Zoot Suit is a film adaptation of Luis Valdez's critically acclaimed play, based on the real-life Sleepy Lagoon murder case and the zoot suit riots of 1940s LA. In the wake of the death of a man at Sleepy Lagoon, Henry Reyna and a gang of Mexican-Americans were sent to San Quentin. As members of the defense committee, Alice Bloomfield and George Shearer are fighting for Henry's and his friends' release against clear miscarriage of justice.
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Zoot Suit is a film adaptation of Luis Valdez's critically acclaimed play, based on the real-life Sleepy Lagoon murder case and the zoot suit riots of 1940s LA. In the wake of the death of a man at Sleepy Lagoon, Henry Reyna and a gang of Mexican-Americans were sent to San Quentin. As members of the defense committee, Alice Bloomfield and George Shearer are fighting for Henry's and his friends' release against clear miscarriage of justice.
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