Making Magic in Baldwin Hills
Joining the ranks as one of the coolest places to catch a movie in L.A. (along with such stalwart company as the New Beverly, the Nuart and the El Capitan) is the 1 1/2-year-old Magic Johnson Theatre in Baldwin Hills. To wit:
* The Pan African Film Festival, which runs through next Sunday, is calling the theater home for the second year in a row.
* “When We Were Kings,” the highly praised documentary about the historic 1974 heavyweight bout between boxers Muhammad Ali and George Foreman, did its Academy Award-qualifying run exclusively at the theater in October.
* “Ghosts,” special-effects wizard Stan Winston’s short film featuring Michael Jackson, did its one-week Academy Award-qualifying stint there in October too.
* The advance screening for Spike Lee’s “Get on the Bus” was held there, forcing press and studio types not used to traveling beyond Culver City to put a few extra miles on their Humvees and Range Rovers.
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