About this Event
LA Made and Clockshop present a special screening of two animated shorts by Elizabeth Ito—Saving Ariva and Somos NELA.
Saving Arvia tells the story of Andrés Cortes and how his family and LA Más (a community-based organization committed to building neighborhood stability) prevented a developer from buying the apartments his grandparents owned in Cypress Park. Somos NELA is about Lili Sanchez and how she conceived and organized a night market for working-class neighbors in Northeast LA.
Afterward, there will be a conversation on cultural preservation and affordability in Los Angeles with Elizabeth Ito, animator and creator of City of Ghosts; Helen Leung and Betty Avila of LA Más; and community organizer Lili Sanchez.
These films are part of Take Me to Your River: A Cultural Atlas of the LA River, an oral history project produced by the nonprofit Clockshop.
This program is made possible by the LA Made Fund.
Event venue & nearby stays
Central Library - Taper Auditorium, 630 W 5th St, Los Angeles, United States
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