Colonia

1977 17 min

Overview

Black and white UCLA Student Film, Preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. A social drama featuring a young Chicano man who moves unevenly between the world of a Eastside Los Angeles gang and his private home with his mother. The film is rooted in a distinctive sense of place in East Los Angeles locations and Chicano fashion, through an Italian neorealist lens.

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Drama

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Cast

Guillermo Loo

Juan

Mrs. Sandate

Mother

Mando Aviles

Mario

Mario Aviles

Mando

Jessie Martinez

Gang Member

Charlie Solis

Gang Member

Charlie Castro

Boy with the Spray Gun

Thomas Torrez

Second Gang

Ralph Torrez

Second Gang

Ramon Amajo

Second Gang

James Martinez

Second Gang

Bill Loeften

Police Officer

Crew

Louie Napoles

Cinematography

Moises Cubillos

Cinematography

Moises Cubillos

Director

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