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  • Inventing LA: The Chandlers and Their Times

PBS PREVIEWS | Inventing LA: The Chandlers and Their Times

Duration: 03:06
Program: Inventing LA: The Chandlers and Their Times
Broadcast Date: Oct. 5, 2009

Two-time Emmy-winning filmmaker Peter Jones chronicles the epic saga of the most powerful family in Los Angeles history: the Chandlers. For four generations, they wielded unique influence through their newspaper, the Los Angeles Times. In their pursuit of personal agendas and civic ideals, they built the city of the future and exposed the dark side of the American Dream. Liev Schreiber narrates.

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Post Date: August 18, 2009