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>> when we look at the john singletons and the spikes, all the way across the board, this became the era where we took charge of our own culture, our own cultural icons and telling our own stories, expressed either in music or in theater or in cinema. >> in los angeles, one woman is stirring memories and trying to bring about an understanding of the events that tore that city apart a little more than a year ago. her name is anna deveer smith. and she's taken the riot and turned it into theater. >> twilight bay, that's my name. >> twilight is one of 26 people she becomes in this one woman tour ...

But the minute black artists start thinking about crossover, they start diluting the work, watering it down and the work suffers. >> when we look at the john singletons and the spikes, all the way across the board, this became the era where we took charge of our own culture, our own cultural icons and telling our own stories expressed either in music or in theater or in cinema. >> in los angeles, one woman is stirring memories and trying to bring about an understanding of the events that tore that city apart a little more than a year ago. her name is anna deveer smith. and she's taken the riot...

Cinema. >> in los angeles, one woman is stirring memories and trying to bring about an understanding of the events that tore that city apart a little more than a year ago. her name is anna deveer smith. and she's taken the riot and turned it into theater. >> twilight bay, that's my name. >> twilight is one of 26 people she becomes in this one woman tour de force. >> that was the mexicans over there. that wasn't us. >> i thought of the los angeles riots as like this explosion of like a trunk or a house that exploded and everything's all over the place. then as an artist it's this incredible opp...

Become the era where we took charge of our own culture, our own cultural icons and telling our own stories expressed either in music or in theater or in cinema. >> in los angeles, one woman is stirring memories and trying to bring about an understanding of the events that tore that city apart a little more than a year ago. her name is anna deveer smith. and she's taken the riot and turned it into theater. >> twilight bay, that's my name. >> twilight is one of 26 people she becomes in this one woman tour de force. >> that was the mexicans over there. that wasn't us. >> i thought of the los ange...

>> when we look at the john singletons and the spikes, all the way across the board, this became the era where we took charge of our own culture, our own cultural icons and telling our own stories expressed either in music or in theater or in cinema. >> in los angeles, one woman is stirring memories and trying to bring about an understanding of the events that tore that city apart a little more than a year ago. her name is anna deveer smith. and she's taken the riot and turned it into theater. >> twilight bay, that's my name. >> twilight is one of 26 people she becomes in this one woman tour d...