Cal Humanities

"The understanding of a culture comes from hearing the language, tasting the food, seeing personal interactions, experiencing the traditions, and so much more in context."

— Elizabeth Laval & Candice Pendergrass, Sikh Youth Public History Project

Cal Humanities

"The understanding of a culture comes from hearing the language, tasting the food, seeing personal interactions, experiencing the traditions, and so much more when it is in context."

— Elizabeth Laval & Candice Pendergrass, Sikh Youth Public History Project

Archive Month: April 2014

From Red State to Golden State

  • Community Stories, Experiences
From Red State to Golden State
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Moving from one country to another is always challenging, but what happens when immigrants leave behind one economic and political system for a wholly

Film: Everything Comes from the Streets

  • Community Stories, Experiences
Community Stories Project - Everything Comes From the Streets
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Cars are always vehicles, but when do they become vehicles for organizing communities, celebrating history, and taking pride in one’s cultural heritage? Everything Comes

Trailer: Inventing LA: The Chandlers and Their Times

  • California Documentary Project, Experiences
Inventing LA: The Chandlers and Their Times
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INVENTING LA: THE CHANDLERS AND THEIR TIMES, a documentary by Emmy-winning filmmaker Peter Jones, tells the story of the Los Angeles Times and the

Trailer: A Fierce Green Fire on American Masters

  • Blog, California Documentary Project
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A Fierce Green Fire, a comprehensive history of the American environmental movement narrated by Robert Redford, Isabel Allende, and Meryl Streep, premieres nationally on the

Trailer: Rebels With a Cause

  • California Documentary Project, Experiences
Documentary Film Rebels With A Cause
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REBELS WITH A CAUSE chronicles the ordinary citizens who did extraordinary things to save what are now the Point Reyes National Seashore and the

Trailer: Mrs. Judo: Be Strong, Be Gentle, Be Beautiful

  • California Documentary Project, Experiences
Mrs. Judo: Be Strong, Be Gentle, Be Beautiful
Mrs. Judo: Be Strong, Be Gentle, Be Beautiful
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MRS. JUDO: BE STRONG, BE GENTLE, BE BEAUTIFUL, documents the life-long journey of Keiko Fukuda’s decision to defy thousands of years of tradition, choose

Trailer: Ruben Salazar: Man in the Middle

  • California Documentary Project, Experiences
Ruben Salazar: Man in the Middle
Ruben Salazar: Man in the Middle
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RUBEN SALAZAR: MAN IN THE MIDDLE is an investigative look at the life and mysterious death of pioneering journalist Ruben Salazar. At the heart

Of the Sea

  • Blog, Community Stories, Spotlight
Captain Jim Ponts of the FV Blackhawk
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Struggling to revive a fading way of life, fishermen and entrepreneurs are creating new models for how to support sustainably produced seafood. Of the Sea,

Treading Water: How Long Can We Last?

  • Blog, Community Stories
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Facing an uncertain future, Californians confront their own reflection in the mirror of water scarcity. In the new normal of what once was the

Heroes of the Coast

  • Blog, Community Stories
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Heroes of the Coast, a film by Janet Bridgers, exploresthe story of the passage of Proposition 20, California’s historic Coastal Act legislation, through interviews

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