Los Angeles Documentary and the Production of Public History, 1958-1977

Joshua Glick is Assistant Professor of English and Film Studies at Hendrix College, where he teaches courses on documentary, early cinema, and new media formations.

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction. Beyond Fiction: Institutions of the Real Los Angeles

Part One. New Frontier Visions in the Light and Shadow of Hollywood, 1958–1964
1. Studio Documentary in the Kennedy Era: Wolper Productions Begins
2. Downtown Development and the Endeavors of Filmmaker Kent Mackenzie

Part Two. After theWatts Uprising: Community Media from the Top Down and the Bottom Up, 1965–1973
3. The Rise of Minority Storytelling: Network News, Public Television, and Independent Collectives
4. Hard Lessons in Hollywood Civics: Managing the Crisis of the Liberal Consensus
5. Wattstax and the Transmedia Soul Economy

Part Three. Bicentennial Screens, 1974–1977
6. Roots/Routes of American Identity
7. Numbering Our Days in Los Angeles, USA
Conclusion: The 1984 Olympics and the Neoliberalization of Culture

Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index