South Central L.A.: Inside Voices recording collection, 1992-1994

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Summary

Creators:
Cohen, Maxi
Abstract:
Collection consists primarily of Umatic tapes of interviews for the American documentary South Central L.A.:Inside Voices (1994), which depicted interviews and self-documentation of residents of South Central Los Angeles in the aftermath of the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. Also present are project files, which include interview transcripts, expense records, memos, and tax information.
Extent:
75.375 Linear Feet 67 boxes
Language:
English , Korean , Spanish; Castilian .
Preferred citation:

[Box/folder# or item name], South Central L.A.: Inside Voices recordings collection, Collection no. 0376, Regional History Collection, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Background

Scope and content:

South Central L.A.:Inside Voices (1994) was an American TV movie documentary of interviews and self-documentation of residents of South Central Los Angeles in the aftermath of the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. Filmmakers Maxi Cohen and Wendy Apple distributed Hi-8 camcorders to members of the community to capture their experiences.

Collection includes primarily Umatic tapes of interviews for the documentary South Central L.A.:Inside Voices (1994). Other formats in the collection are betacam, VHS, D2, 16mm film, and 35mm film. Languages represented in recordings are English, Spanish, and Korean. Also present are project files, which include interview transcripts, expense records, memos, and tax information.

The majority of materials are housed at the Grand Archive, while boxes 46-48 are housed at the Doheny Memorial Library.

Biographical / historical:

The 1992 Los Angeles riots were a series of riots and civil disturbances that occurred in Los Angeles County in April and May of 1992. Unrest began in South Central Los Angeles on April 29, after a jury acquitted four officers of the Los Angeles Police Department charged with using excessive force in the arrest and beating of Rodney King.

South Central L.A.:Inside Voices (1994) was an American TV movie documentary of interviews and self-documentation of residents of South Central Los Angeles in the aftermath of the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. Filmmakers Maxi Cohen and Wendy Apple distributed Hi-8 camcorders to members of the community to capture their experiences.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Maxi Cohen, 2001.
Processing information:

This collection is minimally processed.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Advance notice required for access. The majority of materials are housed at the Grand Archive, while boxes 46-48 are housed at the Doheny Memorial Library.

Terms of access:

Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Preferred citation:

[Box/folder# or item name], South Central L.A.: Inside Voices recordings collection, Collection no. 0376, Regional History Collection, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Location of this collection:
Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library, Room 209
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189, US
Contact:
(213) 740-5900
specol@usc.edu
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