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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: L.A. Rebellion collection
Creator:
Clark, Larry, 1948-
Creator:
Dash, Julie
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.2429
Physical Description:
10 linear feet
(12 boxes, 3 flat boxes, 1 half box, 1 oversized folder)
Physical Description:
30 linear feet
Unprocessed (26 record cartons, 1 flat box, 2 tubes)
Physical Description:
214 audiovisual carriers
(214 audiocassettes)
Physical Description:
13 born-digital carriers
(13 floppy disks)
Date (inclusive): 1972-2009
Abstract: As part of an effort to desegregate the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television in the late 1960s, a group of African
and African-American students enrolled as part of an Ethno-Communications program. Here, these students gained access to the
equipment and instruction needed in order to tell their stories. For approximately two decades, these students created a new
type of cinema that would later be known as the L.A. Rebellion. These filmmakers represent an early effort to create a new
and alternative practice of Black Cinema in the United States. Processed materials consist of the papers of L.A. Rebellion
filmmakers Larry Clark and Julie Dash.
Physical Location: Portions of the collection stored off-site. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. All requests to access
special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page. Box 8 stored on-site.
Language of Material: Materials are predominantly in English. A few materials in the Larry Clark papers are in French, Spanish, Italian, Russian,
German, Dutch, and Arabic.
Portions of collection unprocessed. Material in the Larry Clark papers and Julie Dash papers are processed. Please see
LSC's Access to Unprocessed Collections Policy for more information about levels of discovery and access of special collections materials and registering interest in unprocessed
collections.
Property rights to the objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained
by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue
the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Larry Clark papers, gift of Larry Clark, 2019.
Julie Dash papers, gift of Julie Dash, 2016.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
9996859204406533
[Identification of item], L.A. Rebellion collection (LSC.2429). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Processed by Maggie Tarmey in 2022 under the supervision of Courtney Dean in the Center for Primary Research and Training
(CFPRT).
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As part of an effort to desegregate the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television in the late 1960s, a group of African
and African-American students enrolled as part of an Ethno-Communications program. Here, these students gained access to the
equipment and instruction needed in order to tell their stories. For approximately two decades, these students created a new
type of cinema that would later be known as the L.A. Rebellion. Some of these filmmakers include Charles Burnett, Larry Clark,
and Julie Dash. These filmmakers represent an early effort to create a new and alternative practice of Black Cinema in the
United States. These films have received substantial recognition on the international festival stage as well as in commercial
markets.
Clark, Larry.
L.A. Rebellion Oral Histories: Larry Clark. By Dr. Jacqueline Stewart and Dr. Christopher Horak. June 2, 2010.
L.A. Rebellion: Creating a New Black Cinema. UCLA Library Film and Television Archive. Accessed July 6, 2022. https://www.cinema.ucla.edu/la-rebellion/la-rebellion-creating-new-black-cinema.
The L.A. Rebellion collection currently contains the papers of LA Rebellion filmmakers Larry Clark and Julie Dash who are
both known for their writing and directing.
Larry Clark's papers, which comprise the first series of this collection, primarily focus on his 1977 film
Passing Through. The film traveled internationally at film festivals for decades following its release, and these files contain a significant
amount of ephemera from those festivals. These papers also contain press clippings and promotional materials from both the
United States and internationally about Passing Through. This series also contains correspondence to Clark, photographs, and
film strips from his films
Passing Through and
As Above, So Below (1973).
The second series within the LA Rebellion collection contains the papers of LA Rebellion filmmaker Julie Dash. They primarily
focus on her 1991 film
Daughters of the Dust though the collection does contain some materials for
Diary of an African Nun (1977) and
Illusions (1982). This collection contains a significant number of press clippings about Dash and her works, from both the United States
and international news sources. These papers also contain flyers, brochures, and other ephemera from the many film festivals
(both within and outside of the United States) and screenings that showcased Dash's films. This series also contains information
about awards won by Dash, critical writings by others about her films, information about the production process for her films
including screenplays, and additional ephemera and correspondence relating to Dash and her works.
This collection has been arranged in the following series:
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Series 1: Larry Clark papers, 1972-2008
- Subseries 1.1: Festival materials, 1973-2005
- Subseries 1.2: Passing Through promotional materials and press, 1972-2008
- Subseries 1.3: Photographs, film strips, ephemera, 1973-2006
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Series 2: Julie Dash papers, 1972-2009
- Subseries 2.1: Press clippings, 1977-2000
- Subseries 2.2: Film festival and screening materials, 1978-2009
- Subseries 2.3: Film production materials and screenplays, 1979-2002
- Subseries 2.4: Awards and critical writing, 1980-2009
- Subseries 2.5: Correspondence, film catalogs, and ephemera, 1972-2009
- I.
- Horace Tapscott papers (PASC-M.0237). Available at UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
- II.
- LA Rebellion: Larry Clark oral history interview. Interview of Larry Clark [oral history transcript] / Jan-Christopher Horak and Jacqueline Stewart, interviewers. UCLA Library Special Collections, Center for Oral History Research interview, 2010. Available at UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
- III.
- As Above, So Below (1972). Available at UCLA Film and Television Archive Research and Study Center, Powell Library, UCLA.
- IV.
- Cutting Horse (2002). Available at UCLA Film and Television Archive Research and Study Center, Powell Library, UCLA.
- V.
- Passing Through (1977). Available at UCLA Film and Television Archive Research and Study Center, Powell Library, UCLA.
- VI.
- Tamu (1970). Available at UCLA Film and Television Archive Research and Study Center, Powell Library, UCLA.
- VII.
- Interview of Julie Dash (oral history transcript) / Allyson Field, Jan-Christopher Horak, and Jacqueline Stewart, interviewers. UCLA Library Special Collections, Center for Oral History Research interview, 2010. Available at UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
- VIII.
- Four Women (1975). Available at UCLA Film and Television Archive Research and Study Center, Powell Library, UCLA.
- IX.
- The Diary of an African Nun (1977). Available at UCLA Film and Television Archive Research and Study Center, Powell Library, UCLA.
- X.
- Illusions (1982). Available at UCLA Film and Television Archive Research and Study Center, Powell Library, UCLA.
- XI.
- Daughters of the Dust (1991). Available at UCLA Film and Television Archive Research and Study Center, Powell Library, UCLA.
- XII.
- Funny Valentines (1999). Available at UCLA Film and Television Archive Research and Study Center, Powell Library, UCLA.
- XIII.
- The Rosa Parks Story (2001). Available at UCLA Film and Television Archive Research and Study Center, Powell Library, UCLA.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
L.A. Rebellion
African American motion picture producers and directors
Independent filmmakers -- California -- Los Angeles
Independent films -- California -- Los Angeles
Experimental films -- California -- Los Angeles
Clark, Larry, 1948- -- Archives
Dash, Julie -- Archives