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Artbound Shorts

Emmy® award-winning arts and culture series "Artbound" takes viewers on a journey through Southern California's creative landscape. Get an inside look at the stories that bring to light the region’s rich cultural legacy and diversity with these short films.

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CSRC_LaRaza_B1F3C5_Staff_018 "Shorty" from Jardin 13 in Pico Rivera attends the Roosevelt High School walkout  | La Raza photograph collection. Courtesy of UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center
1:19
Hear Raul Ruiz talk about the experience of covering the East L.A. walkouts and the dangers students and those at the forefront faced at the time.
A Walk Through the 'Blade Runner' House
1:16
The Ennis House is the last of Frank Lloyd Wright's textile block houses in Los Angeles.
Breaking In: Artists and the Changing Lineup in Surfing
10:08
"Artbound" follows three artists (Cristine Blanco, Matthew Lutz-Kinoy and Danica Elbertse) who explore their relationship to the surf. 
Harry Gamboa Jrs Photographic Excavation of Chicano Identity
9:49
When photographer Harry Gamboa Jr. began his portrait series, “Chicano Male Unbonded” in 1991, the word “Chicano” had negative implications. Now, after more than 20 years, his photographs reveal a more complex image of the Chicano male.
Mexican photojournalist Omar Martínez documents Haitians in Tijuana
15:26
Artbound's short documentary, "Fotoperiodista: Documenting Tijuana's Refugee Crisis," follows photojournalist Omar Martinez as he captures the Haitian refugee crisis in Tijuana, Mexico.
Doug Aitken, "Underwater Pavilions." | Photo: Matt Crotty
Watch a one-hour documentary that explores the work of Los Angeles-based artist Doug Aitken.
Still image from "Vireo," soon-to-be-released on KCET Artbound
"Vireo," a made-for-broadcast opera, will have its worldwide series debut on KCET in spring of 2017, with all 12 episodes released at once.
The Silverlake Conservatory was designed by Bestor Architecture
Take a peek at the Silverlake Conservatory of Music's new building.
Marty and Elayne Roberts
1:52
L.A. cultural treasures Marty and Elayne Roberts have been performing jazz and kitschy takes on modern hits for 35 years at Los Feliz bar the Dresden. 
Fotoperiodista: Documenting Tijuana's Refugee Crisis
A Creole version of the Artbound short "Fotoperiodista: Documenting Tijuana's Refugee Crisis."
Alma Ruiz Banner
12:33
MOCA Senior Curator Alma Ruiz has spent over three decades at that venerable Los Angeles museum, during which time she has exhibited some of the most influential and experimental modern and contemporary artists in the world.
Christopher Cichocki Artwork with Dead Fish
8:56
The site-specific installations of Cristopher Cichocki's "New Earth Art" address issues related to an increasingly toxic global environment.
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