L.A. Rebellion Cinema Salon: Weekend Four
This event took place on Mar 23, 2013
$12 General Admission
$9 Student/Senior
$7 Member
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Please note: this event is hosted by The Project Room, 1315 E Pine Street.
The L.A. Rebellion film movement unfolded against the backdrop of the recent Watts Uprising, the profound sociocultural re-assessments it provoked and amidst growing dissension among black political groups, from the Panthers to Ron Karenga’s US movement (who had an infamous shoot-out on the UCLA campus in 1969).
Deep in the background of these movies are the distant rumblings of the Attica prison rebellion (the other Woodstock), the growth of Third World liberation movements (to which many of these filmmakers felt themselves allied), the paranoia induced by the FBI’s CoInTelPro assault on black political organizations and the ongoing cultural and musical explosions within America’s creative communities of color.
Join author Pat Thomas (Listen, Whitey! The Sights and Sounds of Black Power 1965-1975), Ron Johnson (member of the Seattle Black Panther Party) and Seattle University professor Gary Perry as they discuss the legacy of Watts, the L.A. Rebellion and social justice, reviving a cultural, social, artistic and political framework now lost to memory.
Tonight’s program is part of our month-long film series L.A. Rebellion. During our weekly cinema salons, local activists, filmmakers and scholars come together for free public conversations about race, gender, social and political issues today, as seen through the lens of the L.A. Rebellion films. Read more about the series >>