NOVEMBER 5 | 5-7 PM | L.A. REBELLION SHORT FILMS

Selection of short films from the L.A. Rebellion film movement (1967-1989), followed by a discussion by JOSSLYN LUCKETT (NYU Cinema Studies) and MICHELE PRETTYMAN (Fordham), scholar of African American cinema, visual and popular culture. Moderator: JON-SESRIE GOFF (The Flaherty).
The Kitchen_still
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 5-7PM
 
L.A. REBELLION SHORTS 
 
PLEASE RSVP (RSVP one week prior to the event to let us know if you need the following accommodations: CART, ASL, or audio description).
 

Selection of short films from the L.A. Rebellion film movement (1967-1989), followed by a discussion by JOSSLYN LUCKETT (Cinema Studies) and MICHELE PRETTYMAN (Fordham), scholar of African American cinema, visual and popular culture. Moderator: JON-SESRIE GOFF (The Flaherty).

PROGRAM (50 mins):

*The Diary of an African Nun (1977, Julie Dash, 14 min)
*Water Ritual #1: An Urban Rite of Purification (1979, Barbara McCullough, 5 min)
**The Kitchen (1975, Alile Sharon Larkin, 7 min)
*Daydream Therapy (1977, Bernard Nicolas, 8 min)
*Cycles (1989, Zeinabu irene Davis, 16 mins) 
 
*L.A. Rebellion: Creating a New Black Cinema” DVD set (2016), UCLA  Library Film & Television Archive 
**UCLA Film & Television Archive (UCLAFilmTVArchive), YouTube
 

CO-SPONSORS: NYU Cinema Studies and Institute of African American Affairs & Center for Black VIsual Culture; The Flaherty

Photo: still from The Kitchen (1975), directed by Alile Sharon Larkin