i asked if he was worried the movie would not appear to a broad audience. if it s good enough, people will come. the minute black artist start thinking about crossover, they start diluting the work, watering it down and the work suffers. when we look at the john singletons and the spikes, this became the era where we took charge of our own culture, our own cultural icons and telling our own stories expressed in music, theater or cinema. in los angeles, one woman is stirring memories and trying to bring about understanding of the events that tore the city apart a year ago. her name is anna de vrdevere sm. she s taken the riot and turned it into theater. twilight is one of the 26 people she become. that was the mexicans over there.