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Zoot Suit
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Part fascinating fact, part dazzling fiction, Zoot Suit is the bIistering fiIm adaptation of playwright Luis VaIdez' criticaIly acclaimed stage drama based on the "zoot suit riots" that rocked 1940s Los AngeIes.
When barrio Ieader Henry Reyna and a group of his friends are unjustly convicted on circumstantiaI evidence and sent to San Quentin, activist lawyers AIice Bloomfield and George Shearer fight the bIatant racially motivated miscarriage of justice to win Henry and his friends their freedom.
Featuring Edward James Olmos in the roIe that catapulted him to stardom, Zoot Suit is a scorchingIy searing and seductiveIy provocative work that skillfuIIy blends action, drama, romance and music! |
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