UCLA School of Film and Television Movie Trailers
Most Popular UCLA School of Film and Television Trailers
Total trailers found: 63
Aquaman: The Cast of the Angler Trailer (1984)
01 January 1984
The Angler claims he will use a toxin which will kill sea life unless a ransom is paid. Aquaman races to stop him.
The Pocketbook Trailer (1980)
01 January 1980
In the course of a botched purse-snatching, a boy comes to question the path of his life. Billy Woodberry’s second film, and first completed in 16mm, adapts Langston Hughes’ short story, Thank You, Ma’am, and features music by Leadbelly, Thelonious Monk and Miles Davis.
Francesco Trailer (2020)
25 October 2020
Francesco takes an unsparing look at the most pressing challenges of the 21st-century, asking deep questions about the human condition.
The Changing Same Trailer (2001)
10 October 2001
An Alien is sent to earth to investigate the "incubators." She discovers that she is replacing a rogue agent.
Obituaries Trailer (2014)
13 June 2014
A chronicle of lives lost in a school shooting. In the wake of another tragedy, we get a glimpse of each victim and see who they were, who they loved, who they hurt, and who they wanted to be.
The Confession Trailer (2000)
17 June 2000
When an aged man feels the need to confess to the new catholic priest, his gay lover of many years is hurt and upset.
Maid of Honor Trailer (1999)
01 October 1999
Serena starts reflecting on the commitment in her own relationship with Donielle when she is asked to be the maid of honor for her former lover Tisha's wedding.
The Times of Harvey Milk Trailer (1984)
07 October 1984
Harvey Milk was an outspoken human rights activist and one of the first openly gay U.S. politicians elected to public office; even after his assassination in 1978, he continues to inspire disenfranchised people around the world.
These Things Take Time Trailer (2018)
07 September 2018
An eight-year-old boy experiences his first heartbreak when he falls in love with his male third-grade teacher.
Freight Yard Symphony Trailer (1963)
01 January 1963
This early UCLA student film by noted visual effects pioneer Robert Abel (1937-2001) employs a mixed media approach to distill the kinetic energy of an industrial train depot into bold graphic elements.
Just Out of Reach Trailer (1998)
23 June 1998
As the sun rises, we witness two male bodies emerge from the darkness. The younger of the two attempts to sneak out on the older man he just slept with.
A Little Off Mark Trailer (1986)
25 July 1986
Writer-director Robert Wheaton’s story of a shy guy, Mark (Parros), trying all the wrong moves to meet the right girl rides high on a romantic sensibility.
Festival of Mask Trailer (1982)
25 July 1982
Filmmaker Don Amis was one of the very few Black student filmmakers at UCLA (including Carroll Parrott Blue and Denise Bean) working in a documentary mode.
The Gray Trailer (2021)
25 June 2021
A former cop works in purgatory and processes people going to heaven and hell. One day, his 20 year old son appears.
The Single Parent Family: Images in Black Trailer (1978)
05 February 1978
Interviews with single black parents.
Ujamii Uhuru Schule Community Freedom School Trailer (1974)
01 January 1974
A day-in-the-life portrait of an Afrocentric primary learning academy located in South L.A. that focuses on the virtues of the three Rs—Respect, Righteousness, and Revolution.
Atilogivu: The Story of a Wrestling Match Trailer (1982)
01 January 1982
While no wrestling is actually depicted, Atilogivu: The Story of a Wrestling Match documents gymnastic dancing to drum and flute music of the Ibu people, east of the River Niger.
All You Can Dream Trailer (1986)
01 January 1986
An educational music film promoting the values of UCLA.
Forbidden Joy Trailer (1972)
09 February 1972
In Forbidden Joy (1972), director Imelda Sheen utilizes many avant garde techniques to tell the mysterious story of a woman picnicking in a cemetery with a toddler by her side.
Lucky Penny Trailer (2022)
09 July 2022
Amanda has been dreaming of having her own real-life book romance. When one day, she stumbles upon a penny, her wish starts to become reality as it leads her to Felicity.
L.A. in My Mind Trailer (2006)
14 June 2006
A captivating montage of notable Los Angeles sites, laced with free-floating names of places and people and accompanied by street noises, becomes a delightful and personal canon of spiritually sustaining quantities.
Black Art, Black Artists Trailer (1971)
01 January 1971
Tracing the under documented history of art made by black artists since the 19th Century, this essay film explores the demands and criteria imposed on artists to confirm to established tastes and histories.
Shipley St. Trailer (1981)
06 February 1981
Lana Wilson has trouble in school because of racist discrimination, but at first, her parents don't believe her.
The Promised Land Trailer (2011)
23 June 2011
With immigration forces in pursuit, Mary, an illegal foreign worker living in Israel, must decide between uprooting her son from the only place he calls home or risk being deported.
Boys Briefs 5: Schoolboys Trailer (2008)
09 December 2008
The successful short film compilation series continues with six outstanding films focused on school and college-age youth.
A Day in the Life of Willie Faust, or Death on the Installment Plan Trailer (1972)
01 January 1972
Jamaa Fanaka’s first project plays off the Blaxploitation’s genre conventions, an adaption of Goethe’s “Faust” presented with a non-synchronous soundtrack and superimposed over a remake of Super Fly (1972).
