Hoops, Hopes and Dreams Premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival in Park City

Premiering in the Shorts 1 Program at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, Michael Latt produced and Glenn Kaino directed and produced, Hoops, Hopes and Dreams, tells ​​the untold story about how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and an all-star team of civil rights activists took to basketball courts to rally young voters while winning hearts of communities, and how their strategy has echoed in contemporary politics.

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Art in Action is a 12-week fellowship that blends art and activism to help launch your creative career and impact your community
At the end of February, members of the Center for Arts and Advocacy gathered on the occasion of Frieze Los Angeles and the 2025 Frieze Impact Prize for a conversation on the transformative power of art for justice-impacted artists.
Beginning January 23 through February 2, festival attendees can catch 57 short films from 28 countries and territories — including live action, animated, and nonfiction documentary titles.
As a tribute to Michael Latt, New Media Ventures Summit held their first ever short film competition providing awards to three ground-breaking filmmakers.
Glenn Kaino, born, raised, and still residing in LA, is an artist who consistently believes in the forward momentum that art can possess to build community and create change in the world. 
‍FFCON2024 featured a series of programs, interactive events, art installations, performances, and spaces for collective joy, grief, and healing. To open the Saturday session, the Congress paid tribute to the beloved and much missed Michael Latt.

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