Los Angeles Now is a 60-minute documentary by producer/director Phillip Rodriguez. It first aired in November 2004 on

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series. The documentary examines the ways in which changing demographics in the City of Los Angeles have created one of the largest and most diverse cities on Earth and, yet in spite of this, the entertainment industry's representations of Los Angeles remain stale, often overlooking the city's vast cultural transformation. The film also ponders the ways in which Los Angeles serves as a diagnostic for other urban centers in the United States, particularly given the influx and influence of immigrants from around the world. Several prominent

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figures are interviewed in the film, including actress

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, philanthropist

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, author and essayist

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, and Cardinal Roger Mahony.

Reception

Los Angeles Now was screened at the Redcat (Roy and Edna Disney/CalARts Theatre), the

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s, the

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and the

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in Paris, France.

External links

Video trailer for Los Angeles Now
* * http://articles.latimes.com/2004/oct/17/magazine/tm-crrodriguez42

References

2004 films American documentary films Documentary films about Los Angeles Films directed by Phillip Rodriguez 2000s American films {{2000s-US-film-stub