Initial release date:
- 1981
Directed by:
Rating:
Runtime:
- 1 h 43 min
Screenplay by:
Also known as:
- Chicanos Story
Luis Valdez (born June 26, 1940) is an American playwright, writer and film director. He is regarded as the father of Chicano theater in the United States. Valdez was born in Delano, California to migrant farm worker parents. His brother is the actor Daniel Valdez. Luis Valdez graduated from James...
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Zoot Suit is a play written by Luis Valdez, featuring incidental music by Daniel Valdez and Lalo Guerrero, the "father of Chicano music." Zoot Suit is a fictionalized version of the real-life Sleepy Lagoon murder trial – when a group of Chicano youths were charged with a murder that they did not...
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