This is episode 1 of my series "Creating a Liberatory Media in the Imperial Core". The LA Rebellion is one name (coined by Clyde Taylor) given to a film movement of Black students at UCLA in the late 60s through the 80s. Their films were overtly political, and this essay argues, can be looked at as a part of the revolutionary Third Cinema movement of the global South. 

For my full bibliography, footnotes, and a glossary of terms, visit this page: https://bit.ly/3eP45DX 

For an hour long director's cut: https://youtu.be/_qC2V-B7oP0