Documentary Screenings Los Angeles
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Beam Me Up, Sulu LA Screening
Sat, Feb 21, 3:00 AMOne-night screening of a rediscovered 1985 fan-made film about George Takei, with a post-screening Q&A for Star Trek fans and advocates of Asian American representation.

Screening of American Solitaire
Sat, Feb 21, 3:00 AMJoin us for a special pre-release screening of AMERICAN SOLITAIRE on February 20 at 7PM! A wounded Afghanistan vet struggles to reintegrate into a fractured society plagued by gun violence, seeking redemption and healing for himself and his nation. Followed by a Q&A with writer & director Aaron Davidman, and actors Gilbert Owuor and Lorinda Hawkins Smith.

In Chinese: Dragon Heart Japanese Animation Film Screening
Sat, Feb 28, 10:00 PMWorkshop for anyone seeking personal growth to learn the mind's governing law and practice techniques to control thoughts.

India & Dubai - Embark on a Journey of Wonders! Taj Mahal, HOLI Fest and more...
Mon, Mar 2, 3:00 AMMeetup-style group travel for culturally curious travelers, offering guided sightseeing and a Holi celebration to form new friendships.

Screenwriting Tribe 7-9 P.M. February 22nd, SANTA MONICA
Mon, Feb 23, 3:00 AM**FIRST WORKSHOP ATTENDANCE IS FREE.** Come visit/audit the workshop. Bring a friend. **After 1st visit: Donation only.** Collected at workshop. QR codes to Venmo and PayPal provided, Or cash. The aim is to cover the expenses of running the workshop. It's not set up to be a money-making venture. The workshop is as good as those in attendance make it. We meet in the community room of the HULU building/Colorado Center, **2500 Broadway, Santa Monica** CA 90404. **First floor.** **Short walkway to glass door right near street (by "HULU" sign next to sidewalk)**. **• Tribe consists of writers and some actors helping writers to sharpen their screenplays, and their skills in the craft.** Some who attend Tribe might be actors who help by reading characters, and practice their cold-reading skills. • A diversity of ages, life experiences, and voices, are helpful to have in the workshop. Ages 16 and over. **👉 Maintain your RSVP status. If you RSVP, but can't attend:** **👉 Please, cancel your RSVP ASAP.** You do so on this MeetUp page. It prevents writers from spending money to make copies of their script pages for you. **👉🏽 To sign up for having your script pages read by and get feedback from the group:** **👉🏽 First RSVP** to sign up for pages. **👉🏻 If you sign up for pages, and change your mind:** 👉🏻 DELETE your pages comment AND leave a post "Canceling pages." 👉🏻 This gives another writer time to prepare pages. **• Canceling pages does not cancel your RSVP.** If you ARE NOT going to attend, please: ALSO cancel your RSVP. **• BEFORE you sign up for pages: A, B, C, D...** A • **Know you need to bring sets of pages for those who attend so they can both read and write notes on them.** B • **OWN and study the books:** 1. **Screenplay Repair Manual** (Copies of this book are available for purchase at the workshop for $15, or on Amazon for $17.25.) 2. **The Screenwriter's Bible** (The author David Trottier endorsed the Screenplay Repair Manual.) 3. **Dr. Format Tells All** (Also by David Trottier) C • **Have an RSVP** D • **Be one of the first 4 to sign up for pages.** **• We workshop feature and short film screenplays, and episodic, anthology, limited/mini series, serial series, and single cam sitcom screenplays, and now also multi-cam sitcom scripts.** (We previously didn't workshop multi-cam scripts. Writers may want to consider that multi-cam sitcoms are not as popular as they were ten or more years ago. This makes getting a sitcom produced even less likely - unless you are an established sit-com writer, or an established stand-up comic. But maybe you will be the person who is successful in getting a new sitcom produced.) **• WE DO NOT WORKSHOP SOAP OPERA, MUSICAL, NC-17, OR X SCRIPTS.** (Yes, someone once brought in an X script to Tribe.👀😳😱) **• Please format scripts in industry-standard 12 point Courier font**. See the Screenwriter's Bible, and the Screenplay Repair Manual. **• Take one script through the workshop at a time, from the first page to "The End."** **• Own the material in the script.** No plagiarism. The script has to be something you can copyright. (No lyrics, poetry, book excerpts, life stories, or other material to which you do not own the rights. For instance, don't use Beatles song lyrics in your script.) **• The workshop is as good as the participants make it.** **👉🏽Aim to write engaging scripts with broad market, investor & distributor appeal, and that may advance the careers of actors, directors, producers, and you.👈🏼** **Know a screenplay works as an investment proposal to film financiers.** Make it as sharp as can be. **To sign up for pages: 1, 2, 3.** 1. **RSVP.** 2. **After RSVPing, type “pages” in the comments section.** **Bring enough copies of your script pages for everyone who has RSVPd.** (Google: Staples copy center location. The closest is on Bundy near Olympic - and closes at 6PM.) Print double sided copies to save $, and paper. **We write feedback directly on the pages, and also give verbal feedback.** **Be prepared to assign your character dialogue to be read out loud by various people in attendance, and assign one person to be the narrator of the scene headings and description.** **We give verbal feedback after each set of pages.** **As a writer receives feedback, they are to be silent, even if asked questions. Listen. Take notes.** It's not a time to explain, or get defensive. Feedback you consider "wrong" could instead be helpful in giving you some excellent ideas. Welcome it. Even if you then do the direct opposite in your script revision. **Sometimes attend when your pages aren't being read.** That will build your skills in unexpected ways. Participate in helping other writers with their scripts. **Please stay for the entire workshop.** **If you are not of the first 4 signing up for pages,** you can type **"backup pages"** as a comment – in case anyone cancels pages. **After you workshop 12 pages** (or the entire episode of a multi-cam) – **before you bring in the next pages – READ THE ENTIRE SCRIPT to give it a wave of polish.** **If you only have a few pages remaining unworkshopped,** still bring in 12 pages of the script = the remaining pages + pages before it = re-workshopping some of the previous pages. **Each script is the intellectual property of the writer.** **“If you’re not early, you’re late.”** – John Ritter

Northern Lights. A Scandinavian Odyssey! Reindeer, dog sledding, Ice Hotel...
Sat, Feb 21, 3:00 AMGuided small-group Scandinavian adventure for Meetup members with Northern Lights, reindeer sledding, and an ice hotel, ending in lasting friendships.
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