Professor to Give Talk on LA at Film Screening
Professor Ignacio López-Calvo will introduce and screen Dennis Hopper's film "Colors" at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 6 in the Classroom and Office Building, Room 286. The event is free and open to the public.
The 1988 film starring Sean Penn and Robert Duvall is an intricate panorama of Los Angeles gangs and police who try to control them.
López-Calvo's introductory talk is entitled "The Other Forgotten Landscapes and Cityscapes of California: The Los Angeles Mexican American Barrio.”
For further information, contact Tom Hothem at thothem@ucmerced.edu or 209-217-7247.