presented Nelson with the National Medal in the Humanities. Mr. Nelson has directed and produced numerous acclaimed films, including FREEDOM SUMMER, FREEDOM RIDERS, JONESTOWN: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF PEOPLES TEMPLES and THE MURDER OF EMMETT TILL. He is also co-founder and executive director of Firelight Media, which provides support to emerging documentarians.
Screenings of BLACK PANTHER (2015) and BLACK PANTHERS (1968) are also included in the day’s program. Please note: Each film screening will have a separate ticketed entry. Guests must RSVP and possess a ticket for each film in order to attend any of the three film screenings.

BLACK PANTHER (2018)
2025-10-18 16:00 - 18:30 | Amanda Cinema, 180 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, 90026, United States
Join us for our Week 3 of ARRAY360 at BLACK PANTHERS X3 screening series. Reflecting on revolutionary history and radical imagination through the cinematic lens.
EVENT SCHEDULE
3:00 PM | Guest Check-in Begins
4:00 PM | Feature Film Presentation: BLACK PANTHER (2018) (Run Time: 1h 55m)
MPA Rating:
PG-13 | mild violence
ABOUT THE FILM
After the death of his father, T’Challa returns home to the African nation of Wakanda to take his rightful place as king. When a powerful enemy suddenly reappears, T’Challa’s mettle as king — and as Black Panther — gets tested when he’s drawn into a conflict that puts the fate of Wakanda and the entire world at risk. Faced with treachery and danger, the young king must rally his allies and release the full power of Black Panther to defeat his foes and secure the safety of his people.
ABOUT THE FILMMAKER
Ryan Coogler is an acclaimed American director, screenwriter, and producer known for films like FRUITVALE STATION, CREED, Marvel blockbusters BLACK PANTHER and BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER and most recently, SINNERS. He earned a finance degree at CSU Sacramento and later studied at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, where his short films gained recognition. Coogler’s work often draws inspiration from his Oakland upbringing and explores themes of social justice, community, and identity.
Screenings of THE BLACK PANTHERS: VANGUARD OF THE REVOLUTION (2015) and BLACK PANTHERS (1968) are also included in the day’s program. Please note: Each film screening will have a separate ticketed entry. Guests must RSVP and possess a ticket for each film in order to attend any of the three film screenings.

HEDDA (2025)
2025-10-24 18:30 - 21:00 | Amanda Cinema, 180 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, 90026, United States
Join us for week 4 of ARRAY360 at CENTERPIECE SPOTLIGHT: HEDDA! Advance screening of HEDDA (2025) including a conversation with writer/director Nia DaCosta and actress Nina Hoss moderated by Ava DuVernay.
EVENT SCHEDULE
5:30 PM | Guest Check-in Begins
6:30 PM | Feature Film Presentation: HEDDA (2025) (Run Time: 1h 47m)
ABOUT THE FILM
A provocative reimagining of Henrik Ibsen’s classic play, HEDDA follows an enigmatic newlywed who is outwardly composed but hiding a simmering discontent that threatens to explode when a charismatic individual reenters her life. Over the course of a raucous party, the high and low of society endure the consequences of this dangerous and unknowable woman yearning for a past love. What ensues is a ruthless game of manipulation, where lust, jealousy and betrayal collide.
MPA Rating:
RATED – R
ABOUT THE FILMMAKER
Nia DaCosta is a writer/director from New York City. Her debut feature film, LITTLE WOODS, made its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festiva where it garnered the Nora Ephron Award for “spirited and bold” storytelling. Ms. DaCosta’s other directorial work includes CANDYMAN (2021), THE MARVELS (2023) and upcoming in 2026, 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE. Ms. DaCosta is the first black woman to direct a Marvel film, and the fourth woman.
Guests must have tickets to this screening for entry.

BLKNWS: TERMS & CONDITIONS (2025)
2025-10-25 13:00 - 16:00 | Amanda Cinema, 180 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, 90026, United States
Join us for week 4 of ARRAY360 at SPOTLIGHT PRESENTATION: BLKNWS: TERMS & CONDITIONS. Kahlil Joseph presents an advanced look at the feature adaptation of his acclaimed video art installation. Post-screening conversation with Kahlil Joseph moderated by Ava DuVernay.
EVENT SCHEDULE
12:00 PM | Guest Check-in Begins
1:00 PM | Feature Film Presentation: BLKNWS: TERMS & CONDITIONS (2025) (Run Time: 1h 53m)
ABOUT THE FILM
A cinematic experience adapted from Kahlil Joseph’s highly acclaimed video art installation, which was shown at the Venice Biennale in 2019, the film interweaves fictional and historical characters in an immersive story that spans 247 years across land and sea.
MPA Rating:
RATED – R
ABOUT THE FILMMAKER
Kahlil Joseph is an award-winning filmmaker and video artist known for his immersive and poetic works that explore Black culture, identity, and history through a unique blend of music, cinema and visual art. He is recognized for his iconic music videos for artists like Kendrick Lamar and Beyoncé, his large-scale video installations such as m.A.A.d., and the ongoing BLKNWS project, which redefines Black news and culture. Joseph has exhibited internationally at institutions including the Venice Biennale and the Tate Modern and is a co-founder of the former Underground Museum in Los Angeles.
Guests must RSVP and possess a ticket to attend this film screenings.

SUDAN, REMEMBER US (2025)
2025-11-01 12:00 - 13:30 | Amanda Cinema, 180 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, 90026, United States
Join us for week 4 of ARRAY360 at FOR THE PEOPLE: A DAY OF DISCOURSE. This day-long showcase amplifies those who resist.
EVENT SCHEDULE
11:30 AM | Guest Check-in Begins
12:00 PM | Feature Film Presentation: SUDAN, REMEMBER US (2025) (Run Time: 1hr 26min)
ABOUT THE FILM
SUDAN, REMEMBER US is a powerful portrait of a generation that chose poetry over silence and imagination over fear. Shajane, Maha, Muzamil, Khatab, and the voice of poet Chaikhoon form a cinematic chorus—young, politically defiant, and artistically fearless. In their twenties, they stand at the front lines of a revolution, confronting a corrupted army and paramilitary militias responsible for brutal war crimes in Darfur, Kordofan, and Blue Nile. They could have lost hope before they even began. Instead, through chants, poems, and dreams, they built a movement that helped topple a regime. Blending intimate storytelling with sweeping political urgency, SUDAN, REMEMBER US captures the uneven struggle between the fire of militias and the unbreakable voices of the people. It’s a tribute to the power of words—and a reminder that freedom is a fight born first in the imagination.
MPA Rating:
NOT-RATED | Sensitive Imagery
ABOUT THE FILMMAKER
Hind Meddeb is a French-Tunisian-Moroccan journalist and documentary film director, she was born in Châtenay-Malabry, Paris, France. As a documentary filmmaker, Meddeb wrote and co-directed DE CASA AU PARADIS (2008), ELECTRO CHAABI (2013) and PARIS STALINGRAD (2019). As a journalist, Meddeb worked for France 24 from 2006 to 2008 before joining France Info, from 2010 to 2011 she was a reporter for the show Ça balance à Paris on Paris Première and served as art reporter for Tracks magazine. /p>
Screenings of THE EYES OF GHANA (2025) and PALESTINE 36 (2025) are also included in the day’s program. Please note: Each film screening will have a separate ticketed entry. Guests must RSVP and possess a ticket for each film in order to attend any of the three film screenings.

