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Signature image for L.A. Rebellion is a still from Ashes & Embers (1982)
November 16, 2011 - 10:27 am

Fragrance writer, director Gay Abel-Bey’s MFA thesis project at UCLA is a touching film with a strong classic, old Hollywood veneer that makes witnessing crisis points in the film’s family easier to watch.  The debate over who should fight in a war and for what purpose is superb fodder for a film’s

Signature image for L.A. Rebellion is a still from Ashes & Embers (1982)
November 16, 2011 - 10:24 am

Rain, a short film by Melvonna Ballenger, offers the audience “a chance to recollect, a cool out,” and after all we’ve seen and heard about the L.A.

The protagonist in As Above, So Below is Jita-Hadi, a marine who has recently returned to the U.S. from fighting in Vietnam. Jita-Hadi meets a woman in a cafe and recounts his experiences in the military to her.  Jita-Hadi explains that he was forced to aid the U.S.

Anyone following the L.A. Rebellion film series has probably noticed that the film term ‘neorealism’ comes up a lot in discussions of the films.

Signature image for L.A. Rebellion is a still from Ashes & Embers (1982)
November 16, 2011 - 9:48 am

Charles Burnett’s opening visuals in two of his student films, Several Friends and Killer of Sheep, are immediately captivating, but the lava-like speed of most of the scenes, the avoidance of following any story line that might actually lead to escalating conflict, and the absence of a summarized ending allows some viewers to

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