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Dec 15, 2023 · We’re Alive unflinchingly captures the voices of a group of women incarcerated at the California Institution for Women (CIW) in the 1970s — and is now considered an important source by scholars studying feminist media and women’s incarceration.
- Rosemary Grant
Mar 21, 2023 · Almost 50 years ago, three UCLA student filmmakers made a bold documentary about incarcerated women. Then it vanished. But thanks to some Bruin detective work — and a huge stroke of luck — the students’ forgotten film is now providing a new focus on the lives of women within the justice system. By Janine White.
- Janine White
Jan 24, 2023 · In 1974, a trio of graduate students at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television embarked on a unique documentary project to give voice to incarcerated women as part of a community-engagement class project.
- UCLA Newsroom
Dec 19, 2023 · One of this year’s selections, which was largely unknown until the Archive’s recent restoration, is “We’re Alive” (1974), made by UCLA graduate students Kathy Levitt, Michie Gleason and Christine Lesiak and women incarcerated at the California Institution for Women in Chino, California.
- Rosemary Grant
Jan 23, 2023 · A once orphaned 1974 film created by former UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television graduate students has returned to UCLA and with it the voices of incarcerated women telling their stories.
- UCLA Newsroom
Violence and calamities test the group’s mettle at every turn with Wellman matching driving action with a gritty, natural shooting style. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. (Production): Dore Schary. Director: William A. Wellman. Screenwriter: Charles Schnee.
Most recently, UCLA's women's soccer team defeated Florida State to win its first NCAA National Championship along with women's tennis who defeated North Carolina to win its second NCAA National title ever.
