Compton Art + Film Lab&nbsp;debuts with a special opening party! Enjoy live music by Mexico 68 Afrobeat Orchestra, and see a special outdoor screening of School Daze by Spike Lee at Luerders Park in Compton. “Afrobeat will be one of the musics of the future” – Miles Davis Mexico 68 Afrobeat Orchestra, is a thirteen-piece…

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