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A P R I L 2 0 1 6 I 7 Los Angeles • UPCOMING EVENTS The Directors Guild of America-Producer Training Plan presents: A Safety Pass Training Session Members who have not completed a Safety Pass Training class are no longer eligible to work in Southern California as an AD/UPM or AD/SM and have been suspended from the Southern California Qualification Lists, Southern California Eligible to Work Lists, and Associate Directors & Stage Managers Eligiblity Criteria List. To be eligible to work in Southern California, you must take a Safety Pass Training class. Upon successful completion, members will regain eligibility status on the applicable lists. If you are a new addition, you should make a point of taking the first available Safety Pass class offered once you are placed. It is your responsibility to ensure you have completed this class or you will not be eligible to work in Southern California. Please arrive 30 minutes early to register and have your Safety Pass Card photo taken. Walk-ins are not permitted. Anyone five minutes late or more will not be admitted. The Directors Guild-Producer Training Plan is offering a stipend to attendees of this training. Saturday, April 16 1:00 p.m. CSATTF Facility 2800 Winona Ave., Burbank, CA 91504 RSVP to (310) 289-5311 or spevents@dga.org photo by Tonya Wise Upon successful completion of the DGA course, members may also take — on a strictly voluntary basis — any other safety training course offered by CSATTF in Los Angeles. The Guild encourages all members to take advantage of these courses. As with Safety Pass, a member's completion of such courses is noted on his or her Qualifications List or Eligibility List profile. For a comprehensive list and schedule of courses, visit www.csatf.org. To enroll for any other courses offered by CSATTF, call Safety Pass at (818) 847-0040. When the automated system picks up, press "1" to register for a course. DGA Asian American Committee and Women's Steering Committee present: A Conversation with Director Karyn Kusama Featuring a Membership Screening of The Invitation Karyn Kusama's credits include the features Æon Flux and Jennifer's Body; and episodes of the series Halt and Catch Fire and Casual. Her debut feature Girlfight garnered an Independent Spirit Awards nomination for Best First Feature and earned both the Grand Jury Prize and the Directing Award at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival. Kusama's latest feature, the horror-thriller The Invitation, unravels the tale of Will and Eden, a once loving couple who split after tragedy took their son and Eden disappeared. Two years later she returns, remarried and with a seemingly new persona. Over the course of a dinner party/ reunion, Will can't shake the feeling that Eden and her new husband have sinister intentions. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director Karyn Kusama. Sunday, April 3 4:00 p.m. DGA Theater 1 No RSVP Required Director Karyn Kusama DGA Special Projects Committee presents: An Evening with Director Norman Jewison Featuring a Special Screening of In the Heat of the Night In the Heat of the Night tells the story of a black Philadelphia detective, who must work alongside the white local police chief to clear his name after being accused of the murder of a wealthy factory owner in Mississippi. The film won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Film Editing, Best Sound and Best Writing for Adapted Screenplay. The screening will be followed by an intimate dialogue with Director Norman Jewison and moderator Jeremy Kagan discussing the craft of directing. Norman Jewison's feature film credits include The Fabulous Fifties, The Cincinnati Kid, The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming, The Thomas Crown Affair, Fiddler on the Roof, Jesus Christ Superstar, Rollerball, Agnes of God, Moonstruck and The Hurricane. He has been a DGA member since 1960 and received the Guild's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011. Starring: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates and Lee Grant Running Time: 109 minutes • Print Courtesy of Academy Film Archive and Park Circus Tuesday, March 22 6:30 p.m. - Reception 7:30 p.m. - Screening DGA Theater One RSVP to (310) 289-5366 Director Norman Jewison photo by Peter Bregg/HELLO!