This list of 15 movies and shows, compiled by the Media Institute for Social Change at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, highlights the stories that traumatized, moved and inspired us this year.
Gail Katz has produced smash successes like Air Force One and The Perfect Storm. Now, she’s helping students at the USC School of Cinematic Arts embrace a new era of filmmaking.
Classmates in the USC School of Cinematic Arts’ animation division collaborate to make visual magic on the commonly used video meeting platform.
The Entertainment Technology Center brings together leading visionaries to collaborate on the future of entertainment technology.
While serving his country, an Army specialist missed most of his sister’s milestones — but not this time, thanks to a group of fellow students and their professor.
Nancy Forner and her team at the film school have fought through initial complications to bring her editing classes to life online.
A USC School of Cinematic Arts student and his parents share their experience as he transitions to taking online classes from the family living room.
✌ Year in review: USC never fails to draw the big names — it’s one perk of being smack dab in the middle of La La Land. Check out the stars who captivated the Trojan Family this year.
The coolest job ever? David J. Barker blows things up for movies like Avengers: Endgame and Transformers.
Some of the most compelling animated stories on screen start as scribbles in a notebook.
The gift, split among three universities, honors television trailblazer John H. Mitchell and will support major initiatives in diversity, ethics and film preservation.
From Star Wars to The Avengers, USC alumni have created some of the most successful movies in history.
Short films made by School of Cinematic Arts moviemakers bookend more than 65 years of Academy Awards.
A 28-year partnership between Elizabeth Daley and Marlene Loadvine helped shoot the school to the top.
Video games can influence society for the better, and these USC game creators are trying to do just that.
As the school hits 90, it’s about much more than movies.
Inspired by an animation class, 2019 graduate Amri Rigby embraced filmmaking, directed a Sundance-winning short film and was commissioned by Werner Herzog to shoot a documentary in Peru, all as a USC student.
As the Oscars near, USC anthropologist and playwright Dorinne Kondoto argues that we all need to be ”mirrored” in popular culture, media and the arts.
✌ Year in review: There are definitely perks to being in the entertainment capital of the world and the business capital of the West. Take a look at some of the famous faces who stopped by for a visit.
The Media Institute for Social Change at the USC School of Cinematic Arts identifies 15 movies that not only entertain but expand our understanding, change our perspective and challenge us to do something.
MFA student Mary Gerretsen uses film to work out troubling issues in her own experience.
Stanley Kalu’s timely tale about a wealthy black student who falls victim to police brutality wins film financing and an education grant.
USC experts in neuroscience, horror films and folklore explain why being terrified can thrill and excite, and what that says about our culture.
USC’s William Whittington notes that projects like Get Out tap into current fears and anxiety but, perhaps unexpectedly, offer hope, too.