Friday, July 4

Q&A: Director of ’76 Days’ Hao Wu speaks on humanizing the statistics of COVID-19

After more than a year of COVID-19 worldwide, “76 Days” looks back at the selflessness and suffering in the early days of the pandemic. Shortlisted for the documentary feature category in the 2021 Oscars, MTV Documentary Films’ “76 Days” records the first three months of lockdown in Wuhan, China, during early 2020. Read more...

Photo: (Courtesy of MTV Documentary Films)


Alumni couple cultivates online community around Filipino Instant Pot recipes

Tisha Gonda Domingo and Jorell Domingo are co-founders of the largest Filipino Instant Pot community on the internet. The married UCLA alumni made their Facebook group, Filipino Recipes Instant Pot Community, in 2018 with the hopes of creating a space for people to learn about and enjoy Filipino culture, Tisha said. Read more...

Photo: What began as a Facebook group by alumni Tisha Gonda Domingo and Jorell Domingo to fill the void of Filipino recipes online has now turned into a cookbook co-authored with four other writers. (Sakshi Joglekar/Daily Bruin staff)


Student molds hobby into small business built on her love of crafting

From stickers to woven tapestries to jewelry, Jana Sun has turned her crafting hobbies into a small business. The fourth-year human biology and society student said she launched her small business, Jana Making Things, to share her artistic hobbies with her peers. Read more...

Photo: Jana Sun launched her small business, Jana Making Things, to share her artistic hobbies with her peers. The fourth-year human biology and society student said the foundation of her work is creativity and crafts, with hand-made products ranging from resin coasters to woven tapestries.(Courtesy of Jana Sun)


‘Tango Shalom’ dances its way through cross-cultural tale of community

Gabriel Bologna is making moves in the festival circuit with his film “Tango Shalom.” Directed and produced by the former UCLA filmmaking professor, the film has garnered multiple awards including Best Jaipur Critics Film at the Jaipur International Film Festival as well as Best Comedy and Best Lead Actor at the Montreal Independent Film Festival. Read more...

Photo: (Courtesy of Convivencia Forever Films)


‘WandaVision’ season 1 recap – episode 8: ‘Previously On’

Warning: spoilers ahead. The Scarlet Witch is finally canon – and the name-drop is fully earned. After seeing glimpses of Wanda’s (Elizabeth Olsen) present state of mind through the sitcoms of weeks prior, the eighth installment of “WandaVision” delivers her backstory that was never properly articulated in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films. Read more...

Photo: (Courtesy of Marvel Studios)