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L.A. Rebellion : creating a new black cinema

Title
L.A. Rebellion : creating a new black cinema / edited by Allyson Nadia Field, Jan-Christopher Horak, and Jacqueline Najuma Stewart.
Publication
  • Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2015]
  • ©2015

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Additional Authors
  • Field, Allyson Nadia, 1976-
  • Horak, Jan-Christopher
  • Stewart, Jacqueline Najuma, 1970-
Description
xxviii, 454 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
"L.A. Rebellion: Creating a New Black Cinema is the first book dedicated to the films and filmmakers of the L.A. Rebellion, a group of African and African American independent film and video artists that formed at the University of California, Los Angeles, in the 1970s and 1980s. The group--including Charles Burnett, Julie Dash, Haile Gerima, Billy Woodberry, Jamaa Fanaka, and Zeinabu irene Davis--shared a desire to create alternatives to the dominant modes of narrative, style, and practice in American cinema, works that reflected the full complexity of Black experiences. This landmark collection of essays and oral histories examines the creative output of the L.A. Rebellion, contextualizing the group's film practices and offering sustained analyses of the wide range of works, with particular attention to newly discovered films and lesser-known filmmakers. Based on extensive archival work and preservation, this collection includes a complete filmography of the movement, over 100 illustrations (most of which are previously unpublished), and a bibliography of primary and secondary materials. This is an indispensible sourcebook for scholars and enthusiasts, establishing the key role played by the L.A. Rebellion within the histories of cinema, Black visual culture, and postwar art in Los Angeles"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-425), filmography (pages 355-402), and index.
Contents
Preface: Once upon a time in the West . . . L.A. Rebellion / Clyde Taylor -- Introduction: Emancipating the image-the L.A. Rebellion of black filmmakers /Allyson Nadia Field, Jan-Christopher Horak, and Jacqueline Najuma Stewart -- Threads and nets: the L.A. Rebellion in retrospect and in motion / Chuck Kleinhans -- Rebellious unlearning: UCLA Project One films (1967-1978) / Allyson Nadia Field -- Tough enough: Blaxploitation and the L.A. Rebellion / Jan-Christopher Horak -- Anticipations of the rebellion: black music and politics in some earlier cinemas / David E. James -- Re/soundings: music and the political goals of the L.A. Rebellion / Morgan Woolsey -- Struggles for the Sign in the Black Atlantic: Los Angeles collective of black filmmakers / Michael T. Martin -- Bruising moments: affect and the L.A. Rebellion / Samantha N. Sheppard -- The L.A. Rebellion plays itself / Jacqueline Najuma Stewart -- Encountering the rebellion: liquid blackness reflects on the expansive possibilities of the L.A. Rebellion films / Alessandra Raengo -- L.A. Rebellion oral histories.
Call Number
Sc E 16-850
ISBN
  • 9780520284678
  • 0520284674
  • 9780520284685
  • 0520284682
  • 9780520960435 (canceled/invalid)
  • 0520960432 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2015016337
OCLC
898161600
Title
L.A. Rebellion : creating a new black cinema / edited by Allyson Nadia Field, Jan-Christopher Horak, and Jacqueline Najuma Stewart.
Publisher
Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2015]
Copyright Date
©2015
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-425), filmography (pages 355-402), and index.
Chronological Term
1900 - 1999
Added Author
Field, Allyson Nadia, 1976- editor.
Horak, Jan-Christopher, editor.
Stewart, Jacqueline Najuma, 1970- editor.
Research Call Number
Sc E 16-850
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