Marcel Chotkowski Lafollette
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- September 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780226921990
- eISBN:
- 9780226922010
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226922010.003.0008
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
This chapter examines the history of the emergence of sensationalistic approaches to television broadcasting in the United States as a result of television companies' drive to be competitive. It ...
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This chapter examines the history of the emergence of sensationalistic approaches to television broadcasting in the United States as a result of television companies' drive to be competitive. It discusses the conflict between the protection of intellectual property and the desire for publicity in the production of programs related to the archives of organizations such as The Smithsonian Institution. The chapter also describes The Smithsonian Institution's first television venture titled Search for the Goddess of Love, and the role of television producer David L. Wolper in the Institution's projects.Less
This chapter examines the history of the emergence of sensationalistic approaches to television broadcasting in the United States as a result of television companies' drive to be competitive. It discusses the conflict between the protection of intellectual property and the desire for publicity in the production of programs related to the archives of organizations such as The Smithsonian Institution. The chapter also describes The Smithsonian Institution's first television venture titled Search for the Goddess of Love, and the role of television producer David L. Wolper in the Institution's projects.
Joshua Glick
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- September 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780520293700
- eISBN:
- 9780520966918
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520293700.001.0001
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Film
Los Angeles Documentary and the Production of Public History, 1958–1977 explores how documentarians working between the election of John F. Kennedy and the bicentennial created conflicting visions of ...
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Los Angeles Documentary and the Production of Public History, 1958–1977 explores how documentarians working between the election of John F. Kennedy and the bicentennial created conflicting visions of the recent and more distant American past. Drawing on a wide range of primary documents, this book examines the films of Hollywood documentarians such as David Wolper and Mel Stuart, along with lesser known independents and activists such as Kent Mackenzie, Lynne Littman, and Jesús Salvador Treviño. While the former group reinvigorated a Cold War cultural liberalism, the latter group advocated for social justice in a city plagued by severe class stratification and racial segregation. Los Angeles Documentary and the Production of Public History analyzes how mainstream and alternative filmmakers turned to the archives, civic institutions, and production facilities of Los Angeles in order to both change popular understandings of the city and shape the social consciousness of the nation.Less
Los Angeles Documentary and the Production of Public History, 1958–1977 explores how documentarians working between the election of John F. Kennedy and the bicentennial created conflicting visions of the recent and more distant American past. Drawing on a wide range of primary documents, this book examines the films of Hollywood documentarians such as David Wolper and Mel Stuart, along with lesser known independents and activists such as Kent Mackenzie, Lynne Littman, and Jesús Salvador Treviño. While the former group reinvigorated a Cold War cultural liberalism, the latter group advocated for social justice in a city plagued by severe class stratification and racial segregation. Los Angeles Documentary and the Production of Public History analyzes how mainstream and alternative filmmakers turned to the archives, civic institutions, and production facilities of Los Angeles in order to both change popular understandings of the city and shape the social consciousness of the nation.
