Los Angeles Documentary and the Production of Public History, 1958-1977
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activists
american history
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bicentennial
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cold war
cultural liberalism
david wolper
documentarians
documentary
documentary film
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hollywood
jesus salvador trevino
john f kennedy
journalism
journalist
kent mackenzie
los angeles
lynne littman
mel stuart
primary source
public history
race
racism
segregation
social consciousness
social justice
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- ISBN 9780520293717
- Weight: 363g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 19 Jan 2018
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
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.
