In an economy in which 85 percent of students in 2010 planned to “boomerang” back home after graduation, recent UCLA graduate Kevin Ung instead moved across the globe last week, alone, to Hong Kong, to pursue the unstable career of filmmaking.

According to alumna Jennifer Arnold, most recent documentaries about Africa have portrayed the continent’s people as subjects of pity, despite the filmmakers’ altruistic intentions.

We’ve all heard of the numerous independent theaters in Los Angeles, each possessing a certain quirk, decor or avant-garde culture that elevates it above the regular multiplex theaters in most of our hometowns. The Downtown Independent theater, however, which is located at the heart of downtown Los Angeles, hosts a monthly event that surpasses any moviegoing experience I have had to date: the “Double Feature Drink-Along.”