Los Angeles Documentary and the Production of Public History, 1958-1977
Joshua Glick
(Author)
Description
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 Jesús Salvador Treviño. 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.Product Details
Price
$41.94
Publisher
University of California Press
Publish Date
January 19, 2018
Pages
254
Dimensions
6.0 X 9.0 X 0.7 inches | 0.8 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780520293717
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About the Author
Joshua Glick is an Assistant Professor of English, Film, and Media Studies at Hendrix College and a Fellow at the Open Documentary Lab, MIT. He teaches courses on global Hollywood, race and representation, documentary history and theory, and emerging media formations.
Reviews
"Documentary makers who value the opportunity to understand how films of that era got made, and how the production and distribution practices established then continue to influence the market today, will profit greatly from reading this book." --Betsy McLane "Documentary"
"The book is an encouragement to engage, now, with documentaries being made at the grassroots level by activist filmmakers and collectives, rather than waiting for the glossy, neutered account of the struggle."--Nora Stone "Los Angeles Review of Books"
"This book is an essential contribution to an emerging field of documentary research that seeks to synthesize connections among otherwise coterminous yet parallel strands of documentary histories."--Nora Stone "Film Quarterly"
"An essential contribution to an emerging field of documentary research that seeks to synthesize connections among otherwise coterminous yet parallel strands of documentary histories...Above all, the book makes a point about the value of avoiding the binary cliché of an independent documentarian as an atomized private individual in opposition to government, while shedding light on Cold War documentary culture in general."--Hadi Gharabaghi "Film Quarterly"
"Los Angeles Documentary deserves great attention not only as a deeply researched cinema-history book, but as a nuanced and sharp cultural and political study as well."--Andrea Mariani "Synoptique"
"Joshua Glick's book is an exemplary investigation into and deconstruction of the varying visions set forth through documentary practice."--Andrea Mariani "Film Matters"
"The book is an encouragement to engage, now, with documentaries being made at the grassroots level by activist filmmakers and collectives, rather than waiting for the glossy, neutered account of the struggle."--Nora Stone "Los Angeles Review of Books"
"This book is an essential contribution to an emerging field of documentary research that seeks to synthesize connections among otherwise coterminous yet parallel strands of documentary histories."--Nora Stone "Film Quarterly"
"An essential contribution to an emerging field of documentary research that seeks to synthesize connections among otherwise coterminous yet parallel strands of documentary histories...Above all, the book makes a point about the value of avoiding the binary cliché of an independent documentarian as an atomized private individual in opposition to government, while shedding light on Cold War documentary culture in general."--Hadi Gharabaghi "Film Quarterly"
"Los Angeles Documentary deserves great attention not only as a deeply researched cinema-history book, but as a nuanced and sharp cultural and political study as well."--Andrea Mariani "Synoptique"
"Joshua Glick's book is an exemplary investigation into and deconstruction of the varying visions set forth through documentary practice."--Andrea Mariani "Film Matters"
