They didn't want you to know these movies existed.

This is two-minute black history, what you didn't learn in school.

Black filmmakers refused to play with Hollywood as LA-burned, Coons, Mammies, Jezebel's.

That's how Hollywood wanted to paint us on the big screen.

The one group of black filmmakers refused to play nice.

Would their ambitious rebellion defeat the ignorant portrayals of black people?

Black students attending UCLA's prestigious film school in 1969 couldn't believe the

news.

The Watts race riots and a shootout on campus had brought forth a huge opportunity to explore

important issues through art.

So, why was Hollywood closing its eyes to such crises?

As racial tensions rose down the block, Hollywood instead did what it does best.

Be racist, stereotypical tropes of the day, Coons, Mammies, Bucks continue to thrive.

But that didn't stop future directors like Julie Dash and Charles Burnett from issuing

a risky ultimatum to the Hollywood machine.

Members of what would later be dubbed the LA Rebellion demanded the tools and freedom

to create art that elevated the complex humanity of black people, far beyond the caricatures

the studios loved.

When it became clear the rebels were committed to shaking up the status quo, no matter the

cost to their careers, faculty offered back up.

UCLA philosophy instructor Angela Davis pushed them to remain authentic and pass along their

principles to the next class.

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