Voices

George C. Fatheree III, who teaches at the LMU Loyola Law School, helped close a deal involving photographic images that document much of Black American history in the 20th century.

Ava DuVernay’s path to being one of the few black female directors and producers in the film industry, began in Compton, a city that today has no movie theaters.

Actor and director Jordan Peele talked about racism, horror films and understanding the audience when he spoke in SFTV’s Mayer Theater for The Hollywood Masters Series.

Pedro Almodóvar says much of his childhood was spent in the company of women as they cooked and washed clothes. Women not only framed his life, they shaped his films.

David Chase was once some Italian-American kid from New Jersey playing drums and bass in a mediocre rock group in the mid-’60s. The band went nowhere.

Serial entrepreneur Brad Keywell tells students that a secret of his success is understanding why people are paramount in starting and running a business.

Karima Bennoune, author of “Your Fatwa Doesn’t Apply Here: Untold Stories From the Fight Against Muslim Fundamentalism,” came to LMU’s Marymount Institute for Faith, Culture and the Arts in September to amplify voices.