THE EYES OF GHANA (2025)
2025-11-01 14:00 - 15:30 | Amanda Cinema, 180 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, 90026, United States
Join us for WEEK 4 of ARRAY360 at FOR THE PEOPLE: A DAY OF DISCOURSE. This day-long showcase amplifies voices of those who resist. Filmmaker Anita Afonu joins ARRAY for a cinema chat.
EVENT SCHEDULE
1:00 PM | Guest Check-in Begins
2:00 PM | Feature Film presentation: THE EYES OF GHANA (2025) (Run Time: 1h 30m)
ABOUT THE FILM
Ghanaian filmmaker Anita Afonu embarks on a journey of cinematic rediscovery alongside 93-year-old Chris Hesse, who served as Kwame Nkrumah’s personal cinematographer and bore witness to the birth of African independence. Together they undertake an urgent mission to restore and repatriate a hidden archive of more than 1,300 films from the 1950s and 60s; a visual legacy that holds the soul of a nation and the memory of a continent on the cusp of liberation.
MPA Rating:
NOT-RATED |
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Ben Proudfoot is a two-time Academy Award® winning documentary filmmaker and the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Breakwater Studios which he founded upon graduating from USC’s School of Cinematic Arts in 2012. A watershed partnership with The New York Times produced some sixteen collaborations with over 10 million views including A CONCERTO IS A CONVERSATION, which was nominated for Best Documentary Short Subject at the 93rd Academy Awards®, and THE QUEEN OF BASKETBALL, which won the Oscar for Best Documentary Short Subject at the 94th Academy Awards®. The film, executive produced by Shaquille O’Neal and Stephen Curry, made history as the first Oscar win for The New York Times. On March 10, 2024, Proudfoot became the first person born in the 1990s to win a second Academy Award®, this time for THE LAST REPAIR SHOP, his second collaboration with composer and filmmaker Kris Bowers – and the first Oscar for The Los Angeles Times.
Screenings of SUDAN, REMEMBER US (2025) and PALESTINE 36 (2025) are also included in the day’s program. Please note: Each film screening will have a separate ticketed entry. Guests must RSVP and possess a ticket for each film in order to attend any of the three film screenings.

PALESTINE 36 (2025)
2025-11-01 16:30 - 18:30 | Amanda Cinema, 180 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, 90026, United States
Join us for WEEK 4 of ARRAY360 at FOR THE PEOPLE: A DAY OF DISCOURSE. This day-long showcase amplifies voices of those who resist.
EVENT SCHEDULE
3:30 PM | Guest Check-in Begins
4:30 PM | Feature Film Presentation: PALESTINE 36 (2025) (Run Time: 1h 58m)
ABOUT THE FILM
As villages across Mandatory Palestine rise against British colonial rule, Yusuf drifts between his rural home and the restless energy of Jerusalem, longing for a future beyond the growing unrest. But history is relentless. With rising numbers of Jewish immigrants escaping antisemitism in Europe, and the Palestinian population uniting in the largest and longest uprising against Britain’s 30-year dominion, all sides spiral towards inevitable collision in a decisive moment for the British Empire and the future of the entire region.
MPA Rating:
NOT-RATED
ABOUT THE FILMMAKER
Annemarie Jacir has been working in independent cinema since 1998 and has written, directed and produced a number of award-winning films. Two of her films have premiered as Official Selections in Cannes, one in Berlin and in Venice, Locarno, Rotterdam, Toronto, and Telluride. All three of her feature films were selected as Palestine’s Oscar Entry for Foreign Language Film. Her short film, LIKE TWENTY IMPOSSIBLES was the first Arab short film to ever be an official selection of the Cannes International Film Festival and went on to be a Student Academy Awards Finalist, winning more than 15 awards at international festivals. In 2007, Ms. Jacir shot the first feature film by a Palestinian woman director, the acclaimed SALT OF THIS SEA, making her first return to her family’s homeland. The film was Palestine’s submission to the 81st Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and her second feature film, WAJIB (2017), won 36 international awards. As the founder of Philistine Films, she collaborates regularly as an editor, screenwriter and producer with fellow filmmakers.
Screenings of SUDAN: REMEMBER US (2025) and THE EYES OF GHANA (2025) are also included in the day’s program. Please note: Each film screening will have a separate ticketed entry. Guests must RSVP and possess a ticket for each film in order to attend any of the three film screenings.

PARIS IS BURNING (1991)
2025-11-02 16:00 - 20:00 | Amanda Cinema, 180 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, 90026, United States
Join us for our Week 3 of ARRAY360 at ARRAY BALL screening showcase. A 35th anniversary spotlight screening of Jennie Livingston’s quintessential portrait of NYC’s ball culture, PARIS IS BURNING. In collaboration with Reach LA, the program will also feature a health information clinic and a live Ballroom 101 demonstration with an introduction to the categories.
EVENT SCHEDULE
3:00 PM | Guest Check-in Begins
4:00 PM | Feature Film presentation: PARIS IS BURNING (2018) (Run Time: 1h 11m)
Screening to be followed by ARRAY Ballroom 101 with an instruction of the categories by choreographer Stephanie “Packrat” Whitfield, in partnership with Reach LA.
About The Film
This landmark documentary provides a vibrant snapshot of the 1980s through the eyes of New York City’s African American and Latinx Harlem drag ball scene. Made over seven years, PARIS IS BURNING offers an intimate portrait of rival fashion “houses,” from fierce contests for trophies, to house mothers offering sustenance in a world rampant with homophobia and transphobia, racism, AIDS, and poverty. Featuring legendary voguers, drag queens, and trans women—including Willi Ninja, Pepper LaBeija, Dorian Corey and Venus Xtravaganza—PARIS IS BURNING brings it, celebrating the joy of movement, the force of eloquence and the power of community.
Digitally remastered by the UCLA Film and Television Archive in conjunction with Sundance Institute and Outfest UCLA Legacy Project. Preservation funded by Sundance Institute, Outfest and the Andrew J. Kuehn Jr. Foundation.
MPA Rating:
NOT-RATED
About The Filmmaker
Jennie Livingston is a groundbreaking filmmaker, known for lively storytelling and nuanced character portraits. Jennie has received numerous awards and fellowships, including from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, for the thoughtful explorations of race, class, gender and sexuality within her work. The iconic 1990 documentary PARIS IS BURNING won a Sundance Grand Jury Prize. Jennie’s work as a writer and director includes: the short film WHO’S THE TOP, consulting producer and director on Pose(FX), the upcoming feature EARTH CAMP ONE and Jennie’s most recent documentary I’M YOUR VENUS is now playing on Netflix.
About Reach LA
REACH LA is a nonprofit organization committed to uplifting LGBTQIA+ youth and young adults through the arts, advocacy, wellness, and community engagement. They provide inclusive, affirming spaces where youth can build power, pursue wellness, and create meaningful change.
This event features an informative BALLROOM Dance lesson followed by an opportunity to practice what you learned.

