Tamu

  • Tamu
Genre : Drama
Type : Fiction
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 1970
Format : Short
Running time : 12 (in minutes)
http://www.cinema.ucla.edu/la-rebellion/films/tamu

Larry Clark's early film Tamu draws on two icons of black power, Malcolm X and Angela Davis.

In its portrait of a young African American man and woman in South Central Los Angeles who we follow as they move through the city thinking about racism and revolution, the famous words of Malcolm X reverberate throughout ‘We don't see any American dream. We've experienced only the American nightmare.'

TAMU begins with the Malcolm X quote, "We don't see any American dream. We've experienced the American nightmare." In the film, a young African American man drives through South Central thinking about revolution, Malcolm X, racism, capitalism, and war in Vietnam. Midway through, the film switches over to the thoughts of a young African American woman who is thinking about revolution and Angela Davis. TAMU touches on themes of crime, drug use, and revolution.

Director: Larry Clark

USA 1970, 16mm transferred to digital video, colour, 12 min


Available for research at UCLA

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