WATTS TOWERS by Sam Rodia the Watts Towers
Arts Center
homage to Simon Rodia - Edward Landler and Brad Byer
Rodia built a series of towers out of concrete, steel
and wire in his neighborhood of Watts. There they remain to this
day, works of outsider art now legitimized as a historic landmark.
The tallest tower stands 99 feet tall. Brad Byer, Rodia’s great-nephew,
and filmmaker Edward Landler teamed up to tell of how Rodia came
to America, pulled himself out of alcoholism and became maniacally
driven to create something big. A gently moving piece of work, this
doc demonstrates how sometimes, against all odds, one person can
leave a mark on the world.
