Juan Devis
As the former Public Media Group of Southern California Chief Creative Officer, Juan Devis was responsible for the oversight of all production and editorial output from long-form episodes to short-form digital series. Devis joined the organization as a freelance producer with the foresight of expanding programming onto the emerging digital web platform. Devis has won numerous awards for his film, TV, and interactive work including Emmys, Webbys, National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards, and more.
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Migrant waves and shifting immigration laws have changed how we see Chinatown.
The real Chinatown, the one that thousands of proud immigrants call home, bears no real resemblance to those squalid portraits painted by popular culture.
Just when we seemed to have finally pinned down the true essence of Venice, the elusive creature slipped from our hands once more.
Some say Venice is stuck in a state of perpetual adolescence, a neighborhood more concerned with the here and now than anything else. But that depiction isn't quite right.
The Lincoln Place Apartments offer a great Venice history lesson, as well as an object lesson in the old saying "forgive but don't forget."
"How did a Chicana from Pacoima," Judy Baca jokes, "end up in the canals?"
This week we ventured out into the streets of Venice to begin production for the next installment of Departures.
Reyner Banham's love letter to L.A. was the first hint I had of the depth and contradictions of the city where I had chosen to spend the rest of my life.
It's official. The next installment of Departures will open up and spill its guts, allowing people to search, comment, annotate and share....
What should Departures focus on in Venice? How do we tell the story of this ever changing community?
During one our final meetings with the students from the Los Angeles Leadership Academy, we decided to create a makeshift video confessional.
Our teenaged producer Mo has the strategic intelligence of a diplomat, but, as he is the first to tell you, diplomacy is not really his strong suit.