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Meet 5 local Black artists whose work is featured in Netflix’s new series ‘Forever’

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L.A. has long been a beacon for the arts. So it’s only fitting that “Forever,” the Netflix series that showrunner Mara Brock Akil envisioned as “a love story within a love letter to Los Angeles,” celebrates local artists. The Midcentury Modern home of Justin Edwards, one half of the couple whose love story informs the … Read more

In ‘The Teacher,’ a Palestinian educator becomes a beacon of dignity for his students

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During a seemingly normal school day, Basem (Saleh Bakri), a dedicated West Bank educator with hypnotizing eyes, encourages his student Yacoub (Mahmoud Bakri) to get back on track with his studies and to “regain control of his life.” But whatever autonomy the young man can re-assert seems futile in the face of the Israeli occupation … Read more