FRANKENSTEIN (2025)
2025-11-07 18:00 - 21:00 | Amanda Cinema, 180 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, 90026, United States
JUST ADDED! Join us for week 6 of ARRAY360 at our CLOSING NIGHT WATCH PARTY presentation of FRANKENSTEIN (2025)! Includes a special post-screening conversation with Guillermo del Toro moderated by Ava DuVernay.
EVENT SCHEDULE
5:00 PM| Guest Check-in Begins
6:00 PM | Feature Film Presentation: FRANKENSTEIN (2025)(Run Time: 2h 21m)
About The Film
Oscar winner Guillermo del Toro reimagines Mary Shelley’s classic tale of a brilliant scientist and the creature his monstrous ambition brings to life.
MPA Rating:
RATED – R
About The Filmmaker
Guillermo del Toro is an acclaimed Mexican-born filmmaker, celebrated for his visionary storytelling that seamlessly blends fantasy, horror, folklore and deeply human themes. Known for his distinctive cinematic style, Mr. del Toro brings to life outcast monsters, mythical creatures, and hauntingly beautiful worlds that challenge the boundaries of genre and imagination. His directorial debut was CRONOS in 1993, a film that established his lifelong fascination with the monstrous and the misunderstood. Since then, he has directed and produced numerous celebrated films in both Mexico and the United States, including PAN’S LABYRINTH, HELLBOY and the Academy Award-winning THE SHAPE OF WATER. Across his body of work, Mr. del Toro has remained a singular voice in cinema
Guests must have tickets for entry.

EL NORTE (1983)
2025-11-08 12:00 - 14:30 | Amanda Cinema, 180 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, 90026, United States
Join us for Week 6 of ARRAY360 at ARRAY MAESTRO: GREGORY NAVA filmmaker retrospective. A panorama celebration of Gregory Nava’s quintessential classics that feed cinema history and stick to our cultural ribs. Post-screening conversation with Gregory Nava moderated by ARRAY founder and filmmaker Ava DuVernay.
EVENT SCHEDULE
11:30 AM | Guest Check-in Begins
12:00 PM | Feature Film presentation: EL NORTE (1983) (Run Time: 2h 21m)
ABOUT THE FILM
After their family is killed in a government massacre, siblings Enrique and Rosa flee Guatemala and embark on a perilous journey to El Norte: The United States.
EL NORTE was restored in 2017 by the Academy Film Archive, supported in part by the Getty Foundation.
MPA Rating:
RATED – R
ABOUT THE FILMMAKER
Gregory Nava is an acclaimed American filmmaker whose work has powerfully shaped Latino representation in cinema. Born in San Diego, California, and trained at UCLA’s film school, Nava rose to international prominence with EL NORTE (1983), a landmark film on immigration that earned him an Academy Award nomination and was hailed by Roger Ebert as “the Grapes of Wrath of our time.” Nava continued to elevate Latino stories through films like MY FAMILY (1995) and SELENA (1997), both later selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. He also made history in television as creator of AMERICAN FAMILY, the first Latino dramatic series on U.S. broadcast TV. With a career spanning feature like FRIDA and BORDERTOWN, Nava has been a vital voice in bringing stories of identity, justice and cultural heritage to the screen.
Screenings of MI FAMILIA (1995) and WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE? (1998) are also featured in the day’s program. Please note: Each film screening will have a separate ticketed entry. Guests must RSVP and possess a ticket for each film in order to attend any of the three film screenings.

MI FAMILIA (1995)
2025-11-08 15:30 - 17:30 | Amanda Cinema, 180 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, 90026, United States
Join us for Week 6 of ARRAY360 at ARRAY MAESTRO: GREGORY NAVA. A panorama celebration of Gregory Nava’s quintessential classics that feed cinema history and stick to our cultural ribs.
EVENT SCHEDULE
2:00 PM | Guest Check-in Begins
2:30 PM | Filmmaker Gregory Nava in Conversation with Ava DuVernay
3:30 PM | Feature Film presentation: MI FAMILIA (1995) (Run Time: 2h 8m)
ABOUT THE FILM
An immigrant narrates his family history across three generations, beginning with the journey of his father from Mexico to Los Angeles. Jimmy Smits, Esai Morales and Edward James Olmos star in this sprawling multigenerational saga.
MPA Rating:
RATED – R
ABOUT THE FILMMAKER
Gregory Nava is an acclaimed American filmmaker whose work has powerfully shaped Latino representation in cinema. Born in San Diego, California, and trained at UCLA’s film school, Nava rose to international prominence with EL NORTE (1983), a landmark film on immigration that earned him an Academy Award nomination and was hailed by Roger Ebert as “the Grapes of Wrath of our time.” Nava continued to elevate Latino stories through films like MY FAMILY (1995) and SELENA (1997), both later selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. He also made history in television as creator of AMERICAN FAMILY, the first Latino dramatic series on U.S. broadcast TV. With a career spanning features like FRIDA and BORDERTOWN, Nava has been a vital voice in bringing stories of identity, justice and cultural heritage to the screen.
Screenings of EL NORTE (1995) and WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE? (1998) are also featured in the day’s program. Please note: Each film screening will have a separate ticketed entry. Guests must RSVP and possess a ticket for each film in order to attend any of the three film screenings.

WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE? (1998)
2025-11-08 18:00 - 20:00 | Amanda Cinema, 180 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, 90026, United States
Join us for Week 6 of ARRAY360 at ARRAY MAESTRO: GREGORY NAVA. A panorama celebration of Gregory Nava’s quintessential classics that feed cinema history and stick to our cultural ribs.
EVENT SCHEDULE
5:00 PM | Guest Check-in Begins
6:00 PM | Feature Film presentation: WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE? (1998) (Run Time: 1h 56m)
ABOUT THE FILM
Halle Berry, Vivica A. Fox and Lela Rochon play a singer, a petty thief and a teacher—all of whom claim to be the rightful widow of ’50s singing sensation Frankie Lymon (Larenz Tate) and the sole benefactor of his estate.
MPA Rating:
RATED – R
ABOUT THE FILMMAKER
Gregory Nava is an acclaimed American filmmaker whose work has powerfully shaped Latino representation in cinema. Born in San Diego, California, and trained at UCLA’s film school, Nava rose to international prominence with EL NORTE (1983), a landmark film on immigration that earned him an Academy Award nomination and was hailed by Roger Ebert as “the Grapes of Wrath of our time.” Nava continued to elevate Latino stories through films like MI FAMILIA (1995) and SELENA (1997), both later selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. He also made history in television as creator of AMERICAN FAMILY, the first Latino dramatic series on U.S. broadcast TV. With a career spanning features like FRIDA and BORDERTOWN, Nava has been a vital voice in bringing stories of identity, justice and cultural heritage to the screen.
Screenings of EL NORTE (1995) and MY FAMILY (1995) are also featured in the day’s program. Please note: Each film screening will have a separate ticketed entry. Guests must RSVP and possess a ticket for each film in order to attend any of the three film screenings.

