Soft Power: Chinese American films offer necessary perspectives on belonging
For Chinese Americans, these films are “authentic” in their own right.
Entries by Tomás Mier
RECAP: 2020 Billboard Music Awards from six feet away
The 2020 Billboard Music Awards, aired Oct. 14, was anything but uneventful.
Review: “BLACKPINK: Light Up the Sky” Glimmers with Vulnerability
BLACKPINK fans get an intimate glimpse into the Korean girl group in their documentary “BLACKPINK: Light Up the Sky”
The Beat Lives On: Sampling songs from the past — exploitation or admiration?
Many artists’ songs from the past are being sampled time and time again in modern music. They are the not-so-secret forces behind some of the biggest pop hits. But are artists sampling because they lack originality — or simply giving songs a new life?
USC alumni talk about advancing racial justice through their art forms
SC Visions and Voices hosted artists Brianna Mims, Mato, Jakevis Thompson and Anushka Joshi to talk about how they use their artforms to raise awareness about important racial questions.
RWQuarantunes x The Pad Project host Zoom concert fundraiser to end period poverty
The Hollywood A-list and invite-only event raised over $300,000 to make menstrual hygiene products accessible for those affected by the pandemic.
A gram for an ounce of sleep: what happens when smoking and sleeping
In reality, there’s no clear-cut answer to solving the mystery of cannabis and its complex interaction with our sleep cycles, dreams and, more broadly, our minds.
Film Schooled: What the hell is Ryan Murphy doing
Murphy has the opportunity — but for me it is a responsibility — to amplify voices and stories other than the white ones that he has trudged along in his journey.
SCA co-hosts Native American Short Films showcase
Young Indigenous children grow up with minuscule representation on the screen. If they see themselves, it is normally a Western representation of Native Americans. Over time, filmmaking regarding Natives has felt disingenuous as it tends to be created by non-Natives. The zealous lust and romanticization of Manifest Destiny have been detrimental to all Native American […]
Young artist builds music production company from the ground up
USC student Allen Smith created a digital music company with his sister and cousins, while opening up about his life and first solo album “Blood Orange” released amid the pandemic.