Last Bastion: A Tale of the Topanga Rodeo Grounds

Documentary (2013)

Featuring JAMES MATHERS

Directed by ANASTASIA FITE

The Topanga Rodeo grounds, The Snakepit, and Topanga Beach, were alternative communities at the mouth of Topanga Canyon that provided an alternative lifestyle for surfers, artists, and bohemians of all kinds until 2007, due to an archaic rental agreement with LAAC. When State Parks bought the land in the 2000's they evicted all the tenants and tore down their homes, many of whom had been there for 40+ years and raised several generations of families there. This film profiles some of those residents and their time at The Rodeo Grounds as they wander through their abandoned and derelict houses nostalgically telling stories.