LAist + KCET ARTBOUND Screening Series: L.A. Rebellion: A Cinematic Movement

LAist + KCET ARTBOUND Screening Series continues with a special screening of L.A. Rebellion: A Cinematic Movement, which explores the movement that arose from what was initially an affirmative action policy to increase the enrollment of students of color in the film program at UCLA. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion led by Antonia Cereijido (she/her), host of the Imperfect Paradise podcast from LAist Studios. SPECIAL GUESTS Ben Caldwell (he/him), educator and filmmaker Moctesuma Esparza (he/him), entertainment executive Luis Garza (he/him), photojournalist and curator Alile Sharon Larkin (she/her), artist and educator Storme Sweet (she/her), executive director, Aliah Sweet Fragile Hearts Foundation ABOUT THE FILM “L.A. Rebellion: A Cinematic Movement” – Premieres Wed., Oct. 18 at 9 p.m. on KCET / Fri., Oct. 20 at 8 p.m. on PBS SoCal Following the Watts Uprising, UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television enacted affirmative action policies to increase the enrollment of students of color in the film program—a group that had historically been underrepresented in the student population. The “ethno-communications” initiative to recruit students from Black, Asian, Chicano and Native American communities took on a movement of its own, when a critical mass of Black student filmmakers emerged known as the “L.A. Rebellion.” Includes interviews with Ben Caldwell, Larry Clark, Sandy Osawa, Eddie Wong and more.