Four Projects Highlight Cesar Chavez and Today’s Farmworker Struggles
Celebrate and remember Cesar Chavez and the farmworker movement with projects throughout the state.
Phelicia Wright on the Los Angeles Skating Scene
Phelicia Wright, who appears in the new film UNITED SKATES, talks about roller skating culture & custom shoes.
The Civil Rights History of Roller Skating
An interview with Tina Brown and Dyana Winkler, the filmmakers behind new documentary UNITED SKATES.
Women’s History from Bike Warriors to Retirement Communities
Watch films, read stories, and download apps focusing on women from around California.
Trailer: The Delano Manongs: Forgotten Heroes of the United Farmworkers Union
The Delano Manongs: Forgotten Heroes of the United Farmworkers Union, a CA Documentary Project-supported film, tells the story of farm labor organizer Larry Itliong and a group of Filipino farm […]
The South Colton Oral History Project
In recognition of National Hispanic Heritage Month, Dr. Tom Rivera, Project Director of Community Stories Project, South Colton Oral History Project writes about rediscovering the lost history of the Chicano “neighborhood” he grew up in Colton, California.
Jonathan Gold Discussing Food Futures with California Humanities at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
Pulitzer Prize-winning food critic Jonathan Gold, discusses the future of food in this land and includes both plenty and need author and peach grower Mas Masumoto.
Docks to Delta Project Director Interview
“…humanities projects encourage us to see the world in all of its rich complexity…” – Ildi Carisle-Cummins Docks to Delta Project was launched at the end of September 2015 with […]
Documentary Film Everything Comes from the Streets screened in Ethnografilm Festival in Paris
Félicitations! to Community Stories Project Director Alberto López Pulido, who just received notice that his award-winning documentary, Everything Comes From The Streets: A Documentary on the Origins and History of […]
The Montford Point Marines of San Diego Screening
This California Humanities-supported project is a study of the lives and experiences of young African American men, who willingly put their lives on the line. This project sought to answer […]
