ComingSoon can exclusively reveal the trailer for American Homeboy.
American Homeboy is a brand new documentary about Mexican American tradition that’s directed by Brandon Loran Maxwell. Will probably be launched on digital streaming providers later this month.
Try the unique American Homeboy trailer and poster beneath (watch more trailers and clips):
What’s American Homeboy about?
“American Homeboy is a documentary movie that explores the advanced origins of pachuco and cholo tradition which sprouted from American soil greater than 100 years in the past in response to wartime sentiment, social alienation, and authorities discrimination solely to develop into a popular culture phenomenon,” the synopsis reads. “The movie attracts from uncommon interviews shot on 5k with main Mexican American historians, teachers, artists, activists, cholos, and former legislation enforcement officers towards a backdrop of fifty hours of restored archival footage.”
The forged of the film, which was filmed over the span of three years, consists of Estevan Oriol (L.A. Originals), Luis J. Rodriguez (All the time Operating), Charley Trujillo (Soldados In Vietnam), David ‘Compton’ Oropeza (Tattoo Nation), John Ulloa (Low Creations C.C.), Eduardo Obregón Pagán (Homicide on the Sleepy Lagoon), James Diego Vigil (From Indians To Chicanos), Denise Sandoval (The Artwork Of Using Low), Kenneth Castillo (Counterpunch), Richard Valdemar (Gangland), Sandy Avila (Girl Lowriders C.C.), Chuco Moreno (Viceland), Jose Valle (Raza del Soul), Jose ‘Barrio Archaeologist’ Joaquin, Jerry Ramirez (This Idiot), and extra.
Chela Media, a West Coast-based Latino digital media startup, produced American Homeboy. Maxwell and Patrick Bowers additionally function producers and govt producers.
“Chicano tradition is exclusive, stunning, and sophisticated,” Maxwell mentioned in an announcement. “My purpose is to assist contextualize it for common folks by using trendy expertise and punctiliously piecing collectively the previous.”
American Homeboy might be accessible on digital providers resembling Amazon, iTunes, Google Play, and extra on October 15, 2024, from Freestyle Digital Media.
