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
**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