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South Central L.A.: Inside Voices recording collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0376

Scope and Contents

South Central L.A.:Inside Voices (1994) was an American TV movie documentary of interviews and self-documentation of residents of South Central Los Angeles in the aftermath of the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. Filmmakers Maxi Cohen and Wendy Apple distributed Hi-8 camcorders to members of the community to capture their experiences.



Collection includes primarily Umatic tapes of interviews for the documentary South Central L.A.:Inside Voices (1994). Other formats in the collection are betacam, VHS, D2, 16mm film, and 35mm film. Languages represented in recordings are English, Spanish, and Korean. Also present are project files, which include interview transcripts, expense records, memos, and tax information.



The majority of materials are housed at the Grand Archive, while boxes 46-48 are housed at the Doheny Memorial Library.

Dates

  • Creation: 1992 - 1994

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Advance notice required for access. The majority of materials are housed at the Grand Archive, while boxes 46-48 are housed at the Doheny Memorial Library.

Rights Statement for Archival Description

Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Biographical / Historical

The 1992 Los Angeles riots were a series of riots and civil disturbances that occurred in Los Angeles County in April and May of 1992. Unrest began in South Central Los Angeles on April 29, after a jury acquitted four officers of the Los Angeles Police Department charged with using excessive force in the arrest and beating of Rodney King.



South Central L.A.:Inside Voices (1994) was an American TV movie documentary of interviews and self-documentation of residents of South Central Los Angeles in the aftermath of the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. Filmmakers Maxi Cohen and Wendy Apple distributed Hi-8 camcorders to members of the community to capture their experiences.

Extent

75.375 Linear Feet (67 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Korean

Spanish; Castilian

Abstract

Collection consists primarily of Umatic tapes of interviews for the American documentary South Central L.A.:Inside Voices (1994), which depicted interviews and self-documentation of residents of South Central Los Angeles in the aftermath of the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. Also present are project files, which include interview transcripts, expense records, memos, and tax information.

Acquisition

Gift of Maxi Cohen, 2001.

Processing Information

This collection is minimally processed.

Title
Finding Aid for South Central L.A.: Inside Voices recordings collection
Status
Minimally Processed
Author
Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated
Date
2023 February
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the USC Libraries Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0189 United States