ARRAY 101 Presents FALL OF FREEDOM
2025-11-21 15:00 - 18:00 | Amanda Cinema, 180 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, 90026, United States
This week on November 21, ARRAY will join the national movement, Fall of Freedom, by hosting a pair of rare theatrical screenings of Ava DuVernay’s work regarding the democratic imagination, 828: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A PEOPLE and music video FAMILY FEUD (Jay-Z ft. Beyoncé). Following the screenings, join producers Paul Garnes and Tammy Garnes for a discussion about how storytelling and the arts can be used as powerful tools during a time of civic urgency and cultural change.
FALL OF FREEDOM
A nationwide series of artistic protests organized by artists like Dread Scott and Pulitzer-Prize winning playwright Lynn Nottage, set for November 21, 2025, as a collective act of resistance against what participants call authoritarian overreach by the Trump administration. The initiative invites museums, theaters, bookstores, and cultural spaces to host creative events highlighting freedom of expression and resistance to censorship.

ABOUT THE FILMS
828: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A PEOPLE (2016)
This short film traverses a century of Black progress, protest, passion and perseverance of African-American people. The project gives historical perspective within the creative framework of one date that has had a profound effect on America. Commissioned by the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture to commemorate the museum’s opening, the film screens daily at the museum.
FAMILY FEUD by Jay Z ft. Beyoncé (2017)
A cinematic music video that spans over 400 years to explore themes of family legacy, infidelity, and national unity. The narrative weaves between a dystopian future and the present, featuring a star-studded cast.

BLACK ARC: VISIONARY SHORTS
2026-02-28 12:00 - 13:00 | Amanda Cinema, 180 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, 90026, United States
ARRAY presents “Black Arc: Bending Memory + Vision,” a daylong program offering the freedom to dream through the lens of women and non-binary filmmakers who bend time, memory and genre to create bold visions on screen. Our 12PM showtime features:
THE CHANGING SAME (2001, 10m) | Directed by Cauleen Smith
Exploring Black alienation and outsiderhood via the story of two aliens stationed on Earth, searching for kinship and a sense of purpose.
ODDS AND ENDS (1993, 28m) | Directed by Michelle Parkerson
In the year 2096, Black women warriors wage a vigilant battle against racial and gender annihilation. In this devastated universe, a fable unravels between interplanetary frontlines.
TREE SHADE (1998, 29mins) | Directed by Lisa Collins
Shame and embarrassment propel a gifted high school student, Savannah, to embark on a journey through space and time to witness the prison convictions of her great-grandmother Etta Mae, her grand-aunt Olive, and her aunt Denise.
Please note: These three films will screen back-to-back. Other showtimes in the day’s program require a separate ticketed entry. Guests must RSVP and possess a ticket for each screening time to attend each of the screenings.
ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS
Cauleen Smith is an acclaimed American filmmaker, widely exhibited multimedia artist, and UCLA professor known for experimental works exploring Black identity, diaspora, sci-fi, and culture. Blending film, textiles, and installations, she gained prominence with the 1998 feature DRYLONGSO and uses her art to reflect on memory, utopias, and social liberation.
Michelle Parkerson is a pioneering American independent filmmaker, academic, and author renowned for documenting the lives of Black women and LGBTQ+ icons. Based in Washington, D.C., she has been a central figure in “New Black Cinema” since the 1980s, focusing her work on feminist, political, and social activism.
Lisa Collins is a writer, director, and producer whose work blends sharp comedy with layered explorations of race, identity, and community. She wrote, directed and executive produced two shorts: MISS RUBY’S HOUSE, a mockumentary; and TREE SHADE a surreal black comedy that garnered the Gold Medal for Best Alternative Film at the Student Academy Awards, and was invited to festivals including: Sundance, Atlanta, Seattle, Newport, Avignon and Cannes. Coming-of-age in a conflicted, racially diverse Brooklyn and being a first-generation American of Jamaican/Cuban parents serves as a source of endless inspiration, humor and raw material.

BLACK ARC: COMPENSATION (1999)
2026-02-28 13:30 - 15:30 | Amanda Cinema, 180 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, 90026, United States
ARRAY presents “Black Arc: Bending Memory + Vision,” a daylong program offering the freedom to dream through the lens of women filmmakers who bend time, memory and genre to create bold visions on screen. Our 1:30PM showtime features:
COMPENSATION (1999, 1h 32m) | Directed by Zeinabu irene Davis
In this landmark of independent cinema, two Chicago love stories intertwine, one set at the dawn of the 20th century and the other in contemporary times, featuring a deaf woman and a hearing man.
Please note: Other showtimes in the day’s program require a separate ticketed entry. Guests must RSVP and possess a ticket for each screening time to attend each of the screenings.

ABOUT THE FILMMAKER
Zeinabu irene Davis is a director and producer who has received numerous awards for her work with film and video. Born in 1961 in Philadelphia, she received a M.A. in African Studies in 1985 at UCLA, where she also earned her M.F.A. in Film and Television production in 1989. She has received acclaim for her representation of the African American female perspective through a variety of works, which include documentaries, short narratives and experimental films.
Ms. Davis directed the film CYCLES (1989), an experimental short which earned her an awards from the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame and the National Black Programming Consortium. Her following works, A PERIOD PIECE (1991), A POWERFUL THANG (1991) and MOTHER OF A RIVER (1995) continued to garner her awards from numerous organizations and festivals. Her latest project, SPIRITS OF REBELLION (2015), is a documentary which gathers fellow L.A. Rebellion filmmakers and explores topics in African American film. Her feature directorial debut, COMPENSATION (1999), was a 2000 Sundance Film Festival Official Selection, hailed as “one of the greatest American independent films ever made” by Richard Brody for The New Yorker and was selected for inclusion in the National Film Registry in 2024.
Ms. Davis has been awarded grants and fellowships from the Rockefeller Foundation, the American Film Institute and the National Endowment for the Arts for her film work. After holding teaching positions at Antioch College and Northwestern University, Davis moved to teach at UC San Diego, where she currently serves as Professor of Communications.

