Tre fettere vokser opp i tøffe East Los Angeles. Men etter en bloding bandekrig splittes de og går ulike skjebner i møte. Paco blir politimann. Miklo havner i fengsel. Og Cruz blir narkotikamisbruker. Til tross for dette holder blondsbåndene dem sammen.
A wealthy Los Angeles teen and her superficial friends wants to break out of suburbia and experience Southern California's "gangsta" lifestyle. But problems arise when the preppies get in over their heads and provoke the wrath of a violent Latino gang. Suddenly, their role-playing seems a little too real.
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!
Tre gutter, oppvokst i slummen, danner i 1959 en gjeng. Det er Santana, JD og Mundo som mener at deres eneste mulighet til å slå seg fram her i verden er gjennom kriminalitet og vold. Men gjengen ender snart opp i en konflikt med en annen bande, noe som får et tragisk utfall. Og etter å ha gått ut og inn av forbedringsanstalter havner de tre i Folsom State Prison i en alder av 18. Men også innefor fengselsmurene lever gjengen og setter seg snart i respekt hos sine medfanger. Og langsomt vokser antallet. Opptagelsesprøven er gjerne en voldshandling eller mord. Etter 18 år innenfor murene har de tre små muligheter til å kunne fungere som normale individer i et normalt samfunn. Forsøk på å bryte ut av den kriminelle løpebane er forbundet med mange farer...
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.
A confident young cop is shown the ropes by a veteran partner in the dangerous gang-controlled barrios of Los Angeles, where the gang culture is enforced by the colors the members wear.
A young street artist in East Los Angeles is caught between his father's obsession with lowrider car culture, his ex-felon brother and his need for self-expression.
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.