The Los Angeles Greek Film Festival will honor director Penelope Spheeris who will be in attendance on Friday, June 26 at the Egyptian Theatre. The evening will celebrate a blend of her professional landscape of documentary and fiction independent filmmaking. The event will begin with a special screening of Spheeris’ documentary short NO USE WALKIN’ WHEN YOU CAN STROLL (1998) and her eighties cult classic feature SUBURBIA (1984), followed by a panel discussion with Spheeris, Ross Albert, Christina Beck, and Bert Dragin, moderated by UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television Dean Robert Rosen. The event will conclude with a reception.
Tribute to Penelope Spheeris
Organization: LAGFF
Organizer: Alexia Haidos