Eddie Olmos S East L.A. Story
It’s a tough, grim truth that “American Me” tells, about the Latino gang culture of East Los Angeles and in the California prison system. The movie covers about 30 years, starting with the infamous Zoot Suit riots in 1943 Los Angeles, when servicemen on leave attacked Mexican-Americans. Olmos plays the central character, Santana, who grows up in the barrio, joins a gang, graduates from juvenile jail to Folsom State Prison where he and his friends J....