"This project is about creating a new school and restructuring our processes. We want to make it a family affair, something for the community. It's not just for pretentious Hollywood cinephiles."
"The narrow path that's been forged has to be broadened, not by tokenized diversity but by doing things really differently. We can't keep making the same movie over and over again."
"One hundred percent pride in LA, where I was born and raised in Inglewood, and 100 percent pride in my Mexican heritage. Fifty-fifty just doesn't cut it."
Kristen Stewart purchased the 1925 Highland Theatre, a once-grand Eastside movie palace designed by Lewis Arthur Smith that closed in 2024. The building retains original features, including an extraordinary mezzanine and stage, but requires a herculean restoration to recapture Golden Age glamour. Stewart intends to create a new social-cinema model, restructure processes, and make the venue a community-focused, family affair rather than an elitist space. She calls for widening the film industry's narrow path through substantive change rather than tokenized diversity. Musician Becky G declares strong pride in LA and her Mexican heritage, and her cultural identity is captured in the 2025 documentary Rebbeca; she finds nourishment at historic Olvera Street, a pedestrian thoroughfare that traces its roots to the city's founding.
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