L.A. Rebellion
Creating a New Black Cinema
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10026918 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Aram Goudsouzian (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 104 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 279-280 |
| Publication date | 2017-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of American History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8723 • E-ISSN: 1945-2314 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/jahist/jax146 |
| OpenAlex | W2716222758 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
From the late 1960s through the mid-1980s, the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) trained a pioneer generation of black filmmakers. Influenced by a wide set of models in global cinema, they experimented with and challenged Hollywood convention, both on-screen and behind the camera. They did not share a single aesthetic vision, but, as a whole, sought a vision of black authenticity, exploring themes and lives that revealed the worlds of poor and working-class people. Their ranks included about fifty artists. Many who made a lasting impact on film and its study, including well-known directors such as Charles Burnett and Julie Dash. In 1986 the writer and academic Clyde Taylor coined “L.A. rebellion” to describe this movement. For years, the rebellion received relatively scant attention from scholars. Then, in 2009, the Film & Television Archive at UCLA, began to gather and restore its films, most of which never received mass distribution. The project also archived filmmakers' papers, conducted oral histories, and staged a three-month-long film exhibition. In 2011 UCLA hosted a symposium of filmmakers, critics, and scholars, providing the foundation for L.A. Rebellion, a collection of scholarly essays that includes a comprehensive filmography and selections from the oral history project.
Art · Art history · Ephemera · Exhibition · Filmography · Hollywood · Media studies · Movie theater · Newspaper · Oral history · Performance art · Sociology · Visual arts · Cinema and Media Studies · History · Theater, Performance, and Music History
| Citations per year | 0.4 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |