Korla

A profile of an African-American man who reinvented himself as a musician from India.

The amazing story of John Roland Redd, an African American from Columbia, Missouri who migrated to Hollywood in 1939 and reinvented himself as a musician from India. The newly-named Korla Pandit found fame as an actor, spiritual guide and recording artist, and was later celebrated by a new generation of fans who crowned him the Godfather of Exotica music.

    Korla is a local public television program presented by PBS SoCal | KCET.

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