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2. Zoot Suit (film) - Wikipedia

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   Zoot Suit is a 1981 American independent [3] [4] drama musical film of the Broadway play Zoot Suit. Both the play and film were written and directed by Luis Valdez . The film stars Daniel Valdez , Edward James Olmos —both reprising their roles from the stage production—and Tyne Daly .

3. List of Chicano films - Wikipedia

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   Luis Valdez directed I Am Joaquin (1969), Zoot Suit (1981), and others. Sylvia Morales directed Chicana (1979), A Crushing Love (2009), and others. Edward James Olmos directed American Me (1992) and The Devil Has a Name (2019) Cheech Marin directed Born in East L.A. (1987)

4. Zoot Suit (play) - Wikipedia

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   Zoot Suit is a play written by Luis Valdez, featuring incidental music by Daniel Valdez and Lalo Guerrero. Zoot Suit is based on the Sleepy Lagoon murder trial and the Zoot Suit Riots. Debuting in 1979, Zoot Suit was the first Chicano play on Broadway. In 1981, Luis Valdez also directed a filmed version of the play, combining stage and film ...

5. Luis Valdez - Wikipedia

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   With Zoot Suit, Valdez became the first Chicano director to have a play presented on Broadway in 1979. In 1981, it was made into a film. [16] In Zoot Suit, Valdez weaves a story involving the real-life events of the Sleepy Lagoon murder trial—when a group of young Mexican-Americans were wrongfully charged with murder—and the Zoot Suit riots.

6. By exploring L.A.'s racial injustice, Luis Valdez's 'Zoot ...

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   It's like 10 buffaloes," says Demián Bichir, who saw the movie version of "Zoot Suit" while growing up in Mexico City and went on to portray El Pachuco in the 2017 revival at the Taper.

7. Zoot suit: How the bold look made history and continues to ...

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   The zoot suit was vilified by L.A. authorities during the Zoot Suit Riots in 1943. But its dandy-ish profile continues to influence fashion

8. The untold story of the Zoot Suit Riots: How Black L.A ...

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9. Daniel Valdez - Wikipedia

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   [4] [8] [12] In 1997, Valdez served as a musical consultant and a historical expert for the San Diego Repertory Theatre and Southwestern College's revival of Zoot Suit. [4] [8] [12] While he was at Southwestern, Valdez wrote his first original musical, Ollin. [4] [8] In 2000, he appeared in the musical, Selena Forever.