Filmmakers Pam Wilson and Stephen Seemayer will screen their documentary on the American Hotel located at 4th and Hewitt in the Arts District of downtown Los Angeles. How did this hotel - originally built for African-Americans - become the heart of a thriving art and music scene? Told through the words of the residents and locals, we see a world before Big Development moves in and how it survives.

Richard J. Riordan Central Library (map)