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CURRENT:LA FOOD

Season 11 Episode 3
52:45
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The Watts Towers Arts Center

Season 11 Episode 4
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Sweet Land: The Making of a Myth

Sweet Land: The Making of a Myth

Season 12 Episode 3
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Desert X 2021

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Love & Rockets

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Duchamp Comes To Pasadena

Season 13 Episode 2
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Arte Cósmico

Season 13 Episode 3
56:49
A New Deal for Los Angeles

A New Deal for Los Angeles

Season 13 Episode 4
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Artbound

The New West Coast Sound: An L.A. Jazz Legacy

Season 11 Episode 2

Growing up amongst jazz legends within the deep musical traditions of Leimert Park, drummer Mekala Session and his peers grapple with how to preserve this rich legacy—striving to carry forward the tenets that took root in the work of Horace Tapscott and his Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra. This is the story of Los Angeles’ emerging generation of community-focused black musicians.This episode of Artbound was produced in partnership with dublab and Storyform.

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