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The Great Wall of Los Angeles

Judy Baca's 2,754-foot long mural along the Tujunga Wash in San Fernando Valley paints a lesser-known history of California from the perspective of the underrepresented. Learn more about the the making of "The History of California" — more popularly known as "The Great Wall of Los Angeles" — and the stories it seeks to tell.

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Directed by Donna Deitch, founding member of SPARC, this program was shot in the summer of 1976 and features youth involved with The Great Wall of Los Angeles mural project.