Before & after the restoration of “Adventures of Casanova” (1948) ⚔️ Join us Sat. May 30, 10 a.m. for its West Coast premiere at the UCLA Festival of Preservation! Directed by Roberto Gavaldón, starring Arturo de Córdova: cinema.ucla.edu/events/adventures-of-casanova-2026-05-30/ youtu.be/VssFtkM758k

Back to @uclalibrary.bsky.social Special Collections today and they had some Bonnie Cashin boxes out. Reader, it smelled like a Coach store in there!

Hosted by comedian Redd Foxx, “…& Beautiful” (1969) was a groundbreaking music-variety special that offered a rare primetime showcase foregrounding Black excellence and pride. Join us for a screening at the opening night of the UCLA Festival of Preservation! Friday 5/29, 10:15 p.m. ucla.in/4tVov37

Field trip to @uclalibrary.bsky.social Special Collections with my History of Couture students:

Before and after restoration of “Black Girl” (dir. Ossie Davis, 1972) ✨ Join us May 29 for the West Coast restoration premiere of “Black Girl” at the opening night of the UCLA Festival of Preservation — with writer J. E. Franklin in person! cinema.ucla.edu/series/2026-... youtu.be/o6Nfq9Ekbfw

📽️ UCLA Library Preservation & Conservation’s Audiovisual Survey team has now documented over 100,000 audiovisual items, building a comprehensive inventory of physical assets across UCLA Library Special Collections. Read about the process: ucla.in/4tKpvH8

📚 Nicole Alvarado, book and paper conservator at UCLA Library, has treated damaged books from the Tule Lake Japanese Language Library Collection. Many were repaired with limited materials during World War II. Today, those repairs are preserved as part of each book’s history: ucla.in/4cKSMue

🐻📚 Final hours of Bruin Giving Day! Support UCLA Library before 9 p.m. 💙 ucla.in/4mRxMX8

Join UCLA Library every Monday from May 4 to July 27, to learn about the historical context and cultural significance of Ming manuscript and book materials. Learn more and RSVP: go.library.ucla.edu/mingseries

6/5–21: UCLA Celebration of Iranian Cinema The Archive is honored to present its annual survey of films from Iran and the Iranian diaspora. The light of Iranian cinema will once again cut through the darkness to reveal stories of struggle, resilience & hope on-screen: cinema.ucla.edu/series/ucla-...

📚🐛 What’s eating your books? It’s Preservation Week, and UCLA Library Preservation & Conservation staff are sharing how we identify common collection pests and spot early signs of damage. From silverfish to beetles, learn more: ucla.in/423gpt1

The UCLA Film & Television Archive @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social, a unit of UCLA Library, will present the 22nd edition of its biennial UCLA Festival of Preservation, running Friday, May 29 to Sunday, May 31 at the Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum. Full festival schedule: ucla.in/4vHiZ5q

Join UCLA Library for a screening of “Ojalá Supieras” (I Wish You Knew), a documentary which explores the long-suppressed history of Islam in colonial Mexico. The screening will feature a Q&A with director Mariam Saada and a curated display of UCLA Library holdings. To RSVP, visit: ucla.in/3O36Y9J

📚 UCLA Library wouldn’t be what it is without our incredible employees! To our team and library workers everywhere, thank you for all that you do 💙👥 #NLWD26

“Coming to America” (1988) Mon. Apr. 20, 7:30 p.m. Eddie Murphy stars as Prince Akeem, heir to the throne of Zamunda, who leaves royal luxury for Queens, New York, in search of love on his own terms. Q&A with “The Black Pack” author Artel Great and cast member Eriq La Salle Free! ucla.in/4tebZvl

“In Living Color” (4 episodes) Sunday 4/19, 7 p.m. Created by Keenen Ivory Wayans, the sketch comedy show “In Living Color” (1990–4) uproariously harnessed satire and spectacle to explore issues of race, class and celebrity. In person: Artel Great, author of “The Black Pack.” Free! ucla.in/4ekEmTQ

“Singin’ in the Rain” (1952) Sunday, Apr. 12, 11 a.m. 35mm! In this classic musical, a silent movie star (Gene Kelly) tries to make the leap to talkies, while a chorus girl (Debbie Reynolds) finds her entry into Hollywood no less complicated. Co-presented by @hammer.ucla.edu Free! ucla.in/4dzlhNs

4/12: Please, Don’t Bury Me Alive! (1976) Director in person Considered the 1st Chicano feature, Efraín Gutiérrez’s film offers a look at ’70s South Texas Chicano culture. Its character questions his place in a society that undervalues Latinos, many of whom had been killed in Vietnam ucla.in/4smfA9s

Thank you to L.A. Times Staff Writer Mark Olsen for featuring our film series “The Black Pack: Rewriting American Comedy,” which begins tonight! Details: ucla.in/3PlgjK9 www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

The Hearst Metrotone News Collection and the Spanish Civil War Friday, Apr. 10, 7:30 Marking the 90th anniversary of the Spanish Civil War, Silvia Ribelles de la Vega, a historian at The Packard Humanities Institute, will give a talk featuring rarely seen footage of the war. Free! ucla.in/4mdE4QS

“All the tract of land included within the limits of the Pueblo de Los Angeles as heretofore known and acknowledged, shall henceforth be known as the City of Los Angeles.” @uclalibrary.bsky.social: digital.library.ucla.edu/catalog?f%5B...

