Below the Ten: Life in South LA

Below the Ten: Stories of South LA  is an ongoing series telling intimate stories about the people who live in the neighborhoods south of the 10 Freeway, including Watts, Jefferson Park, and Compton. The series is supported by a grant from the...

  • 10 minutes 41 seconds
    Playing Trump

    Every year, the students at ISLAH Academy, a private Islamic school inside a South LA mosque put on a winter program for their parents. 

    15 March 2017, 5:00 pm
  • 31 minutes 55 seconds
    Bilal's Calling
    Tyreek Bilal has gone through many transformations in his life. He’s been a confidant to powerful celebrities, a husband to six wives, father to 20 children and a celibate religious scholar. Now he's taking a stand against changes at his mosque and in his neighborhood.
    11 November 2016, 6:00 pm
  • 12 minutes 30 seconds
    Meet Mr. Fries Man

    Throughout South Los Angeles and the surrounding neighborhoods there’s a growing community of underground home chefs who sell food on Instagram. One of those chefs, a guy who goes by the name Mr. Fries Man, specializes in loaded french fries.

    9 November 2016, 6:00 pm
  • 17 minutes 41 seconds
    Peacemakers: The Activist

    Lita Herron, a 69-year-old grandmother of six, witnessed repeated shootings in her community. But her fear turned to anger and then to action.  

    28 March 2016, 4:00 pm
  • 16 minutes 28 seconds
    Peacemakers: The Interventionist

    When someone gets shot in Skipp Townsend's community, he is often one of the first on the scene. Sometimes he knows the victim personally. Skipp works as a gang interventionist with the LAPD.

    28 March 2016, 4:00 pm
  • 15 minutes 20 seconds
    Peacemakers: The Cop

    As a black kid growing up in South LA, Lt. Michael Carodine was regularly mistreated by police. But for Lt. Carodine, bad policing was a problem that could be solved; and he would help solve it.

    28 March 2016, 4:00 pm
  • 9 minutes 49 seconds
    Local Hires

    Several large developments are under construction south of the 10 Freeway, and some have initiatives to fill jobs with local, low-income workers. See how that can become a life-changing opportunity for job seekers burdened with a prison record.

    13 January 2016, 8:00 am
  • 8 minutes 58 seconds
    Young Hearts: A Prologue to The Long Commute

    When Chris Chambers' bus broke down in a small town in Texas, it ended up being a blessing in disguise.

    11 January 2016, 6:00 pm
  • 16 minutes 25 seconds
    The Long Commute

    On Aug. 26, 1954, Arthur Kitt Murray climbed into the cockpit of an experimental rocket at  Edwards Air Force Base, about a hundred miles north of Los Angeles in the Antelope Valley. Murray was about to fly as close to the stars as man had ever been. At 90,000 feet above the desert, Murray looked out the window of his cockpit and became the first human to see the curvature of the earth.

    20 November 2015, 6:00 pm
  • 9 minutes 32 seconds
    Peddling Candy in South LA

    Luis Sanchez, who dresses in drag and goes by the name Grace of the Sea, sells bacon wrapped pineapple stuffed hot dogs in Jefferson Park a couple days a week. He also sells candy out of a golden basket. 

    16 September 2015, 5:00 pm
  • 29 minutes 3 seconds
    Grace of the Sea

    Luis Gutierez Sanchez, who calls himself "Grace of the Sea," has been living in a garage in South LA for six years. But now he has to move. He tells his story of living as a gay undocumented immigrant in Los Angeles. Warning: This program contains explicit language and addresses adult topics and themes - including sex and drug use.

    27 August 2015, 5:00 pm
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