American Me

“American Me” is a movie, made in 1992, directed by and starring Edward James Olmos. This movie based on a true story, about a Mexican-American male spinning over half his life in prison. He grew up in the street of East Los Angeles, were he joined the local neighborhood gang. He and his friends got sent to prison at the age of sixteen for breaking and entering. In prison he did what it took to survive, …

…little bit about how Latinos grew up in East Los Angeles back in the day and what prison life was like and is like. It also shows the some of the things Latinos went through and go through live in East Los Angeles. It also shows Latino culture and history. This is a good movie to show things that Latinos went through with the police, the judicial system, and want they had to work with.