Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

American me / Universal Pictures presents a Y.O.Y. production ; directed by Edward James Olmos ; screenplay by Floyd Mutrux and Desmond Nakano ; story by Floyd Mutrux ; produced by Sean Daniel, Robert M. Young, Edward James Olmos.

Publisher, Date:

Universal City, CA : Universal, [2002]

Description:

1 videodisc (126 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

digital optical

NTSC rda

video file DVD video region 1

Summary:

Inspired by a true story, this is the story of a vicious Latino prison gang leader, doomed by his past to a life of harsh, unforgiving violence after his release from jail. He grows up in East Los Angeles, joins a street gang and is in prison while he is still of an age to be in high school. By the time he is back on the streets again, he is a skillful, educated criminal.

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: R.

Subjects:

Prison gangs -- California -- Drama.

Prison violence -- California -- Drama.

Hispanic American criminals -- California -- East Los Angeles -- Drama.

Ex-convicts -- California -- East Los Angeles -- Social conditions -- Drama.

Genre:

Prison films.

Other Author:

Olmos, Edward James.

Mutrux, Floyd.