As Above, So Below (1973) Larry Clark

A rediscovered masterpiece, director Larry ClarksAs Above, So Belowcomprises a powerful political and social critique in its portrayal of Black insurgency. The film opens in 1945 with a young boy playing in his Chicago neighborhood and then follows the adult JitaHadi as a returning Marine with heightened political consciousness. LikeThe Spook Who Sat By the DoorandGordons War, As Above, So Belowimagines a postWatts rebellion state of siege and an organized Black underground plotting revolution. With sound excerpts from the 1968 HUAC report Guerrilla Warfare Advocates in the United States, As Above, So Belowis one of the more politically radical films of the L. A. Rebellion. (Allyson Nadia Field)