Los Angeles Filmforum presents **The Wyvernwood Chronicles: Part 2**

In person: filmmakers Diego Robles & Bertha Aguilar, Wyvernwood resident Gumaro Oviedo Flores, and programmer Jorge Ravelo.

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Filmforum continues local filmmaker Diego Robles' series *The Wyvernwood Chronicles*: *Part 2*, an eclectic collection of short films ranging from resident-made PSA’s (Public Service Announcements), to meditative experimental documentary pieces, to youth workshop animations. The films center around a group of residents and community homes located just east of the Los Angeles River, in Boyle Heights between the years 2007-2015, where many attempts by the city to displace the residents were challenged by its residents.

The films begin to be made around the beginning of the Great Recession, as *LA Co-Media (Los Angeles Collective Media)* collaborated with *Comite de la Esperanza* & neighborhood residents from Wyvernwood to make documentary videos, spread awareness, lead youth workshops and aid in the preservation of their housing and the archiving of their histories. The films made from LA Co-Media range from being didactic, to being calls-to-action, to also being playful and meditative cinematic forms. To complement these films, the documentary short *GUMARO*, made from cut material of Robles’ feature film *Wyvernwood: The Garden City*, follows resident Gumaro Oviedo Flores in one of his Los Angeles Quinceñera videography jobs, showing the relationship between representation and a coming-of-age ritual.

Part 2 focuses on an even broader and more horizontal approach to representation, where the films aren’t simply made about community but are birthed from within community building efforts. The screening will be followed by a Q&A panel with a number of the filmmakers and residents of Wyvernwood.

For more full program notes and more event information: www.lafilmforum.org

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Masks are highly recommended at Filmforum shows - N95 or KN95 are available at the door

All ages

Presented by LA Filmforum

No Covid-19 entry requirements

SCREENING: The Wyvernwood Chronicles, Part 2

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