Los Angeles Documentary and the Production of Public History, 1958-1977

AvJoshua Glick

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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Los Angeles Documentary and the Production of Public History, 1958-1977 explores how documentarians working between the election of John F. Kennedy and the Bicentennial created conflicting visions of the recent and more distant American past. Drawing on a wide range of primary documents, Joshua Glick analyzes the films of Hollywood documentarians such as David Wolper and Mel Stuart, along with lesser-known independents and activists such as Kent Mackenzie, Lynne Littman, and Jesus Salvador Trevino. While the former group reinvigorated a Cold War cultural liberalism, the latter group advocated for social justice in a city plagued by severe class stratification and racial segregation. Glick examines how mainstream and alternative filmmakers turned to the archives, civic institutions, and production facilities of Los Angeles in order to both change popular understandings of the city and shape the social consciousness of the nation.

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Utgivningsdatum:2018-01-19
Mått:152 x 229 x 18 mm
Vikt:363 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:University of California Press
Antal sidor:254
Förlag:University of California Press
ISBN:9780520293717

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Joshua Glick is Assistant Professor of English and Film Studies at Hendrix College, where he teaches courses on documentary, early cinema, and new media formations.

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"Documentary makers who value the opportunity to understand how films of that era got made, and how the production and distribution practices established then continue to influence the market today, will profit greatly from reading this book."

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List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction. Beyond Fiction: Institutions of the Real Los AngelesPart One. New Frontier Visions in the Light and Shadow of Hollywood, 1958–19641. Studio Documentary in the Kennedy Era: Wolper Productions Begins2. Downtown Development and the Endeavors of Filmmaker Kent MackenziePart Two. After theWatts Uprising: Community Media from the Top Down and the Bottom Up, 1965–19733. The Rise of Minority Storytelling: Network News, Public Television, and Independent Collectives4. Hard Lessons in Hollywood Civics: Managing the Crisis of the Liberal Consensus5. Wattstax and the Transmedia Soul EconomyPart Three. Bicentennial Screens, 1974–19776. Roots/Routes of American Identity7. Numbering Our Days in Los Angeles, USAConclusion: The 1984 Olympics and the Neoliberalization of CultureNotesSelected BibliographyIndex