Lyn Goldfarb Productions, Inc.

THE NEW LOS ANGELES, the third episode in the CALIFORNIA AND THE AMERICAN DREAM Series, paints a portrait of an extraordinary city poised to reframe America's dialogue about urban political and economic change. This powerful documentary takes the viewer on a journey from the bitterly fought, racially driven elections that brought Mayor Tom Bradley to power in 1973, to the historic 2005 election of LA's first Latino Mayor in more than 130 years, Antonio Villaraigosa. Along the way, THE NEW LOS ANGELES examines how race, labor, and immigration have shaped and reshaped the city's political life and landscape. Rarely does a film appear that redefines our understanding of one of the most famous and recognizable cities in the world, but that is exactly what THE NEW LOS ANGELES does.

Produced by Beyond the Dream, LLC. Released in 2006 on PBS.

Executive Producers: Paul Espinosa, Lyn Goldfarb, Jed Riffe
Producer/Directors: Lyn Goldfarb
Associate Producer: Alison Sotomayor
Director of Photography: Sandra Chandler
Editors: Gail Yasunaga, William Haugse A.C.E.
Composer: Miriam Cutler
Narrator: Linda Hunt

Produced by Beyond the Dream, LLC. Released in 2006 on PBS. Please visit our website for more information: www.californiadreamseries.org

"THE NEW LOS ANGELES is for people in search of a wake up call..with its gritty portrayal of urban diversity, the film reminds us of the true meaning of reality TV."
Los Angeles Times, April 21, 2006

"THE NEW LOS ANGELES...a tremendously rich and detailed look at the way immigration and organized labor have changed the city over the past four decades into 'an Ellis Island of the 21st century'....if you can't be in front of your TV at airtime, TIVO it, tape it or bribe a bartender to tune his TV to it...I was completely riveted."
LAVoice.org, April 20, 2006

Reviews of the film appeared in:
The Los Angeles Times
The Hollywood Reporter
KCET Life & Times
KCOP Nightly News
NPR Day to Day
Telemundo
Our Weekly
LA Wave
City Beat
Documentary Magazine
Metro LA
Current.org
LAVoice.org
LAist.com

THE NEW LOS ANGELES is part of the CALIFORNIA AND THE AMERICAN DREAM series, which explores the dynamics of culture, community and identity in one of the most diverse regions in the world. In the last 35 years, California has become a laboratory for divergent social trends. Together, these trends have so radically transformed the state that it bears little resemblance to the Hollywood dreamscape it projected in previous decades. In the post 9-11 era, California is center stage for an array of issues re-defining the American agenda: from changing demographics to new models of civic engagement, from the role of immigrants in neighborhood life to the challenge to democracy by the initiative process, from sustainable agriculture to Native American gaming and sovereignty.

CALIFORNIA AND THE AMERICAN DREAM was produced and directed by Jed Riffe, Lyn Goldfarb, Paul Espinosa and Emiko Omori. It is a co-production with the Independent Television Service (ITVS). Executive Producer for ITVS is Sally Jo Fifer. Major funding was provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, with additional funding provided by PBS, the Ford Foundation, the Independent Television Service, Native American Public Telecommunications, the Skirball Foundation, Latino Public Broadcasting, the Center for Asian American Media, The Rockefeller Foundation and the California Council for the Humanities California Stories Initiative. Additional outreach support provided by the Federated Indians of the Graton Rancheria and Change to Win.

CALIFORNIA AND THE AMERICAN DREAM Episode 3: THE NEW LOS ANGELES

CALIFORNIA AND THE AMERICAN DREAM
Episode 3: THE NEW LOS ANGELES