Mon. April 20: UCLA Library and Project STAND present Student Activism: A Reckoning in the Archives, with an opening keynote from Robin D.G. Kelley, author of “Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination” and Gary B. Nash Endowed Chair in U.S. History at UCLA. RSVP: ucla.in/4c2jiio

“Would you like me to tell you the little story of right-hand/left-hand? The story of good and evil?” Robert Mitchum stars in “The Night of the Hunter” (1955), director Charles Laughton’s classic Southern Gothic thriller, screening Sunday, Apr. 5, 7 p.m. 35mm! 🎞️ Free: ucla.in/4bX88eJ

“Hollywood Shuffle” (1987) — 35mm! Fri 4/3, 7:30 p.m. In his razor-sharp satire, Robert Townsend stars as an actor pressured to fit an “Eddie Murphy type” while auditioning for a Blaxploitation knockoff. In person: author Artel Great, actor Anne-Marie Johnson, Spring Mooney Free! ucla.in/4179w9B

On our blog, UCLA M.L.I.S. graduate Christina Scholze highlights the rich history of the UCLA Animation Workshop, which has been teaching students the art and craft of animation since the late 1940s. 13 animated student films from our collection are newly available online 🎨 ucla.in/4dLvqqm

Today marks the first day of spring and the last day of UCLA finals! Enjoy the fresh flowers blooming all around heading into spring break 💐 📸Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection, UCLA Library Special Collections

The Black Pack: Rewriting American Comedy Apr. 3–26 In the 1980s, five comedy pioneers — Eddie Murphy, Paul Mooney, Robert Townsend, Keenen Ivory Wayans and Arsenio Hall — formed a creative alliance, fusing politically Black satire with edgy, defiant humor in Hollywood hits: ucla.in/3PlgjK9

Research report from special collections @uclalibrary.bsky.social where I learned that Dorothy Arzner was paid $30k (to Katharine Hepburn’s $15k) for directing “Christopher Strong” in 1932. That’s some serious Depression Era $$$. #dorothyarzner #hollywoodhistory #katharinehepburn

Gunvor Nelson Tribute Trilogy Mar. 22–28 A pioneer of personal cinema and feminist film, Nelson combined painting, collage and sound experimentation in her works, embodying humor, resistance, intimacy and tactile sensation. Co-presented by L.A. Filmforum/Rotations and Academy Museum ucla.in/4scD3dQ

Sunday 3/22, 7 p.m. “Devoted to You” (1986) + “Love Unto Waste” (1986) 🎞️ 35mm double feature about 1980s Hong Kong youth starring Tony Leung, Chow Yun-fat Join us for the closing night of “Echoes From Spring Street: The World of Sing Lee and Chinese-Language Cinema in L.A.” Free! ucla.in/3P6fMf8

3/21: “THE DREAM & THE LIE” (2024) In 2018, Albanian American artist Elena Dorfman was granted unprecedented access to the Albanian National Film Archive. Her experimental feature documentary brings scenes from the archive’s film holdings together in a widescreen triptych. Free! ucla.in/4baqydc

“A Face in the Crowd” (1957) — 35mm! 🎞️ Friday 3/20, 7:30 p.m. Scouted in jail by a radio producer (Patricia Neal), opportunistic guitar picker “Lonesome” Rhodes (Andy Griffith) is vaulted to fame and political power through the new medium of television. Free! ucla.in/40ZvJ9s

This spring, @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social, a unit of UCLA Library, presents free public programs March 22-June 28. Restorations, retrospectives and a biennial festival of preservation explore comedy, film history, experimental filmmaking and international storytelling. Full details: ucla.in/4dmHPkk

Powell Library has been honored with a 2026 Preservation Award from the Los Angeles Conservancy! Read more about the winning Powell Library Seismic Retrofit and Rehabilitation Project: lnkd.in/gg_dXMTk

Has a UCLA librarian made an impact on your teaching, advanced your research, or partnered with you on an innovative project? Celebrate their contributions by nominating them for the 2026 LAUC-LA Librarian of the Year Award! 🗓️ Nominations due: March 30 Submit a nomination: bit.ly/LOTY_2026

