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Press Contact: Tamar Fortgang
REDCAT's Publicist and Promotions Manager
fortgang@calarts.edu /661-253-7724 (Do Not Publish)

REDCAT Presents the World Premiere of Philip Rodriguez' Los Angeles Now

Monday, October 25, at 8p.m.

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Los Angeles, CA -Phillip Rodriguez's documentary looks beyond Baywatch and Blade Runner to create a fresh, candid portrait of Los Angeles. Formerly an empty, bucolic space, the city has become a disorienting megalopolis. Once the whitest city in America, it is now the most multicultural urban center in the world, where more than half of the population is Latino and 40 percent are foreign born. Yet its cultural transformation has gone largely overlooked by the entertainment industry that continues to churn outdated images. The film, Los Angeles Now, incorporates creative visuals and computer-generated imagery to evoke the many moods and rhythms of Los Angeles and includes interviews with such Los Angeles residents as radio host Renán Almendárez Coello, philanthropist Eli Broad, author Mike Davis, designer Jessica Hall-Valdés, actor Salma Hayek, cultural critic Norman Klein, Cardinal Roger Mahoney, hip-hop artist Medusa, taxi driver Luis Orellana and historian Kevin Starr..

Los Angeles Now (USA, 2004, DV, 60 min., color) will be followed by a screening of Rodriguez's critically acclaimed documentary short, Mixed Feelings: San Diego/Tijuana (2002, 30 min) that explores the landscape and architecture between the U.S./Mexican border -- making an innovative use of animation of architectural models, aerial photography, split screen and digital music.

Presented in collaboration with the Independent Television Service, Latino Public Broadcasting, KCET and Loyola Marymount University.

REDCAT is located in downtown Los Angeles at the corner of W. 2nd St. and S. Hope St., inside the Walt Disney Concert Hall complex. Tickets are $8 for the general public, $6 for students with valid ID and $4 for CalArts students. Seating is general admission. Tickets may be purchased at the REDCAT box office located at the corner of 2nd and Hope streets, calling 213.237.2800 or by clicking here.

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