NATURALLY NATIVE (1998)
2026-03-21 12:00 - 14:00 | Amanda Cinema, 180 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, 90026, United States
ARRAY presents “Citizen Woman,” a double feature spotlight featuring the impactful film work of Valerie Red-Horse Mohl. Our 12PM showtime features:
NATURALLY NATIVE (1998) | Directed by Valerie Red-Horse Mohl & Jennifer Wynne Farmer
Ms. Mohl’s first narrative feature starring Native American women, also fully financed by a tribe, follows three sisters who enter the business world by selling a homegrown line of cosmetics based on traditional tribal remedies. In-person conversation with Ms. Red-Horse Mohl directly following the screening.
Please note: Other showtimes in the day’s program require a separate ticketed entry. Guests must RSVP and possess a ticket for each screening time to attend each of the screenings.
ABOUT THE FILMMAKER

Valerie Red-Horse Mohl of Cherokee ancestry, is the owner/founder of RED-HORSE NATIVE PRODUCTIONS, INC. which is a preeminent collaborator with Native American Indigenous tribal nations to bring important Native American stories accurately and respectfully to the screen. Red-Horse Mohl is a veteran producer/director/writer whose body of work spans over three decades of film and television content creation and production; always providing insightful, sensitive and unique perspectives for both the historical and contemporary indigenous story. Over her career Red-Horse Mohl has produced/directed/written over 20 Native American themed programs for television or film and her most recent project (in a third collaboration with Gale Anne Hurd/Valhalla Entertainment for Vision Maker Media/PBS) is MANKILLER, the award-winning biographical feature documentary about Wilma Mankiller who was the first female elected Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. The Company’s premiere narrative feature film, NATURALLY NATIVE, was an official Sundance Festival selection, which Red-Horse Mohl wrote, produced, co-directed, starred in, and distributed. Red-Horse Mohl followed with the WWII PBS/ITVS award winning feature documentary “TRUE WHISPERS: THE STORY OF THE NAVAJO CODE TALKERS”, produced with Gale Anne Hurd of Valhalla Entertainment in their inaugural partnership. Red-Horse Mohl also produced/directed the “prequel” follow up program, again with Hurd, CHOCTAW CODE TALKERS regarding the Code Talkers’ involvement in WWI (Vision Maker Media/PBS). Other notable projects include DIVERSITY IN THE DELTA, POP HUNTER’S DEW DROP INN, WINDOWS ON MARS, LIVING VOICES and a cutting edge Native American cooking show featuring master chef Loretta Oden. As a writer Red-Horse Mohl penned the Emmy award winning MY INDIAN SUMMER (CBS) and AFI’s LOOKS INTO THE NIGHT in which she also starred as lead actress. Red-Horse Mohl is a member of the Directors Guild and Screen Actors Guild, was inducted into the NAWBO (National Association of Women Business Owners) Hall of Fame in 2008 and was recognized in 2022 as one of the Bay Area’s Most Influential Women.
In addition to her entertainment expertise, Red-Horse Mohl is also a financial professional currently serving as the Deputy Chief Investment Officer (DCIO) for Responsible Investing within the New York City Comptroller’s office overseeing the five pension funds of New York City; the current AUM (assets under management) of these pension systems is approximately $326 billion. She previously served under the Biden Administration as one of the 25 inaugural members of the U.S. Treasury Advisory Committee on Racial Equity (TACRE), appointed by Secretary Janet Yellen. Previously she was the Executive Director/CEO of Social Venture Network and the CFO/CIO of the East Bay Community Foundation. Red-Horse Mohl is also CEO/founder of Red-Horse Financial Group, Inc., she holds ten FINRA securities licenses and has raised/structured over $4 billion in capital for Native American Indigenous Tribal Nations. She serves on the Advisory Board of Stanford University’s Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity where she teaches an undergraduate course on Entrepreneurship for Sustainability and Social Impact. Additionally, she serves as Board Chair for the National Boys and Girls Clubs Native Services. She is an enrolled member of the Texas Band of Cherokee (a state recognized tribe). She has been married since 1982 to former NFL professional Curt Mohl, and the couple has three adult children and three grandchildren. She is a small group leader at Crosswalk Community Church in Sunnyvale and is a huge sports fan, especially football, golf and beach volleyball. She currently is bi-coastal, splitting her time between Silicon Valley and Manhattan.

MANKILLER (2017)
2026-03-21 15:00 - 16:30 | Amanda Cinema, 180 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, 90026, United States
ARRAY presents “Citizen Woman,” a double feature spotlight featuring the impactful film work of Valerie Red-Horse. Our 3PM showtime features:
MANKILLER (2014) | Directed by Valerie Red-Horse Mohl
Documentary portrait of Wilma Mankiller (1945-2010), an American hero and the Cherokee Nation’s first woman Principal Chief, who humbly defied all odds to give a voice to the voiceless. In-person conversation with Ms. Red-Horse Mohl takes place before this film screening at 2PM. Arrive at the “Door Open” time to attend the conversation.
Please note: Other showtimes in the day’s program require a separate ticketed entry. Guests must RSVP and possess a ticket for each screening time to attend each of the screenings.
ABOUT THE FILMMAKER

Valerie Red-Horse Mohl of Cherokee ancestry, is the owner/founder of RED-HORSE NATIVE PRODUCTIONS, INC. which is a preeminent collaborator with Native American Indigenous tribal nations to bring important Native American stories accurately and respectfully to the screen. Red-Horse Mohl is a veteran producer/director/writer whose body of work spans over three decades of film and television content creation and production; always providing insightful, sensitive and unique perspectives for both the historical and contemporary indigenous story. Over her career Red-Horse Mohl has produced/directed/written over 20 Native American themed programs for television or film and her most recent project (in a third collaboration with Gale Anne Hurd/Valhalla Entertainment for Vision Maker Media/PBS) is MANKILLER, the award-winning biographical feature documentary about Wilma Mankiller who was the first female elected Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. The Company’s premiere narrative feature film, NATURALLY NATIVE, was an official Sundance Festival selection, which Red-Horse Mohl wrote, produced, co-directed, starred in, and distributed. Red-Horse Mohl followed with the WWII PBS/ITVS award winning feature documentary “TRUE WHISPERS: THE STORY OF THE NAVAJO CODE TALKERS”, produced with Gale Anne Hurd of Valhalla Entertainment in their inaugural partnership. Red-Horse Mohl also produced/directed the “prequel” follow up program, again with Hurd, CHOCTAW CODE TALKERS regarding the Code Talkers’ involvement in WWI (Vision Maker Media/PBS). Other notable projects include DIVERSITY IN THE DELTA, POP HUNTER’S DEW DROP INN, WINDOWS ON MARS, LIVING VOICES and a cutting edge Native American cooking show featuring master chef Loretta Oden. As a writer Red-Horse Mohl penned the Emmy award winning MY INDIAN SUMMER (CBS) and AFI’s LOOKS INTO THE NIGHT in which she also starred as lead actress. Red-Horse Mohl is a member of the Directors Guild and Screen Actors Guild, was inducted into the NAWBO (National Association of Women Business Owners) Hall of Fame in 2008 and was recognized in 2022 as one of the Bay Area’s Most Influential Women.
In addition to her entertainment expertise, Red-Horse Mohl is also a financial professional currently serving as the Deputy Chief Investment Officer (DCIO) for Responsible Investing within the New York City Comptroller’s office overseeing the five pension funds of New York City; the current AUM (assets under management) of these pension systems is approximately $326 billion. She previously served under the Biden Administration as one of the 25 inaugural members of the U.S. Treasury Advisory Committee on Racial Equity (TACRE), appointed by Secretary Janet Yellen. Previously she was the Executive Director/CEO of Social Venture Network and the CFO/CIO of the East Bay Community Foundation. Red-Horse Mohl is also CEO/founder of Red-Horse Financial Group, Inc., she holds ten FINRA securities licenses and has raised/structured over $4 billion in capital for Native American Indigenous Tribal Nations. She serves on the Advisory Board of Stanford University’s Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity where she teaches an undergraduate course on Entrepreneurship for Sustainability and Social Impact. Additionally, she serves as Board Chair for the National Boys and Girls Clubs Native Services. She is an enrolled member of the Texas Band of Cherokee (a state recognized tribe). She has been married since 1982 to former NFL professional Curt Mohl, and the couple has three adult children and three grandchildren. She is a small group leader at Crosswalk Community Church in Sunnyvale and is a huge sports fan, especially football, golf and beach volleyball. She currently is bi-coastal, splitting her time between Silicon Valley and Manhattan.

