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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

While the adults in the impoverished neighborhood of Charles Burnett’s Killer of Sheep labor and toil and steal and plot, the children play. They play in dangerous alleys and streets, they play war in urban wastelands, and they leap fearlessly from rooftop to rooftop, completely unaware of their poverty and dire situation.

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