The L.A. Uprising: 25 Year Later
HAMMER | May 2—4, Hammer Museum
This series examines the events and after-effects of the L.A. uprising on its 25th anniversary.
Event Dates: May 2—4, 7:30 p.m.
*Individual event descriptions below
Venue: Hammer Museum
Price: Free
Screening of Rodney King
Tuesday, May 2, 7:30 p.m.
Writer-performer Roger Guenveur Smith’s critically acclaimed one-person show features history, poetry, catastrophe, and culture. In this riveting filmed performance he plays Rodney King, whose beating at the hands of police ignited the 1992 Los Angeles uprising. Followed by a Q&A with Roger Guenveur Smith and Spike Lee. Moderated by UC Santa Barbara Professor Stephanie Batiste.
The screening and discussion is followed by a party in the Hammer's courtyard featuring Chocolate Genius, aka Marc Anthony Thompson, and a cash bar.
"To Protect and to Serve": Strategies for Law Enforcement Reform 25 Years After Rodney King
Wednesday, May 3, 7:30 p.m.
Civil rights attorney Connie Rice, police officer Anwar Sanders, and UCLA law professors Devon Carbado and Beth Colgan discuss the efficacy of consent decrees and other police reform policies including bias training, body cameras, and community policing.
Screening of Do Not Resist
Thursday, May 4, 7:30 p.m.
Beginning on the streets of Ferguson, Missouri, as the community grapples with the death of Michael Brown, Do Not Resist offers a shocking look at the militarization of police forces in America. Followed by a discussion with Black Lives Matter cofounder Patrisse Cullors.
Copresented with the UCLA Department of History and the UCLA Interdepartmental Program in Afro-American Studies
The Hammer is located at the corner of Westwood and Wilshire boulevards in Westwood Village, three blocks east of the 405 freeway’s Wilshire exit.
Parking is available under the museum.