A “New” Film Language

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Submitted by UCLA Film & Television Archive on March 20, 2013 - 9:31 am

As “L.A. Rebellion: Creating a New Black Cinema” closes out its run at the Northwest Film Forum in Seattle this weekend, NFF program assistant Lauren Hohle explores the decolonization of film language in the L.A. Rebellion.  

Hohle pays particular attention to Haile Gerima’s bold stylistic choices in the social justice plea, Child of Resistance (1972), screening Sunday, March 24.  Read the full article at Northwest Film Forum.

“L.A. Rebellion: Creating a New Black Cinema” could be coming to your area!  For more information on future stops, please visit http://www.cinema.ucla.edu/la-rebellion/events.