The University of Southern California hosted a three-day film festival sponsored by the College of Letters, Arts, & Sciences, the USC Provost’s Office, the USC Research Center at Doheny Memorial Library, the Division of Critical Studies in the USC School of Cinema-Television, and the Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities.  Activities during this festival include film screenings, discussion panels, and keynote address. The keynote is delivered by screen writer and author John Rechy.