USC alumnus Dr. Robert Mark Carpenter (Ph.D. Rossier School of Education), has wrapped production on his feature length documentary, American Dropout. This film takes a raw and gritty look at the invisible high school dropout crisis. The project began while Carpenter was getting his doctorate at USC, and it continues his research on the complex factors that contribute to the dropout epidemic.

On Monday, November 11th at 3pm in TCC450 on the USC Campus, the USC Initiative to Eliminate Homelessness will screen Venice Neverland: Street Kids of Venice Beach, a film by USC alum Victoria Peralto Cruz, documenting her own experience as a homeless young adult in California.

In theaters August 16th, THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING is a feature-length documentary that uncover what is beneath one of the most confounding dilemmas in the entertainment industry – the underrepresentation and misrepresentation of women

MISC Director Michael Taylor speaks with AFP journalist Jocelyne Zablit about Hollywood studios threatening to shut down productions in the state of Georgia if the “Heartbeat Law” stands up to legal challenges and goes into effect in January 2020.