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, which got him more years in jail. He started the biggest click in prison, Mexican Mafia, which gave him and all Latinos, away to survive the prison life. Santana is the name of the person the movie revolves around. His parents were Zoot Suitors in their day and not like by society. Sailors, during the Zoot Suit Riots raped Santana's mother and beat up his father. Santana grew up with his father resenting him, because he was not his real son. But Santana did not find this out until much later i
"American Me" shows a 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. Santana killed his first person at the age of sixteen, which gave him respect and power. Santana love his newly find power. From his power and respect, he started the Mexican Mafia, which later expanded in and out of prison. They used the Mexican Mafia the keep Latinos united and to stop people, who were stronger, from taking anything away from his people. Santana used he power to grantee Latino people's safety by making them pay rent. Santana and his counter parts, JD and Mundo, ran every
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