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

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, Joshua Glick analyzes 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 ...