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4. IDENTITY AND SOCIETY: O.J. SIMPSON AND LOS ANGELES
8.4 RACE-GENDER-JUSTICE: THE O.J. SIMPSON TRIAL
A.M Room 8, Robertson Hall, Woodrow Wilson School
Gina Dent, English and African-American Studies, Columbia University
Lynne Tillman, author and writer, New York
P.M. Room 8, Robertson Hall, Woodrow Wilson School
Thomas Dumm, Political Science, Amherst College
Neil Gotanda, Western State University College of Law
Jennifer Hochschild, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University
EVE Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture
FILM:
Falling Down (Joel Schumacher, 1993) [112 mins.]
READINGS:
John Gregory Dunne, "The Simpsons," The New York Review of Books (September 22, 1994) 34-39
Neil Gotanda, "Tales of Two Trials: Joyce Karlin in People v. Soon Ja Du; Lance Ito in People v. O.J. Simpson," The House That Race Built: Black Americans, U.S. Terrain, ed. Wahneema Lubiano (NY: Pantheon, 1997) 66-86
LINKS:
National Civil Rights Museum
Black Cultural Studies Pages
OJ Central
CNN OJ website
Court TV OJ Casefile
For general information on the film, type "Falling Down" on the page that appears after clicking here.
Siskel and Ebert Movie Review
The Tech Movie Review
IMDB Movie Review
Washington Post Movie Review

8.5 LOS ANGELES: CITY OF DISASTERS
A.M. Room 8, Robertson Hall, Woodrow Wilson School
Mike Davis, Southern California Institute of Architecture

P.M. Room 8, Robertson Hall, Woodrow Wilson School
1:30 P.M.
FILM: Sa-i-gu (Elaine Kim, 1993) [39 mins.]

Elaine Kim, Ethnic Studies, University of California-Berkeley
Mario Gandelsonas, School of Architecture, Princeton University
Brenda Bright, Fellow, Getty Center for the History of Arts and the Humanities
EVE Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture
FILM: Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982) [118 mins.]
READINGS:
Elaine Kim, "Home Is Where the Han Is: A Korean-American Perspective on the Los Angeles Upheavals," Reading Rodney King/Reading Urban Uprising, ed. Robert Gooding-Williams (NY: Routledge, 1993) 215-235
Sumi K. Cho, "Korean Americans vs. African Americans: Conflict and Construction," Reading Rodney King/Reading Urban Uprising, ed. Robert Gooding-Williams (NY: Routledge, 1993) 196-211
Brenda Jo Bright, "Remappings: Los Angeles Low Riders," Looking High and Low, eds. Brenda Jo Bright and Liza Bakewell (Tucson: University of Arizona, 1995) 89-123
Mike Davis, "Who Killed LA? A Political Autopsy," New Left Review 197 (January/February 1993) 3-28
LINKS:
LA Net
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Master Blade Runner Home Page
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	I N F O R M A T I O N * S C H E D U L E * P E O P L E * C O N T A C T S 4. IDENTITY AND SOCIETY: O.J. SIMPSON AND LOS ANGELES
	8.4	RACE-GENDER-JUSTICE: THE O.J. SIMPSON TRIAL A.M Room 8, Robertson Hall, Woodrow Wilson School Gina Dent, English and African-American Studies, Columbia University Lynne Tillman, author and writer, New York P.M. Room 8, Robertson Hall, Woodrow Wilson School Thomas Dumm, Political Science, Amherst College Neil Gotanda, Western State University College of Law Jennifer Hochschild, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University EVE Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture FILM: Falling Down (Joel Schumacher, 1993) [112 mins.] READINGS: John Gregory Dunne, "The Simpsons," The New York Review of Books (September 22, 1994) 34-39 Neil Gotanda, "Tales of Two Trials: Joyce Karlin in People v. Soon Ja Du; Lance Ito in People v. O.J. Simpson," The House That Race Built: Black Americans, U.S. Terrain, ed. Wahneema Lubiano (NY: Pantheon, 1997) 66-86 LINKS: National Civil Rights Museum Black Cultural Studies Pages OJ Central CNN OJ website Court TV OJ Casefile For general information on the film, type "Falling Down" on the page that appears after clicking here. Siskel and Ebert Movie Review The Tech Movie Review IMDB Movie Review Washington Post Movie Review
	8.5	LOS ANGELES: CITY OF DISASTERS A.M. Room 8, Robertson Hall, Woodrow Wilson School Mike Davis, Southern California Institute of Architecture P.M. Room 8, Robertson Hall, Woodrow Wilson School 1:30 P.M. FILM: Sa-i-gu (Elaine Kim, 1993) [39 mins.] Elaine Kim, Ethnic Studies, University of California-Berkeley Mario Gandelsonas, School of Architecture, Princeton University Brenda Bright, Fellow, Getty Center for the History of Arts and the Humanities EVE Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture FILM: Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982) [118 mins.] READINGS: Elaine Kim, "Home Is Where the Han Is: A Korean-American Perspective on the Los Angeles Upheavals," Reading Rodney King/Reading Urban Uprising, ed. Robert Gooding-Williams (NY: Routledge, 1993) 215-235 Sumi K. Cho, "Korean Americans vs. African Americans: Conflict and Construction," Reading Rodney King/Reading Urban Uprising, ed. Robert Gooding-Williams (NY: Routledge, 1993) 196-211 Brenda Jo Bright, "Remappings: Los Angeles Low Riders," Looking High and Low, eds. Brenda Jo Bright and Liza Bakewell (Tucson: University of Arizona, 1995) 89-123 Mike Davis, "Who Killed LA? A Political Autopsy," New Left Review 197 (January/February 1993) 3-28 LINKS: LA Net For general information on the film, type "Blade Runner" on the page that appears after clicking here. Master Blade Runner Home Page General BR Information BR Image More BR Information