ARRAY LITTLE FREE LIBRARY
2026-04-01 - 2026-07-03 | Corner of Glendale Blvd + Colton St., Los Angeles, CA, 90026, United States
Stop by ARRAY’s Little Free Library at the Corner of Glendale Blvd + Colton St. and contribute to ARRAY’s SPRING 2026 BOOK DRIVE!

PROSPERITY MARKET @ ARRAY
2026-04-18 11:00 - 19:00 | 164 Glendale Blvd, 164 Glendale Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90026, United States
Soak in the sun and good vibes when Prosperity Market pulls up to ARRAY on Saturday, April 18! Enjoy shopping with purpose and directly support the values you believe in.
Prosperity Market is a mobile farmers market that features Black farmers, food producers and chefs. Traveling throughout Los Angeles, the trailer brings a curated farmers market experience directly to you, making it easy to support local Black-owned businesses while expanding food access for everyone.

QUEEN SUGAR
2026-04-18 12:00 - 13:00 | Amanda Cinema, 180 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, 90026, United States
ARRAY presents “Landings: Sowers on Screen” a film program centering documentary works by and about Black, brown and Indigenous communities and farmers, exploring relationships to land as sources of survival, resistance and liberation despite struggles against environmental racism. Our 12:00 PM showtime features:
QUEEN SUGAR (2016-2022) | Series Creator: Ava DuVernay
Based on the book by Natalie Baszile, and created by Ava DuVernay, groundbreaking TV series “Queen Sugar” tells the story of the estranged Bordelon siblings in Louisiana. Across seven seasons, directed entirely by women, we see the siblings and their family learn to put their complicated lives aside so that they can come together to run the clan’s struggling sugar cane farm. We’ll reflect on the series with a special episode, handpicked by Ava DuVernay.
Please note: Other showtimes in the day’s program require a separate ticketed entry. Guests must RSVP and possess a ticket for each screening time to attend each of the screenings.
PLUS, come ready to shop your values at Prosperity Market, a Black woman-owned farmers market on wheels, that is rolling up to our Creative Campus for the day!

EARTH SEED (2024)
2026-04-18 13:30 - 15:30 | Amanda Cinema, 180 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, 90026, United States
ARRAY presents “Landings: Sowers on Screen” a film program centering documentary works by and about Black, brown and Indigenous communities and farmers, exploring relationships to land as sources of survival, resistance and liberation despite struggles against environmental racism. Our 1:30PM showtime features:
EARTH SEED (2024) | Film by Fox Nakai, Jocelyn Jackson and People’s Kitchen Collective
Led by People’s Kitchen Collective, EARTH SEED centers a pilgrimage through California from present-day Los Angeles to Mendocino Woodlands that happened from March – June 2023. The traveling group visited with people and places building models for survival and our collective future. Rooted in Octavia Butler’s Parables series, the legacy of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense, and the diaspora of the global south, EARTH SEED enacts radical hospitality as a survival practice.
Please note: Other showtimes in the day’s program require a separate ticketed entry. Guests must RSVP and possess a ticket for each screening time to attend each of the screenings.
PLUS, come ready to shop your values at Prosperity Market, a Black woman-owned farmers market on wheels, that is rolling up to our Creative Campus for the day!
ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS
People’s Kitchen Collective (PKC) works at the intersection of art and activism as a food-centered political education project. Based in Oakland, California, our creative practices reflect the diverse histories and backgrounds of our crew. Written in our families’ recipes are the maps of our migrations and the stories of our resilience. It is from this foundation that we create immersive experiences that honor the shared struggles of our people. We believe in radical hospitality as a strategy to address the urgent social issues of our time.

SEEDS (2025)
2026-04-18 16:00 - 18:00 | Amanda Cinema, 180 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, 90026, United States
ARRAY presents “Landings: Sowers on Screen” a film program centering documentary works by and about Black, brown and Indigenous communities and farmers, exploring relationships to land as sources of survival, resistance and liberation despite struggles against environmental racism. Our 4PM showtime features:
SEEDS (2025, 2hrs) | Directed by Brittany Shyne
SEEDS is a portrait of centennial farmers in the geographical south. Using lyrical black and white imagery, this meditative film examines the decline of generational black farmers and the significance of owning land.
Please note: Other showtimes in the day’s program require a separate ticketed entry. Guests must RSVP and possess a ticket for each screening time to attend each of the screenings.
PLUS, come ready to shop your values at Prosperity Market, a Black woman-owned farmers market on wheels, that is rolling up to our Creative Campus for the day!
ABOUT THE FILMMAKER
Brittany Shyne is an independent filmmaker based in Dayton, Ohio. Working in the narrative and non-fiction artform, her work seeks to depict the complexity of everyday life by examining themes such as personal histories, alienation, and cultural modernization. By utilizing observational techniques and poetic language, her films lyrically weave together frameworks of race, class, culture, and family lineage. She also works as a cinematographer on films such as THE DEBUTANTES (Tribeca ‘24), THIS TIME, THIS PLACE (Tribeca ‘21), and Julia Reichert and Steve Bognar’s academy award-winning film AMERICAN FACTORY 美国 工厂 (Sundance ‘19).
Shyne was the recipient of the 2021 Artist Disruptor Award from the Center of Cultural Power. Her debut feature SEEDS has received institutional support from Sundance, Black Public Media, Cinereach, ITVS, IDA, Doc Society’s Threshold Fund, Just Films | Ford Foundation, BAVC, The Flies Collective, The Puffin Foundation, The Points North Institute and SFFILM. The film has also participated in the inaugural PROGRESSIO lab in conjunction with ICA London and Cineteca Madrid, True/False’s PRISM program, Open City’s Assembly Development Lab, and the Catapult & True/False Rough Cut Retreat. She is an alumna of the Chicken & (Egg)celerator Lab and was a Firelight Media Documentary Fellow (2020-2022). Shyne received her MFA in Documentary Media from Northwestern University and a BFA in Motion Pictures from Wright State University.

