Community Policing1

community policing1 American Me is a harsh look at the reality of prison and syndicate heart, especially within the Chicano community. ground on a true story, American Me traces the smell of a Latino crime lord, Santana, from his youth growing up in the barrio of East Los Angeles, through his rise to power foundation the walls of Folso Prison. Set against a backdrop of hopelessness and prejudice the film brutally attempts to portray the continuing cycle of vehemence intrinsic within a crime-based life-style.

In the end Santana is unable to leave that cycle, dying violently at the hands of his former gang members, while at the same time such violence is given rebirth within the barrio. Santana, played by Edward pack Olmos is in prison and looking back at his life, his parents life, and discovering what his life has become. In the first scene of act one, the viewer is taken back in time to the 1940s to a scene where Santanas parents were defeat and raped by sailors in the streets of L...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com

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