Zoot Suit is a film adaptation of Luis Valdez's critically acclaimed play, which is based on the real-life Sleepy Lagoon murder case and the zoot suit riots of 1940s Los Angeles. Henry Reyna is the head of a group of Mexican-Americans who have been condemned to San Quentin for the death of a guy at Sleepy Lagoon despite a lack of evidence. Alice Bloomfield and George Shearer, as members of the defense committee, fight for Henry and his companions' freedom against a blatant miscarriage of justice.
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Zoot Suit is a film adaptation of Luis Valdez's critically acclaimed play, which is based on the real-life Sleepy Lagoon murder case and the zoot suit riots of 1940s Los Angeles. Henry Reyna is the head of a group of Mexican-Americans who have been condemned to San Quentin for the death of a guy at Sleepy Lagoon despite a lack of evidence. Alice Bloomfield and George Shearer, as members of the defense committee, fight for Henry and his companions' freedom against a blatant miscarriage of justice.
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