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Writing a feature film is easy. All you need is one gimmicky logline, as cheap and single-serving-disposable as a coffee pod from the complimentary hotel

Lawrence Turman, who produced 'The Graduate' and headed USC's Peter Stark Producing Program for many years, died Saturday at 96.

“Plum Town” is based off Kelly Yu’s own family history. (Photo courtesy of Kelly Yu.) After a trip to China last year, Kelly Yu, a filmmaker and sophomore majoring in cinematic arts, film and television production, was inspired to write “a love letter to family, heritage, and identity.” Yu has since started the production of her new short film “Plum Town,” which follows the story of a young man who returns to China to convince his father to sell his family’s plum orchard.  The ...