In response to Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s recent death, "Navalny," an Academy Award-winning documentary focused on his 2020 poisoning and life thereafter, will be screened on campus at 1002 Cruess Hall, Feb. 26 at 5:30 p.m., with UC Davis expert-led discussion to follow.
Fukushima, Japan, was struck by a triple disaster on March 11, 2011 — earthquake, tsunami and nuclear power plant failure. The disaster and its impact on the nation’s psyche has been explored extensively through film, literature and art during the decade since the disaster.
Filmmaker Joseph Patel won both an Oscar and a Grammy this spring for the documentary Summer of Soul. The UC Davis economics alumnus credits his success to campus radio station KDVS.
“Breathin’: The Eddy Zheng Story,” an award-winning documentary about a teenager tried as an adult who served 20 years in prison, will be shown at UC Davis on Jan. 31. Director Ben Wang, who earned a degree in Asian American studies from UC Davis in 2004, and Zheng will attend and take part in a discussion.