L.A. Rebellion: A Cinematic Movement (Preview)
Preview: Season 14 Episode 3 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Following the Watts Uprising, UCLA increased film program enrollment of students of color.
Following the Watts Uprising, UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television enacted affirmative action policies to increase enrollment of students of color in its film program—a group historically underrepresented in the student population. The “ethno-communications” initiative to recruit students from Black, Asian, Chicano and Native American communities became a movement known as "LA Rebellion."
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L.A. Rebellion: A Cinematic Movement (Preview)
Preview: Season 14 Episode 3 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Following the Watts Uprising, UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television enacted affirmative action policies to increase enrollment of students of color in its film program—a group historically underrepresented in the student population. The “ethno-communications” initiative to recruit students from Black, Asian, Chicano and Native American communities became a movement known as "LA Rebellion."
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-Ethnic communications was an important seed for independent film in this country.
-We should create a curriculum and recruit students to completely transform the film school.
-You had black filmmakers supporting Chicano filmmakers and telling Chicano stories and vice versa.
They were just forging this path committed to being artists.
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Filmmaker Moctesuma Esparza Reflects on 'Requiem-29'
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Clip: S14 Ep3 | 1m 25s | Filmmaker Moctesuma Esparza on Requiem-29, a film about the Chicano Moratorium in East LA. (1m 25s)
L.A. Rebellion Filmmakers Discuss Their Project One Films
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Clip: S14 Ep3 | 6m 1s | Filmmakers Ben Caldwell, Eddie Wong and Stormé Bright Sweet discuss their first films. (6m 1s)
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