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This engaging documentary explores the complexities of inclusion in Los Angeles - the nation's largest "majority-minority" city and the city with the nation's largest divide between rich and poor. The film provides a riveting portrait of a city in often turbulent transition, beginning in 1973 with the election of Mayor Tom Bradley - the first African-American mayor of a major city without a black majority - and concluding with the political empowerment of Latinos and the election of Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles's first Latino mayor in more than 130 years. The film is essential viewing in courses in sociology, American studies, ethnic studies, political science, public policy, and urban studies.

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