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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Luckett, Josslyn Jeanine, 1969- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Minorities in the motion picture industry--California--Los Angeles--History.

Minorities in the motion picture industry.

Independent filmmakers--California--Los Angeles--History.

Independent filmmakers.

Political activists--California--Los Angeles--History.

Political activists.

Genre:

Film criticism.

Physical Description:

xiv, 226 pages : illustrations (black & white) ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Oakland : University of California Press, [2025]

Summary:

"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 L.A. Rebellion, with this book, Josslyn Luckett includes the radical Asian American, Chicana/o, and Native American filmmakers who collaborated alongside their Black classmates to create one of the most expansive and groundbreaking bodies of work of any US university cohort. Through extensive interviews with the filmmakers and cross-racial analysis of their collective filmography, Luckett sheds light on a largely untold history of media activists working outside of Hollywood yet firmly rooted in Los Angeles, aiming their cameras with urgency and tenderness to capture their communities' stories of power, struggle, and improvisational brilliance"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes filmography.

ISBN:

9780520402133

0520402138

9780520402140

0520402146

OCLC:

1455840487

Publisher Number:

90101514824