| Title | : | American Me |
|---|---|---|
| Release | : | 1992 |
| Rating | : | 7.2 |
| Language | : | English |
| Runtime | : | 125 |
| Genre | : | Biography,Crime,Drama,Romance |
This epic depiction of thirty years of Chicano gang life in Los Angeles focuses on a teen named Santana who, with his friends Mundo and the Caucasian-but-acting-Hispanic J.D., form their own gang and are soon arrested for a break-in. Santana gets into trouble again and goes straight from reform school to prison, spending eighteen years there, and becoming leader of a powerful gang, both inside and outside the prison, while there. When he is finally released, he tries to make sense of the violence in his life, in a world much changed from when last he was in it.
Floyd Mutrux (story), Floyd Mutrux (screenplay), Desmond Nakano (screenplay)
