‘Feels Good Man’: Pepe and the alt-right

Documentary filmmaker Arthur Jones presented his Emmy-winning film Feels Good Man at Pomona College on Sept. 19, exploring the co-option of Pepe the Frog by the alt-right. He linked society’s “narrative collapse”— the breakdown of coherent storytelling in the digital age —to the rise of internet conspiracies, highlighting how fragmented online cultures have distorted reality.

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Art21 Screening: The tangible process of art

The Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College recently hosted a screening of two documentaries by Art21, a nonprofit organization dedicated to contemporary art. The documentaries, “Everyday Icons” and “Bodies of Knowledge,” highlighted the artistic processes of Rose B. Simpson and the Guerrilla Girls, respectively.

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Claremont Heritage exhibits “Stories of the East and West Barrios”

Claremont Heritage, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and celebrating the city’s history, held a screening and panel discussion for the documentary “Stories of the East and West Barrios.” The documentary sheds light on the history of Claremont barrio communities. It described factors contributing to insecurity, such as the Claremont Colleges’ dependence on the barrio community labor force.

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