DIASPORA Calendar: July 20 – July 26, 2026

FILM Zoot Suit with director Luis Valdez – 7:30 PM, July 23: Vidiots is thrilled to welcome the legendary Luis Valdez for a special screening of Zoot Suit, his memorable musical rendition of LA Chicano history starring Edward James Olmos. Plus! A Live DJ set from DJ...

DIASPORA Calendar: July 13 – July 19, 2026

FILM Juice with Ernest Dickerson – 7:30 PM, July 16: The directorial debut of Ernest R. Dickerson, who previously lensed Spike Lee’s Do The Right Thing (1989) and Malcolm X (1992), trains its sights on four Black teenagers in Harlem. While Q (Omar Epps) is obsessed...

Community, Interrupted: A New Column

I have lots of opinions. Lots of them. It’s embedded in my gay genes. That is why I love critiquing and analyzing film, TV, media, and all that informs culture. Culture is a shared system of customs, arts, and beliefs of an era of time, a physical geographical...

LEGEND: Ann Lowe

There are many trailblazing POC designers in the fashion industry – specifically Black people – who moved onward and upward in the art despite being in a white, male-dominated industry. This is especially relevant to Ann Lowe, a fashion designer who slayed the game...