Here is the latest clip from the documentary series I’ve been working on; WHITEWASHED ADOBE: THE RISE OF LOS ANGELES.
“Stories From Los Angeles” is a short featurette, just over a minute long, where we hear from two distinct voices in Los Angeles’ history.
In the first segment, noted author/historian George Sanchez (Becoming Mexican American) gives us a little insight on what makes Los Angeles so uniquely complex when it comes to social interactions.
In the second segment, longtime resident Jack Sanchez (no relation) reflects on what made him and his wife choose to move to los Angeles those many years ago.
Take a look.
WHITEWASHED ADOBE: THE RISE OF LOS ANGELES is a four-hour, four part documentary series about the early history of Los Angeles and its transformation from a small Mexican pueblo into a major world metropolis.
It’s also a sometimes painful examination of the ethnic interactions between the people who built it; from the ethnic Mexicans who suddenly found themselves American citizens, but were treated like foreigners in their own home, to the Anglo Americans pouring in from the East to claim their “Manifest Destiny,” to the growth of the African American and Asian communities.
We hold no punches as we explore the tensions between all these diverse people and show how the great modern metropolis of Los Angeles would not have been possible without the significant contributions of each of them.
It was a true multi-cultural effort.
Based on the acclaimed book Whitewashed Adobe: The Rise of Los Angeles and the Remaking of its Mexican Past by William Deverell, the documentary film series is produced by Walter Dominguez and John D. Estes and directed by Walter Dominguez.
WHITEWASHED ADOBE: THE RISE OF LOS ANGELES will feature interviews from historians, scholars and people who were there; vintage photographs and clips; and high-quality re-enactments to bring this important but seldom told story to life.
Currently in production, our goal is to air WHITEWASHED ADOBE on PBS in 2012 or 2013.
To learn more, go to www.whitewashedadobe.com.
