# Ben Caldwell oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Los Angeles, California, 2013 April 11

Ben Caldwell shares his family's history in the Southwest and his childhood experience in New Mexico. Caldwell describes his military service during the Vietnam War and how his experiences made him reflect on racial prejudices in the United States. He began studying art, and he eventually moved to Los Angeles, where he has been part of a black arts movement since the 1970s. He discusses the L.A. Rebellion, a collective of black filmmakers from UCLA, as well as various art projects in which he has been involved and documentary films he has produced.

- Kind: Interview
- Year: 2013
- Runtime: 2 h 7 min
- By: Cline, David P.
- Genres: War, History
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2015669176/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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