Monday, July 7

Q&A: Alum, casting director Tamara Hunter discusses work on ‘Hidden Figures’

Tamara Hunter casts characters who are capable of extraordinary feats. She’s worked in the casting department on such films as “The Avengers” and “Guardians of the Galaxy.” But for “Hidden Figures” she assembled a cast to play the mathematicians behind the task that was once considered impossible – sending a man into space. Read more...

Photo: Tamara Hunter worked on the casting of Golden Globe-nominated film “Hidden Figures,” a story about three mathematicians who defied race and gender boundaries. (Courtesy of Tamara Hunter)





Student explores whitewashing through horror movie ‘The Chase’

Ivy Liao had written about whitewashing in the form of short stories. After hearing of a white man headlining a movie based around the Great Wall of China and other questionable Hollywood casting choices, however, she decided to explore whitewashing through a more intense lens: a horror movie. Read more...

Photo: Third-year film student Ivy Liao wrote, directed and produced a horror film about whitewashing called “The Chase.” The film contains no dialogue and was shot in one take. (Stella Huang/Daily Bruin)



Alumna brings flexibility as Disney Channel choreographer

Lilian Manansala choreographed the Disney Channel show “So Random!”, and the show’s title could also describe Manansala’s dance repertoire. The world arts and cultures alumna creates dance pieces concerning ketchup, zombies, dogs and puppets as a guest choreographer on sitcoms for the television networks Nickelodeon and Disney Channel. Read more...

Photo: World arts and cultures alumna Lilian Manansala is a guest choreographer for Nickelodeon and Disney television shows, where she works with young actors. (Courtesy of Nick Holmes)



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