 "L.A. Proper" is a comedic romantic romp from writer-director-actor Barry Canty. Featuring an ethnically diverse ensemble cast of six friends in their late 20 s and scored with music from legendary L.A. hip-hop/funk label Stones Throw Records, the multi-lingual "L.A. Proper" has been described as "Reality Bites" with hip, colored people. Influenced by Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor, Allen, Robert Altman, John Sayles, Spike Lee, Ed Burns, and the Thom Anderson doc "Los Angeles Plays Itself", Canty drew from his experiences in the parts of town not usually depicted in films or television shows to create a storyline that deals with the gentrification of the downtown area, immigrant rights, homelessness, the disappearance of the black middle class in the city and interracial dating. Canty plays MARVIN ROBESON, an unemployed and promiscuous "pseudo screenwriter/actor", opposite Jenn Pae who co-stars as EVE YOON, a graphic designer with a degree from Parsons and the head of her own struggling design firm. Marvin and Eve are volatile exes turned BFF and the de facto father and mother to their crew which includes GISELLE MOLINA (Rachel Matos) assistant press secretary to the Mayor of Los Angeles, ETHAN WALKER (Brad Yoder) an attorney and recent transplant from North Carolina, MELANIE WASHINGTON (Sheilynn Wactor) an African-American woman who runs the interracial dating site Dateasista.com and SEAN PARK (Steve Myung) a Korean-American and a former Chinese soap opera actor who has returned to Los Angeles to run a liquor store inherited from his deceased parents. Shot on HD by Valentina Caniglia, "L.A. Proper" was funded by a group of former Google employees headed by Executive Producer Caroline Escobar. The film was produced by Tina Pavlides and Dominic Ottersbach and co-produced by Canty.