The Anniversary Trailer (2003)
01 March 2003
In 1963 a boy and his mother are left in Saigon while his father and brother flee to seek shelter from religious persecution in North Vietnam.
Fragrance Trailer (1985)
01 January 1985
A man is trying to decide if he should go to Vietnam with the US army.
Repairs Trailer (1987)
01 January 1987
Depicts one woman's struggle with the responsibility of juggling two jobs at one time as both a garage mechanic and God's chosen messiah.
The Peeper Trailer (1962)
09 August 1962
An early student short directed by Francis Ford Coppola while studying at UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television.
Brick by Brick Trailer (1982)
01 January 1982
A prescient portrait of late-1970s Washington, D.C., that chronicles the city's creeping gentrification, the systematic expulsion of poor Black residents, and the community response in the form of the Seaton Street Project, in which tenants banded together to purchase buildings.
O.P. Dog Trailer (1965)
01 January 1965
UCLA Student Television Program, preserved from a 2-inch videotape by the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
Several Friends Trailer (1969)
28 November 1969
An improvised late '60s short-subject student film, and debut movie of Charles Burnett, done in the neo-realist, documentary film style.
Año Nuevo Trailer (1981)
01 January 1981
Emmy-winning documentary by a UCLA student concerning undocumented Mexican workers' struggle on a flower farm in Northern California.
Sebastian's Voodoo Trailer (2008)
07 June 2008
A voodoo doll must find the courage to save his friends from being pinned to death.
Cycles Trailer (1989)
01 January 1989
As a woman anxiously awaits her overdue period, she performs African-based rituals of purification. She cleans house and body, and calls on the spirits (Orishas in the Yoruba tradition), receiving much needed inspiration and assurance in a dream.
Gidget Meets Hondo Trailer (1980)
10 October 1980
Filmed in response to the LAPD’s shooting of Eulia Love in 1979, Gidget Meets Hondo opens with stills taken by Bernard Nicolas of a demonstration against Love’s killing.
Medea Trailer (1973)
01 January 1973
Ben Caldwell’s Medea, a collage piece made on an animation stand and edited entirely in the camera, combines live action and rapidly edited still images of Africans and African Americans which function like flashes of history that the unborn child will inherit.
Cassandra Trailer (2021)
31 July 2021
When Cassandra witnesses a drunken encounter between her friend and her roommate, she is compelled to investigate if it was consensual.
Otemba Trailer (1988)
31 December 1988
Cultural traditions blend as a Japanese American family celebrates Christmas and a young girl tries to find her place within the family structure.
Boyfriend Material Trailer (2023)
13 June 2023
A young man find the solution to his inability to find a partner.
Death and Life Trailer (2025)
12 September 2025
Rupert has a secret that no one knows, and he intends to keep it that way - but the hand of fate isn't always dealt how we'd like.
Daydream Therapy Trailer (1977)
25 July 1977
Daydream Therapy is set to Nina Simone’s haunting rendition of “Pirate Jenny” and concludes with Archie Shepp’s “Things Have Got to Change.
Leon's Case Trailer (1982)
01 January 1982
It is the story of a pacifist of the 60s, who, after living as a deserter for twelve years, decides to hand himself over to the authorities and face a legitimate political trial.
Cassandro the Exotico Trailer (2010)
30 August 2010
A lucid view on an extraordinary character, recognized and loved or reviled by the crowd of wrestling fans.
African Woman – USA Trailer (1980)
15 July 1980
A woman from Nigeria seeks work in the United States while her daughter struggles with premonitions and homesickness.
Good Grief Trailer (1971)
01 January 1971
Mike Jittlov's 1971 short film Good Grief, made for Dan McLaughlin’s animation class at UCLA and a finalist for shortlisting at the Academy Awards.
Deaf-Mute Chorus Trailer (2004)
01 January 2004
Conceptual video based on Oksana Chepelyk's performance realised in Kyiv at the Cultural Center of Deaf-Mute People researches the physical endurance degree of social body.
The Kitchen Trailer (1975)
01 January 1975
An early student work directed at UCLA by Alile Sharon Larkin and submitted as her "Project One." Larkin visualizes a mental ward as a possible equivalent to prison incarceration for women of color.
Between Jobs Trailer (1984)
01 November 1984
On a dark, rainy night an old, white man is visited by a young, black stranger asking to use the telephone.
Serpents of the Pirate Moon Trailer (1973)
20 December 1973
A woman who works in a night club starts having obsessive thoughts, beginning to lose her hold on reality.
Moogie's Day Out Trailer (2021)
21 June 2021
A hungry cat left unattended goes begging the neighbors for food.
Nightwatch Trailer (1985)
01 January 1985
A night watchman at a shuttered, dimly lit factory runs into a bum who used to be a preacher that is trying to sleep away from the thunderstorm, but when the watchman kicks him out, the watchman gets cursed.
Homeland Trailer (1988)
01 January 1988
A Black farming family struggles to find its identity and maintain its integrity when the younger of two brothers decides to sell his part of the farm and go to law school.
