the World Wide Web, created by Jade Puga and Richard Montes.  LOST ANGELES WARD takes a hard look at life in the sometimes glamorous but always gritty Los Angeles California to reveal the stories overlooked when the silver screen goes blank and Hollywood -the capitol of illusions- clashes with the endless supply of ever pumping lost souls- made of young and old, rich and poor- whose journey into the Ward came at price. Beyond the Hollywood glitz and glamour lies a graveyard of lost souls and fallen angels. The parameters of the Ward extends as far south to the Orange Curtain and as far north to the lush wilderness of the Kern River. The Ward is ruled by the iron fist of The LosT Angeles Ward Agency also known as The L.A.W. The Ward has caught the attention of big money developers and The L.A.W. is moving quickly to gentrify the Ward at all costs. The L.A.W. once aimed at keeping the Ward as a playground for criminals, encouraged the flourishing of black markets, drug use, criminal activity and the decay of moral standards is now fighting to change the face of the Ward to an elite spot for the rich. The tension amongst the inhabitants is high and hints of war are in the air. The Ward demographic is made up of “haves” and “have-nots” an eclectic mix of poverty stricken people including the indigenous People of the Sun whose pilgrimage to the Ward is one of spiritual and cultural significance. People of the Sun seek to restore LosT Angeles Ward to it’s original state of Aztlan- an indigenous oasis and long forgotten homeland- and will not leave the Ward without a fight. Ward transplants lured by the rich and famous basking in the sun and frolicking on screen clash with the elite and threaten to overthrow the Hollywood throne. The elite continue to disregard the poor yet the uprising is imminent as civilians feel the pressures of gentrification. Hollywood, now run by The L.A.W. and used for propaganda films is but a factory filled with elitist wax dummies and puppets that talk and walk. As The L.A.W. struggles to keep people in order an unlikely problem arises. Layla Alvarez, a descendent of the People of the Sun born and raised in the Ward leads an uprising against The L.A.W.’s harsh tactics making her Ward Enemy No. 1. “Operation Silence” is instated by The L.A.W. Layla, a master of disguise has been able to keep The L.A.W. at bay by operating underground and using several aliases in a place where civilians are monitored with high tech equipment, every move tracked and individual rights have all but diminished. The more The L.A.W. tries to instill “Operation Silence” the more Layla fights to give a voice to the people of the Ward by making sure their of survival of humanitarian horrors and tragic death stories reach outside the Ward walls. The L.A.W. will stop at nothing to capture and SILENCE Ward Enemy No. 1.  |
