LA Rebellion: A Cinematic Movement

Following the Watts Uprising, UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television enacted affirmative action policies to increase the enrollment of students of color in its film program—a group that had historically been underrepresented in the student population. The “ethno-communications” initiative to recruit students from Black, Asian, Chicano and Native American communities took on a movement of its own, when a critical mass of Black student filmmakers emerged known as the “L.A. Rebellion.” Includes interviews with Ben Caldwell, Larry Clark, Sandy Osawa, Eddie Wong and more.

Directed by Kitty Hu, Bryant Terrell Griffin

Cast

Larry Clark

Self

Ben Caldwell

Self

Sandra Osawa

Self

Eddie Wong

Self

Related

1992

20247.0out of 10

Totally F***ed Up

19946.6out of 10

Dear White People

20146.1out of 10

To Sleep with Anger

19906.8out of 10

Boyz n the Hood

19917.6out of 10

Los Angeles Plays Itself

20047.6out of 10

LA 92

20177.8out of 10

The Decline of Western Civilization

19817.2out of 10

Hollow Point

20196.5out of 10

All About Nina

20185.8out of 10

Zabriskie Point

19707.0out of 10

The Karate Kid

19847.2out of 10

Orange County

20026.0out of 10

Crips and Bloods: Made in America

20096.6out of 10

I Shot Andy Warhol

19966.2out of 10

The People vs. George Lucas

20106.4out of 10