LA Rebellion: Toward a More Perfect Rebellion — Conversations with Josslyn Luckett
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Filmmakers in attendance. Film program will be followed by Q&A.
Spanning generations of filmmakers shaped by the LA Rebellion and UCLA’s Ethno-Communications program, this program revisits the urgency, experimentation, and community-rooted vision that defined a movement. A selection of rarely screened short films sets the stage for a conversation with educator and writer Josslyn Luckett, co-hosted by VC co-founders Duane Kubo and Eddie Wong, and joined by filmmakers Alan Kondo, Laura Ho, and Bernard Nicholas, reflecting on filmmaking, memory, and the creative lineages explored in Luckett’s new book, Toward a More Perfect Rebellion: Multiracial Media Activism Made in L.A.
In this program
…I Told You So
Directed by Alan Kondo
Blending poetry with place, this lyrical black-and-white documentary follows Japanese American poet Lawson Inada on a return to his childhood Fresno—where memories, questions of identity, and the echoes of incarceration converge in a haunting meditation on Asian American life.
Portraits of a Young Girl
Directed by Betty Chen
Portraits of a Young Girl is a quietly radical animated short by Betty Chen that transforms intimate sketches of young women into a haunting reflection on violence and political awakening.
Sleepwalker
Directed by Laura Ho Fineman
A poetic and surreal journey through 1970s Los Angeles, Sleepwalker follows an Asian woman’s silent drift through city streets, evoking themes of alienation, memory, and Asian American identity.
Dates & Times
Democracy Center @ JANM
May 4, 2025
4:00 pm
