Well, as you said, I wasn't accepted as an American. I mean, I wasn't accepted as an American, having been brought up in the east of Los Angeles.
Bread and Roses - Latino USA Episode 425
Geographic
Los Angeles
00:18
The film premiered recently in Los Angeles.
Geographic
Los Angeles
01:29
Nearly a decade after he came up with the idea for Bread and Roses, screenwriter Paul Laverty was back in Los Angeles for the film's opening party.
Geographic
Los Angeles
01:38
He'd just arrived from his state of Scotland in the early 90s when thousands of janitors, mostly from Mexico and Central America, were beginning to demand better pay and benefits.
Geographic
Los Angeles
01:49
I went along and I met the people. I met cleaners who were activists and trade union organizers.
Geographic
Los Angeles
01:54
And they were fantastic people. And there was a kind of a spark to them that really got to me, you know, the way they organized and a real depth of human experience.
Geographic
Los Angeles
02:05
You know, and there was a determination to organize and change their lives without making a fuss or playing victim.
Geographic
Los Angeles
02:19
The first time I met Paul, he sort of appeared and started asking a bunch of questions and I was totally suspicious about who this guy was, you know.
Geographic
Los Angeles
02:27
But over time he, you know, sort of wore on me. He said he was making a movie. I was like, yeah, right, everybody in L.A. is going to make a movie. You know, it's like this will end up in some trash can somewhere.
El Teatro Campesino - Latino USA Episode 416
Geographic
Los Angeles
16:01
Zoot Suit told the story of racism against Pachucos in Los Angeles.
Geographic
Los Angeles
16:19
Pachucos were young Mexican-Americans who'd adopted the Zoot Suit style of dress during the time of the Second World War.
Geographic
Los Angeles
17:23
Four hundred thousand people saw the production of Zoot Suit at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, where it ran for 46 weeks, with actor Edward James Olmos in the lead role of El Pachuco.
Anthony Quinn
00:00 / 00:00
03:16 - 03:24
Well, as you said, I wasn't accepted as an American. I mean, I wasn't accepted as an American, having been brought up in the east of Los Angeles.
Anthony Quinn
Los Angeles
Identity
Bread and Roses
00:00 / 00:00
00:18 - 00:20
The film premiered recently in Los Angeles.
Maria Hinojosa
Bread and Roses
Los Angeles
01:29 - 01:38
Nearly a decade after he came up with the idea for Bread and Roses, screenwriter Paul Laverty was back in Los Angeles for the film's opening party.
Robin Yurovich
Paul Laverty
Los Angeles
01:38 - 01:48
He'd just arrived from his state of Scotland in the early 90s when thousands of janitors, mostly from Mexico and Central America, were beginning to demand better pay and benefits.
Robin Yurovich
Paul Laverty
Labor Organizing
Los Angeles
01:49 - 01:54
I went along and I met the people. I met cleaners who were activists and trade union organizers.
Paul Laverty
Labor Organizing
Los Angeles
01:54 - 02:05
And they were fantastic people. And there was a kind of a spark to them that really got to me, you know, the way they organized and a real depth of human experience.
Paul Laverty
Labor Organizing
Los Angeles
02:05 - 02:10
You know, and there was a determination to organize and change their lives without making a fuss or playing victim.
Paul Laverty
Labor Organizing
Los Angeles
02:19 - 02:27
The first time I met Paul, he sort of appeared and started asking a bunch of questions and I was totally suspicious about who this guy was, you know.
Jono Shaffer
Los Angeles
Bread and Roses
02:27 - 02:37
But over time he, you know, sort of wore on me. He said he was making a movie. I was like, yeah, right, everybody in L.A. is going to make a movie. You know, it's like this will end up in some trash can somewhere.
Jono Shaffer
Los Angeles
Bread and Roses
Film
El Teatro Campesino - Latino USA Episode 416
00:00 / 00:00
16:01 - 16:19
Zoot Suit told the story of racism against Pachucos in Los Angeles.
Maria Martin
Zoot Suit
Los Angeles
Identity
16:19 - 16:26
Pachucos were young Mexican-Americans who'd adopted the Zoot Suit style of dress during the time of the Second World War.
Maria Martin
Zoot Suit
Los Angeles
Identity
17:23 - 17:35
Four hundred thousand people saw the production of Zoot Suit at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, where it ran for 46 weeks, with actor Edward James Olmos in the lead role of El Pachuco.
Luis Valdez
Zoot Suit
Theater
Los Angeles
Edward James Olmos
Project By:Kathryn Gaylon, Luz Gonzalez, Christian Nicholas, and Allysa Tellez