The Exiles
L.A. Stories
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1h 12m
Directed by Kent Mackenzie | 72 mins | 1961
The result of an extended collaboration between MacKenzie and his subjects, young Native Americans living in the crumbling slums of Bunker Hill, The Exiles seems to unfold over the course of one bibulous night, by turns melancholy, angry, and ecstatic, with high-contrast black and white photography showing LA at its most beautiful—and its most cold.
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