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Artbound Season 14 Episodes
Season 14 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 2023 - 2023
Episode 1
Chinatown Punk Wars
Wed, Oct 4, 2023
In the late 1970s, two Chinese restaurants became the unlikely epicenter of L.A.'s burgeoning punk scene. The emerging music form featured fast-paced songs and hard-edged melodies with anti-capitalist messaging. As told through interviews with John Doe (X), Alice Bag (The Bags), Keith Morris (Circle Jerks, Black Flag, OFF!), and Martin Wong (Save Music in Chinatown), and featuring music from current performers such as The Linda Lindas and more.
Episode 2
América Tropical: The Martyr Mural of Siqueiros
Wed, Oct 11, 2023
Mexican social realist painter David Alfaro Siqueiros created Olvera Street's popular "América Tropical" mural introducing an innovative and unprecedented technique to muralism that required revolutionary techniques and materials. "America Tropical" is considered the most studied, white-washed mural in the United States and in fact inspired many contemporary muralists working today profiled in the film including 3B Collective, Erin Yoshi and Fabian Debora (Homeboy Art Academy). The film also features commentary from Rubén Ortiz-Torres, Harry Gamboa Jr., Isabel Rojas-Williams and more.
Episode 3
L.A. Rebellion: A Cinematic Movement
Wed, Oct 18, 2023
Following the Watt's city uprising, UCLA's School of Theater, Film and Television enacted affirmative action policies to increase the enrollment of students of color in its film program-a group that had historically been underrepresented in the student population. The "ethno-communications" initiative to recruit students from Black, Asian, Chicano and Native American communities took on a movement of its own, when a critical mass of Black student filmmakers emerged known as the "L.A. Rebellion." Includes interviews with Ben Caldwell, Larry Clark, Sandy Osawa, Eddie Wong and more.
Episode 4
Artists-In-Residence
Wed, Oct 25, 2023
Artists-In-Residence programs provide opportunities to artists like Céline Brunko, Christine Lee and Carol Zou to have time and space to create new work, engage with different communities and cultures while growing as artists and people. This film explores the meaning, value and experience of artist-in-residence programs, as seen through the first-person perspectives of these three disparate artists in unique residencies around Southern California. Features several regional institutions including MAK Artists and Architects-in-Residence Program, SDSU Furniture Design and Woodworking Artists-In-Residence Program and L.A. County Creative Strategists Program.
Episode 5
Angel City Press: L.A. Through the Pages
Wed, Nov 1, 2023
Angel City Press has been a publisher of distinctly high-quality nonfiction books about Southern California for over 30 years. Founded in 1992 by wife-and-husband team Paddy Calistro and Scott McAuley, they shaped and influenced the public's understanding and appreciation of Los Angeles, publishing award-winning books advocating for the region's arts, architecture, food, fantasies, Hollywood, music and sports. Soon to retire, the couple will enter a new chapter in their lives, but not without changing the publishing landscape in Los Angeles for generations to come. Featured interviews include author Arthur Dong, author/radio host Frances Anderton, cultural historian D.J. Waldie, L.A. City Librarian John Szabo and more.
Episode 6
East West Players: A Home on Stage
Wed, Nov 8, 2023
East West Players theatre company has been a home for Asian American artists such as George Takei, John Cho, Daniel Dae Kim, James Hong and many others featured in this documentary. Through candid conversations about the creative process, the film chronicles the 58-year history of the longest running ethnic theatre in the United States, founded by a group of rebellious Asian American actors in 1965. Interweaving the mounting of an original Filipino American musical, past and present collide as this vibrant community of artists continue to push boundaries and tell their stories on their own terms. The theatre troupe continues to produce works and educational programs that give voice to the Asian American experience.
