Remezcla https://remezcla.com/tag/zoot-suit/ Our Thing Fri, 10 Apr 2026 05:05:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://remezcla.com/wp-content/themes/remezcla/assets/images/social/precomposed-144x144.png Remezcla https://remezcla.com/tag/zoot-suit/ 144 144 ‘Real Women Have Curves’ & ‘Zoot Suit’ Added to National Film Registry https://remezcla.com/film/real-women-have-curves-zoot-suit-national-film-registry-2019/ Wed, 18 Dec 2019 20:40:47 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=273371 Every year, aficionados eagerly await the reveal of the films being inducted into the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry. Five years ago, the Registry added the first Chicano film ever made, 1976’s Please Don’t Bury Me Alive. But for the most part, we haven’t seen as many Latino films make the cut. Thankfully, this

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]]> real women have curves_film "Real Women Have Curves" still featuring America Ferrera. Courtesy of HBO. BAM Is Bringing ‘Selena,’ ‘La Bamba,’ ‘Zoot Suit’ & Other Chicano Classics to the Big Screen https://remezcla.com/lists/film/bam-pioneers-of-chicano-cinema-series/ Thu, 01 Mar 2018 22:32:35 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?post_type=re_guides&p=236452 Whether your only points of reference for Chicano cinema are films like Zoot Suit and Selena or whether you’re a scholar of all things Chicano on the big screen, BAMcinématek’s upcoming ¡Sí Se Puede! Pioneers of Chicano Cinema program has something for you. Curating those more well-known films alongside pioneering work from Lourdes Portillo and Sylvia Morales among others, the weeklong series serves

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]]> Luis Valdez and Edward James Olmos on White Supremacy and Why ‘Zoot Suit’ Is Relevant Today https://remezcla.com/features/film/zoot-suit-screening-academy-pst-2017-luis-valdez-edward-james-olmos/ Mon, 16 Oct 2017 20:28:13 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?post_type=re_features&p=228875 Made for a tiny fraction of what other films of its kind cost at the time, Luis Valdez’s 1981 film adaptation of his acclaimed stage play, Zoot Suit, became a Chicano classic and introduced audiences to Edward James Olmos, who delivers one of his most memorable performances as the snarky Pachuco that drives the story.

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]]> Pacific Standard Time, Zoot Suit Actors Alma Martinez (left) and Edward James Olmos prior to a screening of "Zoot Suit" presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on September 25, 2017. Photo by Michael Yada. Courtesy of A.M.P.A.S.