Marquee Survivals: A Multimodal Historiography of Cinema's Recycled Spaces

American Me video essay

Broadway as Background

This contribution to the “Sense of Pachuca” video series confronts how American Me (1992, dir. Edward James Olmos) depicts the Zoot Suit Riots as the historical context for Montoya Santana’s story of gang life. Written about by Rosa Linda Fregoso, the film posits the Chicana as the potential savior, but also the malinche whose violation condemn Chicanos for generations.

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