LA Made x Clockshop Presents: Love Letters to Northeast L.A.
About the 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.
Reservations are not required but are highly encouraged. To reserve your seat, please go to this link to find the event. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.
This program is made possible by the LA Made Fund.
For disability-related accommodations, please call (213) 228-7430 at least five business days prior to the event. The City will make every effort to accommodate requests received with less notice.
