Los Angeles documentary and the production of public history, 1958-1977 / Joshua Glick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Glick, Joshua, 1983- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Documentary films--United States--History and criticism.

Documentary films.

United States.

Motion pictures--Political aspects--United States.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Political aspects.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xiv, 277 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]

Summary:

"Los Angeles Documentary and the Production of Public History, 1958-1977 explores how documentarians working between the election of John F. Kennedy and the Bicentennial created conflicting visions of the recent and more distant American past. Drawing on a wide range of primary documents, Joshua Glick analyzes the films of Hollywood documentarians such as David Wolper and Mel Stuart, along with lesser-known independents and activists such as Kent Mackenzie, Lynne Littman, and Jesús Salvador Treviño. While the former group reinvigorated a Cold War cultural liberalism, the latter group advocated for social justice in a city plagued by severe class stratification and racial segregation. Glick examines how mainstream and alternative filmmakers turned to the archives, civic institutions, and production facilities of Los Angeles in order to both change popular understandings of the city and shape the social consciousness of the nation"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : beyond fiction : institutions of the real Los Angeles

Studio documentary in the Kennedy era : Wolper Productions begins

Downtown development and the endeavors of filmmaker Kent Mackenzie

The rise of minority storytelling : network news, public television, and independent collectives

Hard lessons in Hollywood civics : managing the crisis of the liberal consensus

Wattstax and the transmedia soul economy

Roots/routes of American identity

Numbering our days in Los Angeles, USA

Conclusion : the 1984 Olympics and the neoliberalization of culture.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Glick, Joshua, 1983- Angeles documentary and the production of public history, 1958-1977.

ISBN:

9780520293700

0520293703

9780520293717

0520293711

OCLC:

981118070