Los Angeles now

Los Angeles has become the most multicultural city in the history of the world. Once an empty, bucolic space, L.A. is now a disorienting megalopolis. Yet the city’s cultural transformation has gone largely overlooked by the media, the movies, and even by many of the city’s residents. The entertainment industry continues to churn out dated images of L.A. while ignoring the many new stories emerging from the city’s increasingly diverse population Los Angeles Now looks beyond Baywatch and Blade Runner to create a fresh and candid portrait of America’s second largest city at the close of its Anglo entury (1900-2000). It is a fascinating look at a city where more than half of the population is Latino and 40 percent are foreign born.