In the Mix: Music & Film—Virtual Shorts Program

In the Mix is a sonically inspired series of films documenting the sounds, rhythms, and vibrations that move us to action and change the world. At this screening, enjoy a collection of short films specially curated by Film at LACMA intern Octavia Anderson that emphasizes themes of music, dance, and performance. These films push the commingled rhythms inherent in film and music that exist within the DNA of the cultures and stories being told.  

Program

Neon Phantom by Leo Martinelli
2021, 20 minutes
A delivery man dreams of having a motorcycle. He was told that everything would be like a musical film.

En sus manos by Elle Rose Rinaldi
2023, 16 minutes
Three generations of women and girls prepare to perform at the Cuban circus in Havana, Cuba, each for different acts, on different occasions, but all under the same enchanting red-and-white striped tent, an otherworldly space which pulses with reflections on age, femininity, and dreams.

Sesasedi sa Tsodio by Rangoato Hlasane
2023, 16 minutes
The character of Tsodio as lyrical fiction/mythology travels through orature and storytelling in black musical and sonic histories of the past, present, and future.

Opening Night by Joshua Rodriguez
2022, 3 minutes
Opening Night follows a young jazz musician who relives childhood trauma during his first performance, ultimately discovering how jazz becomes both his voice and his liberation. The film explores the intersection of memory, music, and healing through performance.

haven by Ciara Zoe
2023, 1 minute
Content warning: contains flashing lights
Motivated by a desire to capture an aspect of Los Angeles’s queer nightlife, filmmaker Ciara Zoe follows a group of friends absorbing a rave as it unfolds through a series of hazy, stylized vignettes. Commissioned by The Academy Museum, this film was captured on iPhone for the exhibition Shifting Perspectives: Vertical Cinema.

D.I.Y by Guinevere Alcaraz
2023, 1 minutes
A musician and artist quit their jobs at a diner to pursue their creativity in the city of Los Angeles.  

Trokas Duras by Jazmin Garcia
2025, 17 minutes
A visual and sonic journey through the interior landscapes of a Jornalero’s dreams, his waking reality in L.A., and what it looks like when a group of people relegated to serving others labors for their own elevation of body and spirit. An homage to the unique, idiosyncratic, and customized old pick-up trucks driven by Latino day laborers and the intimacy that is cultivated in and around them.