Independent Lens · SEASON 6
Los Angeles Now
Episode 4 · 2004-11-23
- Documentary
Episode overview
Los Angeles Now is a 60 minute documentary by producer/director Phillip Rodriguez. It first aired in November 2004 on PBS’s Independent Lens series. The documentary investigates the city of Los Angeles as it comes of age and wrestles with its history and its future. The film includes conversations with a broad range of Los Angeles figures, from actress Salma Hayek and businessman/philanthropist Eli Broad to author and essayist Richard Rodriguez and Cardinal Roger Mahony.
60 minutes
Season 6 episodes
1. The Political Dr. Seuss2004-10-26
2. Polka Time2004-11-09
3. Afghanistan Unveiled2004-11-16
4. Los Angeles Now2004-11-23
5. The Day My God Died2004-11-30
6. Girl Wrestler2004-12-14
7. Fine; Doki-Doki2004-12-21
8. Short, Not Sweet2004-12-28
9. A Hard Straight2005-01-04
10. A Touch of Greatness2005-01-11
11. Power Trip2005-01-25
12. February One: The Story of the Greensboro Four2005-02-01
13. On a Roll: Disability and the American Dream
14. Thunder in Guyana/Unites States of Poetry2005-02-22
15. Sisters of '772005-03-01
16. Sunset Story2005-03-22
17. Let the Church Say Amen2005-03-29
18. A Lion's Trail2005-04-05
19. Keeping Time: The Life, Music & Photographs of Milt Hinton2005-04-12
20. End of the Century: The Ramones; Joe Strummer Rocks Again2005-04-26
21. The Last Letter; Zyklon Portrait; The Walnut Tree2005-05-03
22. Imelda2005-05-10
23. Imelda: Power, Myth, Illusion2005-05-10
24. Red Hook Justice2005-05-24
25. Double Dare; Piki and Poko: Taking the Dare!2005-05-31
26. Chavez Ravine: A Los Angeles Story2005-06-07
27. Brother to Brother2005-06-14
