Filmmaker Asks 'What is Riverly?'

What is Riverly? Pasadena filmmaker John Palacio's short documentary seeks to answer that question with insights from Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, City Council President Eric Garcetti, Boyle Heights Mural Raul Gonzalez and John Arroyo of the Arroyo Seco Foundation.

Featuring some stunning cinematography, Palacio's short documentary provides visuals of rarely seen corners of the Los Angeles River that serve as a backdrop for the interview subjects' commentary.

"Los Angeles is Los Angeles because of this river," Garcetti says. "Downtown is here becuase of this river. It's not on the coast ... this is where the pueblo first came to."

Added Arroyo, "it may not look like other rivers in London and Paris, the Thames the Seine, but it is what we have, it's what we're working with and it has a lot of potential."

Click here to see Patch's recent coverage of developments along the Los Angeles River.