This Powerful Rebellion Sent A Clear Message To Hollywood
Black History Year
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🗓️ 19 December 2025
⏱️ 3 minutes
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Summary
Coons. Mammies. Jezebels. That’s how Hollywood wanted to paint us on the big screen. But one group of Black filmmakers refused to play nice. Would their ambitious rebellion defeat the ignorant portrayals of Black people?
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| 0:00.0 | Do you know what you want for Christmas? |
| 0:02.9 | Cute toy. |
| 0:04.1 | No, I just want my family back. |
| 0:06.2 | That's what I want for Christmas. |
| 0:08.2 | We'll see what I can do, okay? |
| 0:10.3 | It's Christmas, so deal could share. |
| 0:12.8 | Merry Christmas. |
| 0:14.0 | Tis the season to watch Tully on Channel 4. |
| 0:16.8 | Stream now. |
| 0:22.8 | They didn't want you to know these movies existed. |
| 0:26.6 | This is Two-Minute Black History, What You Didn't Learn in School. |
| 0:36.2 | Black filmmakers refused to play with Hollywood as L.A. burned. Coons, Mammies, Jezebels. |
| 0:45.3 | That's how Hollywood wanted to paint us on the big screen. But one group of black filmmakers refused to play nice. |
| 0:52.3 | Would their ambitious rebellion defeat the ignorant portrayals of Black people? |
| 0:59.0 | Black students attending UCLA's prestigious film school in 1969 couldn't believe the news. |
| 1:07.0 | The Watts Race Riots and a shootout on campus had brought forth a huge opportunity to explore |
| 1:14.1 | important issues through art. |
| 1:17.2 | So why was Hollywood closing its eyes to such crises? |
| 1:22.7 | As racial tensions rolls down the block, Hollywood instead did what it does best. The racist stereotypical |
| 1:31.3 | tropes of the day, coons, mammies, bucks, continued to thrive. But that didn't stop future |
| 1:38.5 | directors like Julie Dash and Charles Burnett from issuing a risky ultimatum to the Hollywood machine. |
| 1:47.0 | 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, |
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