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Title:

Zoot suit [Blu-ray] / a Luis Valdez film.

Format:

[Blu-ray] /

Edition:

Special edition.

Publisher:

Kino Lorber,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Valdez, Luis--Film adaptations.
Sleepy Lagoon Trial, Los Angeles, Calif., 1942-1943--Drama.
Zoot Suit Riots, Los Angeles, Calif., 1943--Drama.
Mexican Americans--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--Drama.
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Film adaptations.
California--Los Angeles--Drama.

Other Authors:

Valdez, Luis, screenwriter. film director, screenwriter.
Valdez, Daniel, 1949- actor.
Olmos, Edward James, actor.
Daly, Tyne, actor.
Aidman, Charles, actor.
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Valdez, Luis. Zoot suit.
Kino Lorber, Inc., publisher.

Notes:

Title from sell sheet. Based on the play by Luis Valdez. Originally released as a motion picture in 1981. Wide screen. Bonus features: new interview with writer/director Luis Valdez; new audio commentary by filmmaker/historian Daniel Kremer; theatrical trailer. Daniel Valdez, Edward James Olmos, Tyne Daly, Charles Aidman, John Anderson.

Summary:

When barrio leader Henry Reyna and a group of his friends are unjustly convicted on circumstantial evidence and sent to San Quentin, activist lawyers Alice Bloomfield and George Shearer fight the blatant racially motivated miscarriage of justice to win Henry and his friends their freedom.

Series:

KL studio classics

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1302210730

UPC:

738329258146

Locations:

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)