Twilight: Los Angeles
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Marc Levin
Anna Deavere Smith
Maryse Alberti
Allan Byer
Candance Donally
Bob Eisenhardt
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
An adaptation of the play by Anna Deavere Smith that focuses on the Los Angeles riots during the spring of 1992, triggered by the verdict in the Rodney King case. Anna transforms herself into scores of individuals--using their words and duplicating their speech patterns, mannerisms, dress and attitudes--in a mosaic set in the violent aftermath of the verdict. Whether she is personifying police chief Daryl Gates, or a distraught Korean grocer whose store was looted, a fancy schmancy Hollywood real estate agent who sat it out at the Beverly Hills Hotel, or actor/NRA spokesman Charlton Heston extolling the virtues of his favorite weapon, her performance sheds light upon understanding the human condition.
Director
Marc Levin
Cast
Anna Deavere Smith
Crew
Maryse Alberti
Allan Byer
Candance Donally
Bob Eisenhardt
Cherie Fortis
Richard Hoover
Camara Kambon
Cathy Lehrfeld
Daphne Pinkerson
Anna Deavere Smith
Anna Deavere Smith
Anna Deavere Smith
Ezra Swerdlow
Jac Venza
Windi Wentworth
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 2000
Released in United States August 2000
Released in United States Fall September 27, 2000
Released in United States January 2000
Shown at Seattle International Film Festival May 18 - June 11, 2000.
Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Special Screening) January 20-30, 2000.
Shown at Urbanworld Film Festival in New York City August 2-6, 2000.
Steve James and Peter Gilbert were previously named producers/directors.
Previously in development at Playhouse Pictures.
Broadcast in USA over PBS April 29, 2001.
Telecast as a presentation of "Stage on Screen."
Began shooting late June 1999.
Released in United States 2000 (Film was screened digitally at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival.)
Released in United States 2000 (Shown at Seattle International Film Festival May 18 - June 11, 2000.)
Released in United States January 2000 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Special Screening) January 20-30, 2000.)
Released in United States August 2000 (Shown at Urbanworld Film Festival in New York City August 2-6, 2000.)
Released in United States Fall September 27, 2000