LA MISMA LUNA (2007)
2026-05-09 12:00 - 14:00 | Amanda Cinema, 180 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, 90026, United States
ARRAY brings Mexican Mother’s Day to our Creative Campus with a curated selection of provocative films showcased as part of “Cine Con Corazon: Cinema Celebrating Mothers.” Our 12PM showtime features:
LA MISMA LUNA [UNDER THE SAME MOON] (2007) | Directed by Patricia Riggen
Single mother leaves her young son in the care of his grandmother and illegally crosses the border into the U.S. Though she hopes to eventually make a better life for herself and her son, she toils in a dead-end job as a cleaning lady in Los Angeles. When his grandmother passes away some years later, the boy begins a difficult and dangerous journey to join her.
Please note: Other showtimes in the day’s program require a separate ticketed entry. Guests must RSVP and possess a ticket for each screening time to attend each of the screenings.
ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS
Patricia Riggen is recognized as one of America’s leading women directors. She seamlessly directs films and television across genres, from her latest action thriller, G20, starring Viola Davis, to her Sundance success LA MISMA LUNA, the Sony Pictures box-office hit MIRACLES FROM HEAVEN, starring Jennifer Garner and GIRL IN PROGRESS featuring Eva Mendes. For THE 33, the gripping drama about the Chilean miner rescue starring Antonio Banderas and Juliette Binoche, Patricia spent 30 days shooting underground in real mines. Regardless of genre, scope, or medium, she brings humanity to every character and story she tells.
Between feature films, Patricia directs pilots and episodic television for major networks and streaming platforms. Notably, she directed multiple episodes of the Emmy-winning drama DOPESICK, starring Michael Keaton, as well as the action-packed first season of Tom Clancy’s JACK RYAN.
Patricia studied film at Columbia University’s School of the Arts. Her first short film won a Student Academy Award, a Student Emmy, and a Mexican Academy Award. Her second film, a documentary about photographer Gordon Parks, won the Jury Prize at Sundance. In 2011, she directed Lemonade Mouth for Disney Channel, a beloved classic among young audiences worldwide, which earned her a Directors Guild of America (DGA) Award nomination.
Originally from Mexico, Patricia is one of the few women of color to have directed top-grossing films in the past decade.

CINE CON CORAZÓN SHORTS SPOTLIGHT
2026-05-09 15:00 - 16:00 | Amanda Cinema, 180 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, 90026, United States
ARRAY brings Mexican Mother’s Day to our Creative Campus with a curated selection of provocative films showcased as part of “Cine Con Corazon: Cinema Celebrating Mothers.” Our 3PM showtime features:
CHICANA (1979) shown with A CRUSHING LOVE (2009) | Directed by Sylvia Morales
CHICANA traces the history of Chicana and Mexican women from pre-Columbian times to the present. It covers women’s role in Aztec society, their participation in the 1810 struggle for Mexican independence, their involvement in U.S. labor strikes in 1872, their contributions to the 1910 Mexican revolution and their leadership in contemporary civil rights causes. Using murals, engravings and historical footage, CHICANA shows how women, despite their poverty, have become an active and vocal part of the political and work life in both Mexico and the United States.
A CRUSHING LOVE, Sylvia Morales’ sequel to her groundbreaking history of Chicana women, CHICANA (1979), honors the achievements of five activist Latinas—labor organizer and farm worker leader Dolores Huerta, author and educator Elizabeth “Betita” Martinez, writer/playwright/educator Cherrie Moraga, civil rights advocate Alicia Escalante, and historian/writer Martha Cotera—and considers how these single mothers managed to be parents and effect broad-based social change at the same time.
Please note: Other showtimes in the day’s program require a separate ticketed entry. Guests must RSVP and possess a ticket for each screening time to attend each of the screenings.
ABOUT THE FILMMAKER
Sylvia Morales has directed, written, produced and edited award-winning and nationally recognized film and video work for over 30 years. She directed episodes from the three seasons of Showtime’s groundbreaking series “Resurrection Blvd,” working with actors Elizabeth Peña, Lou Gossett, Jr., Michael De Lorenzo and Esai Morales. She also wrote and directed for the Showtime series “Women: Stories of Passion.” Morales was one of the producing and writing team members for the award-winning series “Chicano! The Mexican Civil Rights Movement” for PBS.
She directed for the ACE and Emmy-nominated six-hour series “A Century of Women,” which focused on 20th century U.S. women for Turner Broadcasting. Ms. Morales headed the Latino Consortium at KCET in Los Angeles from 1981–1985. She was responsible for the programming, production and distribution of programs that aired on PBS. During her four-year tenure at KCET, Ms. Morales hosted the Latino Consortium’s weekly national series “Presente,” and produced and directed Emmy-nominated and award-winning programs.
Ms. Morales produced, directed, shot and edited the widely recognized film CHICANA in 1979. She has received the prestigious Rockefeller Fellowship Award in Media; participated in the American Film Institute’s Directing Workshop for Women; was a Fellow of the National Endowment for the Arts; received the VESTA Award honoring the outstanding contribution of Southern California women to the arts; and was honored with a Salute to Latinas Award for distinguished work in her field from the City of Los Angeles. She was also honored by Comisión Femenil Mexicana Nacional’s 20th Anniversary celebration for “Latinas in Film and Television.”

ARRAY @ PLAY x WORLD BUILDING GAME
2026-07-25 12:00 - 15:00 | ARRAY Creative Campus, 180 Glendale Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90026, United States
Step into Marooning Bodies, an experimental world building game that invites us to gather, imagine and create together. During this game, we will move through a series of activities involving writing, drawing and discussion within a group to collaboratively build a model of a future society. Guided by artist and creator Mims, we’ll explore what it might mean to build a community grounded in collective care, shared responsibility and new possibilities for living together. No special skills or experience is required. Come with an open mind; ready for discovery. This game experience will last approximately 3 hours.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Mims is an artist, abolitionist, and facilitator based in Los Angeles. Her work spans performance, advocacy, public art, social practice, and the creation of fine art objects. She experiences the body as a site of liberation and approaches it as her first place of inquiry. Grounded in embodied knowing, her practice explores relationships between self, community, land, and more-than-human life. She is deeply interested in questioning as a tool for collective understanding, the role of interpersonal relationships in building healthy communities, and the sacred wisdom held in cultures and ecosystems around the world.
She is the founder of Marooning Bodies, an immersive world building game and artistic ecosystem rooted in maroon histories, biomimicry, and communal imagination. She is also the creator of Uncle Ronnie’s Room, an installation and advocacy project centering her uncle’s incarceration and the collective labor of abolition.
Mims’ work has been supported by the California Arts Council, Converse, LA County Department of Arts and Culture, NYU’s Center for Ballet and the Arts, and residencies in Senegal and Ghana.

ARRAY @ PLAY is a summer storytelling series to spark your sense of play through game and films as a tool for strategy, connection and community-building. Hosted on ARRAY’s Creative Campus.

Our July program brings together an interactive world-building game followed by a short film showcase to explore how we claim space, forge new pathways and shape the communities we call home. Through collaborative gameplay, we’ll gather, imagine and create visions for a new world together. The accompanying films ground these themes in lived experience, from one person’s pursuit of surfing as an act of healing, to an intimate portrait of a vibrant inner-city neighborhood through the eyes of everyday residents. This convening invites us to consider the act of play as a transformative practice, revealing community as something we create and sustain together.