“Conbody vs Everybody” ep. 1–5 (2024) Mar. 13–14 Director Debra Granik (“Winter’s Bone”) documents the journey of former drug dealer turned fitness entrepreneur Coss Marte as he builds CONBODY, a NYC gym that empowers previously incarcerated people. Free screening and Q&A! ucla.in/40PuZU9

Sat 3/7: Restoration premiere of “The Burning Cross” (1947) + “Open Secret” (1948) The independently made “The Burning Cross” was one of the boldest US films of its era to tackle homegrown fascism. Followed by a noir that takes a grittier approach to antisemitism than its precedents ucla.in/4bg0uNj

Tribute to Gene Hackman: “CBS Playhouse: My Father and My Mother” (1968) 📺 Sun. Mar. 8, 7 p.m. Between his star-making turns in “Bonnie and Clyde” and “The French Connection,” Hackman landed a lead role on the prestigious TV anthology “CBS Playhouse.” Join us for a free screening: ucla.in/46wkSak

📽 Friday, Mar. 6, 7:30 p.m. “Arch of Triumph” (dir. Lewis Milestone, 1948) — 35mm “Voice in the Wind” (dir. Arthur Ripley, 1944) UCLA restorations! Both films powerfully express the disorientation and despair of European refugees in the wake of fascism. Free admission: ucla.in/401a14x

📽 Sunday, Mar. 1, 7 p.m. “Cloak and Dagger” (dir. Fritz Lang, 1946) — 35mm! “Keeper of the Flame” (dir. George Cukor, 1942) — 35mm! Join us for a WWII espionage thriller starring Gary Cooper + a mystery melodrama starring Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. Free! ucla.in/3MstDeP

Announcing our free spring lineup! 🌼 Starting in late March: Tribute to Swedish/S.F. Bay Area experimental filmmaker Gunvor Nelson The Black Pack: When Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, Paul Mooney, Robert Townsend and Keenen Ivory Wayans Rewrote American Comedy + much more: cinema.ucla.edu/events

Curious about user experience design in libraries? Check out this library tech job interview with Axa Liauw, interim head of Library Access & Discovery Interfaces and lead user experience designer at UCLA Library, recently published by @choicereviews.bsky.social: www.choice360.org/libtech-insi...

Happy Fat Tuesday! The Mardi Gras festivities at Olvera Street (1955) courtesy of @uclalibrary.bsky.social: digital.library.ucla.edu/catalog/ark:... #MardiaGras #FatTuesday #OlveraStreet

📽️ “Giannis in the Cities” (Greece, 2024) Sunday, Feb. 22, 7 p.m. Writer-director Eleni Alexandrakis tells the story of Giannis Atzakas, who grew up in government-run “Childcare Cities” during the Greek Civil War, unable to forget his rebel father. Filmmaker in person! Free: ucla.in/3On4zGv

Happy Lunar New Year — today marks the beginning of the Year of the Horse! 🐴🎊 Wishing you good luck and prosperity this year 🧧🥠 📸 Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection, UCLA Library Special Collections

🏛️ What makes lawmakers effective? Join Craig Volden, UVA Center for Effective Lawmaking, on tackling policy challenges. 📅 Tuesday, March 3, 1 - 2:30pm 📍 Charles E. Young Research Library + Zoom RSVP at go.library.ucla.edu/marschak

On our blog, UCLA M.L.I.S. graduate Jackie Forsyte delves into the rich history of UCLA student filmmaking from the beginning, 1947–1965. After WWII, “students and faculty forged ahead with building a film education rooted in technical proficiency and creative experimentation.” ucla.in/3M0OKEQ

Saturday 2/14: “Echoes From Spring Street: The World of Sing Lee and Chinese-Language Cinema in L.A.” continues Valentine’s Day with a pair of Hong Kong films about love and friendship, directed by Sylvia Chang and Ann Hui 💕 35mm! 🎞 “Passion” (1986) “Starry Is the Night” (1988) ucla.in/4ralGd2

Friday 2/3: “(Dis)placement: Fluctuations of Home” continues with films by acclaimed Chilean documentarian Ignacio Agüero & Malaysian-Taiwanese auteur Tsai Ming-liang: “Under Construction (or the place where I was born no longer exists)” (Chile, 2000) “Give Me a Home” (Taiwan, 1991) ucla.in/4r2af7j

Wed @ 4pm: @uclalibrary.bsky.social's Special Collections is hosting a Curatorial Open House. Themes on display will include 1️⃣ Multiracial civil rights coalitions and 2️⃣ Black LGBT community organizations. More info -> www.library.ucla.edu/visit/events... #Archives #Archivists