Warren Olney, Gary Phillips, Anna Deavere Smith and John Singleton at KCRW
On today’s anniversary edition of Which Way, LA?, we look at music, movies and literature that reflected – and in some cases predicted – the 1992 Los Angeles riots. We hear from filmmakers John Singleton and Charles Burnett, author Gary Phillips, writer and actress Anna Deavere Smith, musicians Ozomatli and others about the cultural touchstones of riots-era Los Angeles. Listen below:
Caitlin Shamberg is the Which Way LA blog editor, and also, a producer for KCRW's "To the Point" and "Which Way, L.A.?" Before joining KCRW - her hometown radio station - she lived in Brooklyn and braved eight years of brutal New York winter. She's psyched to be back in LA, where she lives with her husband and toddler, and without her ankle length down coat.
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