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L.A. Rebellion: As Above, So Below and Short Films

Presented by International House Philadelphia at The Ibrahim Theater at International House

January 19, 2013

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L.A. REBELLION: CREATING A NEW BLACK CINEMA

As Above, So Below
Dir. Larry Clark, 1973, 16mm, color, 52 min. - New print!

A rediscovered L.A. Rebellion masterpiece, Larry Clark’s As Above, So Below comprises a powerful political and social critique in its portrayal of Black insurgency.

I & I: An African Allegory
Dir. Ben Caldwell, 1979, 16mm, color, 32 min. - New print!
Preservation funded in part by a grant from the National Film Presevation Foundation.

Weaving experimental, dramatic and documentary styles, Ben Caldwell’s I & I is a moving meditation on reciprocity.

Ujamii Uhuru Schule Community Freedom School
Dir. Don Amis, 1974, Digital Video from 16mm, color, 9 min.

Don Amis’ documentary chronicles the day-in-the-life of an Afrocentric primary school located in South Los Angeles. Learn, baby, learn.

Medea
Dir. Ben Caldwell, 1973, Digital Video from 16mm, color, 7 min.

Made as Ben Caldwell’s first project at UCLA, Medea is a collage film that explores the information that permeates into a child before it is born.
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Presented in association with UCLA Film & Television Archive and supported in part by grants from the Getty Foundation and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The series is curated by Allyson Nadia Field, Jan-Christopher Horak, Shannon Kelley, and Jacqueline Stewart.

Co-sponsored by Scribe Video Center, Temple University, Department of Film and Media Arts, and Philadelphia Weekly