The LA Rebellion: the underrated Black film movement that changed independent cinema forever
Channel: christina xing
Date: 2020-06-14

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How to support the Black Lives Matter movement 
(UPDATED AS OF JUNE 13, 2020)

General overview of resources:
https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/

ACTIONS TO TAKE NOW:
Official TYQUARN MALIK GRAVES Memorial Fund
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Community Support for Robert Fuller:
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Community Bail Fund Directory for Donations:
https://www.communityjusticeexchange.org/nbfn-directory

Therapy Fund for Black Women and Girls:
https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/NzU4MzM=

RESOURCES:
LAWYERS ASSISTING ARRESTED PROTESTORS PRO BONO:
https://twitter.com/riyakatariax/status/1266856139536207872?s=20

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A TWITTER THREAD FULL OF YOUNG BLACK FILMMAKERS TO HIRE AND SUPPORT:
https://twitter.com/sadendya/status/1269877650299867136?s=20
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Resources about the LA REBELLION (things i read or actually used within this video essay):

*TIFF article i talked about in the video essay* 
How the L.A. Rebellion reinvented Black cinema. Written by Cameron Bailey:
https://www.tiff.net/the-review/how-the-la-rebellion-reinvented-black-cinema

Spirits of Rebellion: Black Film at UCLA Documentary
Directed by Zeinabu irene Davis
https://youtu.be/UcUmV-TaVGk

*Criterion Channel article on Charles Burnett I used*
“You Don’t Win, You Survive”: A Guide to Charles Burnett’s Shorter Films
By James Naremore
https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/6313--you-don-t-win-you-survive-a-guide-to-charles-burnett-s-shorter-films

*Article I featured about Haile Gerima*
Haile Gerima Is a Cinema Legend but Still Can’t Find Support for His Films
http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/07/02/haile-gerima

*Link to 'Bush Mama', I know it's hard to find*
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2026339030715047

*LINKS TO INTERVIEWS*
A Conversation on Black Aesthetics with Haile Gerima and John L. Jackson, Jr.:
https://youtu.be/9Q6Je-QvS8s

Charles Burnett on 'Killer of Sheep':
https://youtu.be/HZ5kGuIGSrQ

Encountering the Rebellion: Liquid Blackness Reflects on the Expansive Possibilities of the L.A. Rebellion Films
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/e216/e1e91d701d55907e96039c1b6c7d8e52d52c.pdf

The LA rebellion: when black film-makers took on the world – and won:
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/apr/09/the-la-rebellion-when-black-film-makers-took-on-the-world-and-won

OTHER CRITICS PICKS/REVIEWS FROM THE LA REBELLION:
https://indiefilmhustle.com/la-rebellion-film-movement/

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/11/movies/la-rebellion-charles-burnett.html

UCLA'S Archive of some OG LA Rebellion films, free to watch!:
https://www.cinema.ucla.edu/la-rebellion/project-one-films

thanks so much for watching.
stay safe and let's continue dismantling racism and fighting for the right side of history.