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Departures: Watts

Watts can be considered the epicenter of Los Angeles' working class history - a microcosm of America's dramatic demographic shifts. It is a neighborhood that has endured the most daring tests of our local history, an area that has been demonized by some and cherished profoudly by others. Produced by students from Locke High School, this series of Departures gives an honest portrait of the people and places who claim Watts as their own. Walk down Central Avenue and find out for yourself.

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  • Posted Jun 12, 2008
  • 11:28 AM
  • by danielpaulross
  • New York, NY 
I love hearing the sounds your students recorded. My favorite piece is the clip about sagging. "It's a jail thing." Great detail. Nice work Locke High School students and KCET.
  • Posted Jun 16, 2008
  • 09:16 AM
  • by johnlopez
  • Los Angeles, CA 
I've had the pleasure of working with the Locke High group. A wonderful and inspiring group. I wish the kids and the program continued success.
  • Posted Jun 17, 2008
  • 11:35 AM
  • by Danielle
  • Los Angeles, CA 
It was fun working on the Watts Departures KCET project. I'm a student in Ms. Bradford's music tech class and it was cool to get a chance to get involved with the Locke High School community.
  • Posted Jun 17, 2008
  • 12:00 PM
  • by Nayeli
  • Los Angeles, CA 
It was a new experience working on the Watts Departures project with my fellow Locke Students and teacher Ms. Bradford. I enjoyed listening to the interviews and what the community has to say about Watts. I also want to thank my teacher Ms. Bradford for giving me the chance to work on this big exciting project.
  • Posted Jun 17, 2008
  • 12:03 PM
  • by Armando Perea
  • los Angeles, CA 
Working on the KCET Watts Departures Audio and Video Portraits was really interesting and I enjoyed it. It was a good experience and I'm thinking about becoming a film editor. I would like thank Ms. Bradford for giving me the opportunity to work on this.
  • Posted Jun 17, 2008
  • 01:25 PM
  • by ADRIAN
  • Los Angeles 
It was great oppurtunitty to work with the KCET project. I learn a lot cool stuff working with them. Ms. Bradford was a great teacher and influenced me to do better.
  • Posted Jun 17, 2008
  • 01:25 PM
  • by Juan Devis
  • los Angeles 
As producer of webstories I have to thank all the students involved in the project, Miss Bradford for her continuing support and also their mentor, Lauri Burrier. We here at KCET learned tons with all of you. Thank you!
  • Posted Jun 30, 2008
  • 09:20 AM
  • by Atee Golden
  • Brunswick, GA 
I use to live in Watts in the 50's I went to Compton ave. Elementary School I lived @ 10420 Central ave. right @ 103rd I was Dap and we met @ Will Rodgers park. Jordan H.S. was where my cousin graduated and we moved to e. 135th between Avalon & San Pedro My other cousin went to cetennial H.S. Just a word to say I truly enjoyed seeing the people listening to their comments and watching the panarama. Thank You very much for that.
  • Posted Sep 02, 2008
  • 10:16 AM
  • by Les Sykes
  • Mission Viejo 
In 1958 I lived on 2nd Ave I used to walk through Liemert Park to work on Crenshaw, Herb (Hawiian) used to give me (English) a ride home after dropping off Woody in Watts where we were greeted by his family who were always waiting for him. We worked in an Auto shop.

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