AV# 67203
California and the American Dream: 3. The New Los Angeles



Digital Video Disc - 55 minutes - Color - 2005



This PBS 4-part series surveys demographic, social, cultural and economic changes in California since the 1970s. This program chronicles thirty years of city politics in Los Angeles, from the 1973 election which brought African American Tom Bradley into the mayor’s office, to the 2005 election of Antonio Villaraigosa as L.A.’s first Latino mayor in over 130 years. Political and physical battles over race, labor and immigration are investigated. DVD includes English and Spanish audio tracks, Vi llaraigosa’s victory speech (2005, 11 minutes), " Miguel Contreras: Warrior for Working Families " (2005, 11 min.). Filmmaker Lyn Goldfarb; narrator Linda Hunt. Beyond the Dream, LLC.


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