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LA Times Today: Oscar nominee Sophia Nahli Allison on her film ‘A Love Song for Latasha’

LA Times Today: Oscar nominee Sophia Nahli Allison on her film ‘A Love Song for Latasha’

Watch L.A. Times Today at 7 p.m. on Spectrum News 1 on Channel 1 or live stream on the Spectrum News App. Palos Verdes Peninsula and Orange County viewers can watch on Cox Systems on channel 99.

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Just days after Rodney King’s beating in 1991, 15-year old Latasha Harlins was shot and killed by a shopkeeper who thought she was stealing a bottle of juice. Her death became one of the catalysts of the L.A. riots.

Documentary filmmaker Sophia Nahli Allison has made a movie that shows the world how Latasha lived.

We talked to Allison about her Oscar nominated film, “A Love Song for Latasha.”

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