Zoot Suit
(1981)
★ 6.4 IMDb · 23 votes
Year: 1981
Runtime: 99 мин
Country: United States of America
Director: Luis Valdez
Cast: Daniel Valdez, Эдвард Джеймс Олмос, Чарльз Эйдмен, Тайн Дейли, John Anderson, Abel Franco, Майк Гомес, Alma Martinez, Фрэнсис Зи. МакКарти, Люпе Онтиверос
Plot
Part fact and part fiction, Zoot Suit is the film version of Luis Valdez's critically acclaimed play, based on the actual Sleepy Lagoon murder case and the zoot suit riots of 1940s Los Angeles. Henry Reyna is the leader of a group of Mexican-Americans being sent to San Quentin without substantial evidence for the death of a man at Sleepy Lagoon. As part of the defense committee, Alice Bloomfield and George Shearer fight the blatant miscarriage of justice for the freedom of Henry and his friends.