African Film Archive

A Different Image

1982 — Alile Sharon Larkin — United States

short · drama · flourishing

Made as Alile Sharon Larkin's UCLA MFA thesis film, this 51 minute drama follows a Black woman in Los Angeles who resists being seen only through the stereotyped images that surround her, part of the L.A. Rebellion tradition of Black film students at UCLA.

Fun fact: Cinematographer Charles Burnett, credited on the film, is himself a foundational L.A. Rebellion director, best known for Killer of Sheep (1978).

Notes: Part of the L.A. Rebellion movement of Black film students at UCLA. UCLA confirms Larkin as director, writer, and editor and Charles Burnett as cinematographer; runtime is 51 minutes.

Verification: verified · Sources: [1] [2] [3]

Poster source: UCLA Film & Television Archive