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Twilight: Los Angeles

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Based on 6 critic reviews
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Drama
Written by: Anna Deveare Smith
Directed by: Marc Levin
Release Date:
Theatrical: September 22, 2000
Running Time: 76 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: Not rated
Starring Anna Deavere Smith
The film adaptation of Anna Deavere Smith's acclaimed play, Twilight: Los Angeles presents Smith's one-woman/multi-voiced portrait of the violent aftermath in Los Angeles triggered by the acquittal in 1992 of four police officers in the beating of Rodney King. (Offline Releasing)
What The Critics Said
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New York Daily News Jami Bernard
Forces the audience to rethink the riots in new and difficult ways, to find empathy and revulsion where it might not have known they existed.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Jessica Winter
Smith's work is a means of cauterizing wounds that have not even begun to heal...certainly not across a continent in Giuliani's New York.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Ken Fox
Part documentary, part one-woman quick-change show and part sociological investigation, this is enthralling theater with a purpose.
Read Full Review >New York Post Jonathan Foreman
When it was first performed in theaters a couple of years after the L.A. riots took place, Twilight: Los Angeles must have been very powerful. Unfortunately, director Mark Levin's filmed version lacks that impact.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Dave Kehr
The resulting compromise does not produce a perfect film, but it is a fine record of a classic production and an important reminder of an event that has not stopped echoing in American culture.
Read Full Review >Variety Dennis Harvey
The camera's closer scrutiny doesn't flatter this unique theatrical reportage.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 10.0 (out of 10) based on 1 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Latasha C. gave it a 10:
As a former resident of Los Angeles, I was there when the riots of '92 sparked in the aftermath of the Rodney King trial. I saw Ms. Smith's performance on this PBS special and I want to commend her on a portraying all of the characters in a uniqueness that no one else could ever do. Absolutely outstanding!!
