Thread: PBS Series on California tonight covers the New LA

Tonight's episode on San Diego Channel 15 covers the last 30 years or so of LA's transformation up to Villainraigosa. Will have the typical liberal slant, no doubt, but might prove interesting viewing.

http://www.pbs.org/california/

California and the American Dream, a four part series, premieres April 13, April 20, April 27 and May 4, 2006.

CALIFORNIA AND THE AMERICAN DREAM, a new four-part series narrated by Academy Award-winning actress Linda Hunt, explores the dynamics of culture, community and identity in one of the world’s most diverse regions. In the last 35 years, California, a state with the world’s sixth-largest economy, has seen dramatic changes in social, demographic and cultural trends, which have transformed the state so much that it bears little resemblance to the Hollywood dreamscape projected in previous decades.


CALFORNIA AND THE AMERICAN DREAM tells the story of the “real” California, a state that is leading the nation in terms of innovation and solutions to the myriad of issues facing the country today. California is also a prime example of a post-industrial America in which minorities make up the majority of the population. In each episode, veteran filmmakers Jed Riffe, Paul Espinosa, Lyn Goldfarb and Emiko Omori offer an in-depth look at these issues and current trends — from changing demographics to new models of civic engagement; from the role of immigrants in neighborhood life to the democratic challenge of the initiative process; and from sustainable agriculture to Native American gaming and sovereignty. Each one of the hour-long four independently-produced films stands alone. However as a series, the four episodes examine a complex and crucial set of issues in California that the entire country faces as a whole.


Order of Presentation:

Episode 1: California’s ‘Lost’ Tribes
Premieres Thursday, April 13, 2006
Producer/Director: Jed Riffe
Co-Producer: Jack Kohler (California tribal member Karuk, Yurok, Hupa)

Episode 2: The Price of Renewal
Premieres Thursday, April 20, 2006
Producer/Director: Paul Espinosa

Episode 3: The New Los Angeles
Premieres Thursday, April 27, 2006
Producer/Director: Lyn Goldfarb

Episode 4: Ripe for Change
Premieres Thursday, May 4, 2006
Producers: Emiko Omori and Jed Riffe; Director: Emiko Omori

Check your local listings


California and the American Dream was produced by Paul Espinosa, Lyn Goldfarb and Jed Riffe, who also created a related site www.californiadreamseries.org

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The New Los Angeles
Producer/ Director: Lyn Goldfarb
Premieres on PBS
April 27th, 2006 10:00PM

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This engaging documentary explores the complexities of inclusion in Los Angeles -- the nation's largest "majority-minority" city and the city with the nation's largest divide between rich and poor. The film provides a riveting portrait of a city in often turbulent transition, beginning in 1973 with the election of Mayor Tom Bradley -- the first African-American mayor of a major city without a black majority --and concluding with the political empowerment of Latinos and the election of Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles's first Latino mayor in more than 130 years.
The New Los Angeles looks beyond the Hollywood dreamscape to a dynamic new city, one grappling with the same issues that are becoming commonplace throughout the nation: immigration, globalization, de-industrialization, economic inequality, and a shrinking middle class. The film profiles the efforts of immigrants and the working poor, in coalition with community organizations, labor unions, and elected officials, to transform the environment in which they live and to make the city of Los Angeles accountable to its residents.

The New Los Angeles explores the shifting political ground that is shaping the nation's future and proving that the American dream remains a powerful motivator. This is a story about forging coalitions, nurturing inclusion, seeding innovation, salvaging identity, and building community -- a story that resonates to every corner of contemporary America. It was directed by award-winning filmmaker Lyn Goldfarb.

This is a story about forging coalitions, nurturing inclusion, seeding innovation, salvaging identity, and building community -- a story that resonates to every corner of contemporary America. It was directed by award-winning filmmaker Lyn Goldfarb.

What moronic drivel.
What about stealing the taxpayers blind for the cost of services?

Originally Posted by dataman

This is a story about forging coalitions, nurturing inclusion, seeding innovation, salvaging identity, and building community -- a story that resonates to every corner of contemporary America. It was directed by award-winning filmmaker Lyn Goldfarb.

What moronic drivel.
What about stealing the taxpayers blind for the cost of services?

Not to mention the taxpayer money used to fund PBS to create this propaganda.

And they wonder why they dont get donations from the likes of me.