Toward a more perfect rebellion : multiracial media activism made in L.A. /

"Toward a More Perfect Rebellion tells the riveting story of the socially engaged filmmakers of color who studied in the Ethnocommunications program at the University of California, Los Angeles. While the program is best known for training the trailblazing group of Black directors known as the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Luckett, Josslyn Jeanine, 1969- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oakland : University of California Press, [2025]
Subjects:	Minorities in the motion picture industry > California > Los Angeles > History. Independent filmmakers > California > Los Angeles > History. Political activists > California > Los Angeles > History. Cinéastes indépendants > Californie > Los Angeles > Histoire. Film criticism. Critiques cinématographiques.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: In order to form a new Los Angeles cinema
The "urban crisis" in Westwood? Film and social change at UCLA after Watts
Elyseo Taylor and the Ethno ethos: one foot on campus, one foot in the community
Relational filmographies of rebellion
Uses of Ethno: the Ethno filmography as pedagogical power
Conclusion: A filmography for the fire next time.