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Jeffrey Deitch's Los Angeles

Season 10 Episode 5
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Light & Space

Season 11 Episode 1
56:43
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CURRENT:LA FOOD

Season 11 Episode 3
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The Watts Towers Arts Center

Season 11 Episode 4
57:08
Sweet Land: The Making of a Myth

Sweet Land: The Making of a Myth

Season 12 Episode 3
56:39
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Desert X 2021

Season 12 Episode 4
56:34
Love & Rockets

Love & Rockets

Season 13 Episode 1
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Artbound

How Sweet The Sound: Gospel In Los Angeles

Season 10 Episode 4

Gospel music would not be what it is today if not for the impact left by Los Angeles in the late '60s and early '70s, a time defined by political movements across the country. Artists like James Cleveland and Aretha Franklin captured live recordings of the church experience of South Central and the voices and sentiment of the people coming together to give birth to a new gospel sound and the election of L.A.’ s first black mayor, Tom Bradley.

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