Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It opens in 1972, as the three are members of an East L.A. gang known as the "Vatos Locos", and the story focuses on how a violent crime and the influence of narcotics alter their lives. Miklo is incarcerated and sent to San Quentin, where he makes a "home" for himself. Cruz becomes an exceptional artist, but a heroin addiction overcomes him with tragic results. Paco becomes a cop and an enemy to his "carnal", Miklo.

Βαριεστημένες από τη μονοτονία της καθημερινότητάς τους σε ένα φιλήσυχο προάστιο του Λος Άντζελες και ενθουσιασμένες με την χιπ χοπ κουλτούρα, η Άλισον και η «κολλητή» της Έμιλι αποφασίζουν να επισκεφτούν τις φτωχογειτονιές του ανατολικού Λος Άντζελες, όπου εκεί κυκλοφορούν οι αυθεντικοί γκάνγκστα. Η γνωριμία τους με τον Έκτορ, αρχηγό συμμορίας λατίνων εμπόρων ναρκωτικών, ενθουσιάζει τις δύο κοπέλες, που αποφασίζουν να γίνουν μέλη της. Όμως η επίσκεψή τους στο γκέτο αποδεικνύεται λανθασμένη απόφαση: ο Έκτορ και οι «συνάδελφοί» του προτίθενται να τις βιάσουν. Οι συνέπειες θα είναι τραγικές…

Rudy, an American of Hispanic descent, whose south-of-the-border looks show him no mercy during an immigration raid in a migrant worker factory. As his luck goes, he is caught with neither money nor his ID and is deported to Mexico - without speaking a word of Spanish!

During his 18 years in Folsom Prison, street-gang leader Santana rules over all the drug-and-murder activities behind bars. Upon his release, Santana goes back to his old neighborhood, intending to lead a peaceful, crime-free life. But his old gang buddies force him back into his old habits.

Mousie and Sad Girl are childhood best friends in a contemporary Los Angeles poor Hispanic neighborhood. But when Sad Girl becomes pregnant by Mousie's boyfriend, a drug dealer named Ernesto, the two become bitter enemies. While their dispute escalates towards violence, the violence of the world around them soon also impacts their lives.

Ένας νεαρός αστυνομικός σίγουρος για τον εαυτό του μαθαίνει τα κατατόπια από το βετεράνο συνεργάτη του στις ελεγχόμενες από συμμορίες επικίνδυνες γειτονιές του Λος Άντζελες όπου η συμπεριφορά των συμμοριών εφαρμόζεται βάσει των χρωμάτων που φορούν τα μέλη τους.

Βρισκόμαστε στο Ανατολικό Λος Άντζελες, και η κουλτούρα του χαμηλού αυτοκινήτου έχει πάρει εδώ σχεδόν πνευματική υπόσταση. Εδώ κατοικεί και ο Ντάνι, ένας ταλαντούχος αρτίστας του δρόμου, που μπλέκεται ανάμεσα στον κόσμο των λατρών του αυτοκινήτου, στον οποίο ανήκει ο παλιάς σχολής πατέρας του, και στον Φρανσίσκο, τον πρώην κατάδικο αδελφό του. Ο Ντάνι πρέπει να αφήσει στην άκρη τις ικανότητες του στο γκράφιτι, ώστε να βοηθήσει τον αδελφό του σε επερχόμενο διαγωνισμό.

Diego is a gay but closeted Hispanic chef living in East Los Angeles who works in the restaurant operated by his grandmother. Frustrated by the secretive lifestyle he shares with his similarly closeted lover, Pablo, Diego finds himself attracted to Wesley, one of the openly gay Caucasian men he feels are gentrifying his neighborhood. Their relationship pushes Diego to consider the possibility of a life he had never imagined.

A focus on life in a gang, Boulevard Nights portrays the dangers of street violence. Richard Yniguez plays a young Chicano who tries to get out of the gang, but he keeps finding himself drawn back into it.

When Ruben, a young Chicano musician, is caught between his mother’s expectations and his own hopes, he is forced to make a decision that will change his life forever. Based on true events, “Con Esperanza” follows Ruben on his journey of pursuing his dreams, balancing both the traditional and financial expectations of his Mother.