1981 | B/N | 103 min A group of Latinos living in East L.A. in the 1940s is accused of murder; this provokes a series of riots and fuels racist attitudes toward the Latino community, which is viewed with resentment and distrust by the police and white people in the area. The film uses a theatrical aesthetic: the narrator is the mythical character of El Pachuco who uses Chicano language and boogie music to reveal the sensibility of the Latino community in wartime USA. Country: Estados Unidos Direction: Valdez; Luis Script: Valdez; Luis Production: Burrell; Peter, Brecher; Kenneth, Davidson; Gordon, Esparza; Phil, P Wingate; William Photography: Myers; David Sound: K Kean; John Music: Valdéz; Daniel Cast:Valdéz; Daniel, Aidman; Charles, Franco; Abel, Martínez; Alma, James Olmos; Edward, Ontiveros; Lupe, X Mccarthy; Francis Participation year at FICM: 2011
1981 | B/N | 103 min A group of Latinos living in East L.A. in the 1940s is accused of murder; this provokes a series of riots and fuels racist attitudes toward the Latino community, which is viewed with resentment and distrust by the police and white people in the area. The film uses a theatrical aesthetic: the narrator is the mythical character of El Pachuco who uses Chicano language and boogie music to reveal the sensibility of the Latino community in wartime USA. Country: Estados Unidos Direction: Valdez; Luis Script: Valdez; Luis Production: Burrell; Peter, Brecher; Kenneth, Davidson; Gordon, Esparza; Phil, P Wingate; William Photography: Myers; David Sound: K Kean; John Music: Valdéz; Daniel Cast:Valdéz; Daniel, Aidman; Charles, Franco; Abel, Martínez; Alma, James Olmos; Edward, Ontiveros; Lupe, X Mccarthy; Francis Participation year at FICM: 2011
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