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Black and White UCLA Student Film, Preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. Four young white boys, wrestle and fight over a vollyball while wearing rubber face masks depicting President Johnson, President DeGaulle, Chairman Mao-Tse-Tung and Nikita Khruschev. An African American boy watches the struggle, and when the white boys abandon the struggle over a vollyball, he picks it up and attempts to reinflate it. A striking Cold War allegory critiquing global imperialism.

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  • Anthony Jonas

    Anthony Jonas

  • Marlowe Hood

    Marlowe Hood

  • Peter Douglas

    Peter Douglas

  • Robert Myers

    Robert Myers

  • Martin Ortell

    Martin Ortell

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Black and White UCLA Student Film, Preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. Four young white boys, wrestle and fight over a vollyball while wearing rubber face masks depicting President Johnson, President DeGaulle, Chairman Mao-Tse-Tung and Nikita Khruschev. An African American boy watches the struggle, and when the white boys abandon the struggle over a vollyball, he picks it up and attempts to reinflate it. A striking Cold War allegory critiquing global imperialism.

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Early morning silence is broken by screeching tires as a helicopter bears down on a speeding vehicle. Taking a quick corner, the team tumbles out into the woods as their car pulls away. Now they must make their way through the thick of nature and thick gunfire to accomplish their mission. Not a single word of dialogue is spoken throughout the entire film. Instead, the music, sounds, images and deeply truthful acting turn a simple plot into an intense experience. Passion and intrigue keep building to the very end.

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6.7 2020