American Masters
Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore
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One Night at the Grand Star
How did L.A.'s Grand Star restaurant become one of the city's liveliest, intergenerational, and culturally-integrated neighborhood nightclubs?
- Series
- Independent Lens
- Premiere Date
- May 4, 2004
- Length
- 30 minutes
- Funding Initiative
- Series and Special Projects
Producer
Natasha Uppal
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The Film
In Los Angeles, there's only one place where you can celebrate the synchronicity of an old-school Chinatown establishment, classic jazz, DJ culture, and the underground dance scene: the Grand Star. Find out how this restaurant became one of the city's liveliest and most intergenerational and culturally integrated neighborhood nightclubs.
