- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Caldwell, Ben R., American
- Interviewed by
- Cline, David P. Ph. D., American, born 1969
- Subject of
- L.A. Rebellion, American, 1967 - 1989
- University of California, Los Angeles, American, founded 1919
- Date
- April 11, 2013
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 2 hr., 7 min., 24 sec.
- Total: 213.25 GB
- Description
- The oral history consists of six digital files: 2011.174.77.1a, 2011.174.77.1b, 2011.174.77.1c, 2011.174.77.1d, 2011.174.77.1e, and 2011.174.77.1f.
- Ben Caldwell shares his family's history in the Southwest and his childhood experience in New Mexico. Caldwell describes his military service during the Vietnam War and how his experiences made him reflect on racial prejudices in the United States. He began studying art, and he eventually moved to Los Angeles, where he has been part of a black arts movement since the 1970s. He discusses the L.A. Rebellion, a collective of black filmmakers from UCLA, as well as various art projects in which he has been involved and documentary films he has produced.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0077
- Place collected
- Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- New Mexico, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Activism
- American West
- Art
- Associations and institutions
- Civil rights
- Education
- Film
- Military
- Social reform
- U.S. History, 1969-2001
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
- Object number
- 2011.174.77.1a-f
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.