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Style & Substance is a revealing, character-driven documentary film that views 20th century Los Angeles from the previously unexplored perspectives of two of the city’s most accomplished men: internationally renowned architect Paul R. Williams, and Dr. H. Claude Hudson, L.A.’s “Mr. NAACP.” Their penetrating life stories bring 20th Century Los Angeles into stark relief—from Bel-Air, Brentwood and Beverly Hills to Little Tokyo, Bronzeville, South Central and East L.A. Hudson and Williams didn’t make modern Los Angeles, but modern Los Angeles couldn’t have been made without men like them. The extraordinary lives they led – both born before 1900, and both African American – offer a revealing counterpoint to the myths embraced by L.A.’s critics and boosters alike. Style & Substance tells their story, and the story of the city they did so much to shape.

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Emerging arts organizations and projects that do not yet have 501(c)(3) designations may apply to the Pasadena Arts Council to act as a fiscal sponsor, allowing the organization to seek funding from grant makers, donors and corporations.

Style & Substance