First-Class Movie Theater To Open In South LA

by Karen Grigsby Bates, NPR

A new set of urban entrepreneurs in Los Angeles is attempting to bring first-class movie theaters to a community that often receives second-class service. Sixteen years ago, "Magic" Johnson opened a multiplex in South Los Angeles that became a metaphor for how urban entrepreneurship could work. But Johnson sold "the Magic" 10 years later, and the theaters declined so badly they closed.

Broadcast Dates

• All Things Considered, June 30, 2011