ARRAY @ PLAY: SHORT FILM SHOWCASE
2026-07-25 15:30 - 17:00 | ARRAY Creative Campus, 180 Glendale Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90026, United States
Ride the tide and roll through the streets with a duo of documentaries lensed by surfers and skateboarders of color. Exploring the persistance of play, these stories on screen remind us that space is something we can inherit or adopt, protect and pass on. From pavement to shoreline, we claim and center these spaces as our birthright. The back-to-back screenings will be followed by a conversation with the filmmakers.
FEATURED FILMS:

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MOVING MOUNTAINS
Directed by Jessa Williams of INTRSXTN Surf
MOVING MOUNTAINS, documents the raw and inspiring journey of Tre’lan, a young Black man from Tulsa, Oklahoma, who escapes his troubled past to find redemption on a remote Hawaiian island. Through the transformative power of big wave surfing, Tre’lan confronts his trauma, embraces healing, and discovers the resilience to reshape his future and find peace in the ocean’s most powerful waves.
ABOUT THE FILMMAKER:
Jessa Williams is an award-winning director, producer, and creative entrepreneur based in Los Angeles. Her directorial debut, MOVING MOUNTAINS is a short film about her partner Tre’lan Michael, one of the few Black big wave surfers in the world. Celebrated for its emotional depth and cinematic strength, MOVING MOUNTAINS received top honors at the Tribeca x UNINTERRUPTED Film Festival, selected personally by LeBron James, Naomi Osaka, and Joel Embiid.

THE MOTHER TO MY STYLE
Directed by Cleon + Tre of Neighbors Skate Shop
THE MOTHER TO MY STYLE, is a historic record of Leimert Park, a unique and legendary south-central Los Angeles community that is a cradle of black-culture and pan-Afrikan energy. Leimert Park is the mother of a movement, a sound, and the identity of a community that is inevitably going to change. This film is a dialogue between the generations of the past, the present and those to come. It’s a road map; it is a window to where we are coming from and a vision of where we are headed.
ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS:
Cleon and Tre are co-owners/co-founders of Neighbors Skate Shop a retail/community space located in the heart of the Crenshaw/West Adams districts in South Central Los Angeles. Neighbors Skate Shop is a bridge between generations; an attempt to protect and preserve the legacy of their community in Leimert Park through the love, energy and momentum of skateboarding.

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ARRAY @ PLAY is a summer storytelling series curated to spark your sense of play through games and films as a tool for strategy, connection and community-building. Hosted on ARRAY’s Creative Campus.

Our July program brings together an interactive world-building game followed by a short film showcase to explore how we claim space, forge new pathways and shape the communities we call home. Through collaborative gameplay, we’ll gather, imagine and create visions for a new world together. The accompanying films ground these themes in lived experience, from one person’s pursuit of surfing as an act of healing, to an intimate portrait of a vibrant inner-city neighborhood through the eyes of everyday residents. This convening invites us to consider the act of play as a transformative practice, revealing community as something we create and sustain together.

ARRAY @ PLAY x LOVE, PEACE & SPADES
2026-08-22 12:00 - 16:00 | ARRAY Creative Campus, 180 Glendale Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90026, United States
Pull up + play! Join ARRAY + Love, Peace & Spades™ for an afternoon of conversation, culture and card games open to all experience levels.
ARRAY invites Love, Peace & Spades™ to our Creative Campus to host their signature Talk + Play program. We’ll begin with “The Importance of Preserving Play” panel, a moderated discussion and community talkback exploring why play matters, what we lose when it disappears and what it means to preserve the games passed down for generations. Then we pull up chairs and play. Spades. Bid Whist. Tunk. Dominoes. These are not just games; they are family heirlooms. Whether you’re picking up a deck for the first time or returning to a game you grew up with, Talk + Play creates a welcoming space to learn, relearn and share in the enduring traditions that have kept communities connected for decades. Free lessons provided!
Bring your curiosity, your game face and your community spirit. There’s always room at the table.

ARRAY @ PLAY is a summer storytelling series to spark your sense of play through games and films as tools for strategy, connection and community-building. Hosted on ARRAY’s Creative Campus in Los Angeles.

Panelists:
DR. NATHANIEL BRYAN (participating virtually)
Dr. Nathaniel Bryan is an Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Texas at Austin and the Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long Endowed Faculty Fellow. He is the founder of Black PlayCrit and author of Toward a BlackBoyCrit Pedagogy, a landmark text exploring Black boyhood, literacy, and early childhood education. His research centers equity, diversity, and social justice in early childhood spaces—and his work in the American Journal of Play sits at the exact intersection of scholarship and the cultural traditions Love, Peace & Spades exists to honor.
DR. XHERCIS MÉNDEZ
Dr. Xhercis Méndez is an Associate Professor of Women, Gender & Queer Studies at California State University Fullerton, a popular educator, decolonial feminist philosopher, and conflict resolution specialist. She is the Director of Education at Love, Peace & Spades™ and the co-architect of Spades Academy™’s curriculum through her consultancy, Listen Bridge Change Consulting. Her work bridges rigorous scholarship and community practice—building educational frameworks rooted in cultural truth and collective healing.
KIMELIA WEATHERS-SMITH
Kimelia Weathers-Smith is a former TV challenge producer turned entrepreneur, originally from Washington, D.C. After producing for competition series including Hell’s Kitchen, Project Runway, and Making The Cut, she channeled her creative instincts into game design and launched Kim For The Win. Her flagship title Brilliant or BS? is stocked nationwide at Walmart, Barnes & Noble, and Target. She and her husband co-founded The Blackout Game Night—the nation’s first free community game night built exclusively around games designed by Black creators—using play to build connection, spark conversation, and celebrate creative genius.

AUGUST 28: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A PEOPLE @ 6PM
2026-08-28 18:00 - 19:00 | ARRAY Creative Campus, 180 Glendale Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90026, United States
Commissioned by the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture to commemorate the museum’s opening in 2016, this 20-minute film reflects on six significant events in African-American history that all occurred on August 28 in different years. ARRAY joins the Smithsonian’s nationwide 10-year anniversary celebration of the film directed by Ava DuVernay and starring Don Cheadle, Regina King, Angela Bassett, David Oyelowo and more. A filmmaker conversation with Ava DuVernay and friends will follow this screening.

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AUGUST 28: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A PEOPLE @ 7:30PM
2026-08-28 19:30 - 20:30 | ARRAY Creative Campus, 180 Glendale Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90026, United States
Commissioned by the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture to commemorate the museum’s opening in 2016, this 20-minute film looks at six significant events in African-American history that all occurred on August 28 in different years. ARRAY joins the Smithsonian’s nationwide 10-year anniversary celebration of the film directed by Ava DuVernay and starring Don Cheadle, Regina King, Angela Bassett and more. A filmmaker conversation with Ava DuVernay and friends will be hosted BEFORE this screening at 6:30PM. Entrance for the conversation will begin at 6:20PM

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Additional Screening @ 6PM
