Photograph by Charles Brittin
Departures is KCET's hyper-local web documentary, community engagement tool and digital literacy program about the cultural history of Los Angeles' neighborhoods.
The Warmth of Other Suns is an appropriate title during a week of record setting temps. Written by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and professor Isabel Wilkerson, Suns chronicles the pivotal move for African Americans known as the Great Migration. Three voices are used to chart the migration from South to the North, as well as to Western cities including Los Angeles. Departures Venice spoke to Jataun Valentine and Navalette Bailey in Oakwood, who moved to Los Angeles during that period. Just as the migration changed Valentine and Baily's life, it was also a factor in lives of some our most accomplished citizens, including the family of Michelle Obama. This recent story in the Los Angeles Times details dynamic turn of events that would not have taken place if not for the move.
Funders and Partners
Support for the Departures is provided through these funders as well as local community partners and viewers like you.
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What the Community Says: San Gabriel River
We hear from the community their stories and memories of the San Gabri...
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Exploring the San Gabriel River's West Fork
Last week the Departures production crew headed out on a little field ...
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Mapping the Untold Stories of the San Gabriel River
To better construct the narrative, we invite you, the community, to sh...
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KCET Departures Receives NEA Art Works Grant
Departures receives one of 832 Art Works grants totaling $23.3 million...
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