I think that's what made it better and more relatable than American Me. With non chicano characters like Big Al, Bonafide, the warden, Billy Bob Thorton's character....etc.
Benjamin Bratt along with Jimmy Smith and Esai Morales are my favorite Latino actors.. Wish Hollywood would give more Latino Men the opportunity to act in more mainstream roles
One thing i learn that he's a true honorary mexican even if though he wasn't from mexico but he defend roots as it were his. Why him and miklos and the cast will always be respected and why i remember latinos stop posing as other people like cardi b, nate diaz, and be proud of who you are!
@@guccimane99 guey listen and let me tell you again kid. I've seen blood in and Blood out in the theaters and that's when i see brown people united and why mexicans don't trip over a peruvian being mexican... Benjamin is proud to be who he is inca and more importantly in LA why in San Francisco he would not paved a way so appreciate it kid, maybe that's why things happen, why i hate the younger generation easily decieve and not doing their facts... Benjamin stared in many mexican movies and shows, good riddance malinche
The perspective he gave into the premise of the film regarding the father opening his heart to his son by way of tolerance and perhaps even acceptance was deep and highly insightful.
I met Benjamin when he got a speeding ticket driving from SF to LA (in an older Volvo) he got the ticket in the county where I was the traffic clerk, for getting a ticket (which was an expensive one ) he was soooo nice and polite 😊
I watched Blood in Blood out after someone told me I looked like Benjamin Bratt. Ever since then I’ve had a huge fascination with the Latino culture, learnt Spanish and visited many Latino countries. I only look Latino though, but lucky me!!!
A little background on the film. Written by New Mexican Jimmy Santiago Baca. Most people who watch Blood in Blood Out aren't aware of Baca's true calling - that of a poet - and should take time to read his "Martin and Meditations on the South Valley" - which is where I grew up - his Black Mesa Poems, and his Healing Earthquakes. It's interesting how it was a New Mexican and a collection of lead actors, none of whom were actually Chicano/Mexican-American - but who were Hispanic of various flavors in their own right - who created *the* iconic film about East L.A. but it's to their credit that not only did they pull it off, but they really pulled it off. I was in my teens in the 1980s when the movie came out, and the movie resonated for all of us in the Chicano neighborhoods of Albuquerque, regardless of whether or not we were involved in that lifestyle.
Wow.......I didn't know Benjamin was married to Katana! Awesome! Keep it going guys. Currently..........Blood in/Blood out is one of my FAVORITE movies of all time! THE BLACK ROOSTER!
He is peruvian.but because for hollywood everyone is mexican is very difficult survive from other country i think being the majority of audiemce latino watching movie about latinos is mexican. And if you notice george keep saying latinos
not just a star but an actor, too. saw him back in the 80's at the Cedar City Utah Shakespeare Festival. then saw him in a movie and, wait, that's the guy in the play program!
LA MISSION ...IS ONE GREAT MOVIE, WITH MORE THAN ONE POWERFUL MESSAGES. KUDDOS TO THE WRITER, DIRECTOR, AND PRODUCER. AND KUDDOS TO ALL THE ACTORS IN THIS FILM. 2 THUMBS UP .... 5 STARS FOR ME. AND MAY I ADD..B. BRATT IS ONE FINE FINE SPECIMAN OF A MAN IN THIS FILM!!!
love to the people of america regardless of nationality. Peruvians, Mexicans, Peurto Rican, Salvadorians right down to individual tribes from north and south, Apache, The Cherokee Nation and host of others. f**k being called Latino or Hispanic. I recognize what I am and its Native rooted and the struggle of being brown or red skin, the native in me. I'll never confuse myself as a property of spain, a hispanic. especially when we have less european blood on average than some of you think.
Serious Question so I can better understand: In the US, I have sometimes heard or seen mexican-americans refer to themselves or each other as: 1) "Hispanic" (mexican-americans of some degree of Spanish-European descent). 2) "Latino" (mexican-americans of Roman, Italian, Latin descent??) 3) "Tejanos" (mexican-americans from Texas and/or possible descendants of the "vaqueros"). 4) "Surenos" (mexican-americans from the Southern US and/ or Southern California. 5) "Nortenos" (mexican-americans from or who have settled in the northern US/ California) 6) "Mexican/ Mexicano" (either from Mexico and/or born to parents that were). 7) "Mexican-Americans" (citizens of the US who are of Mexican decent). 8) "Chicano" (Variant of "Me-xicano" meaning or use uncertain). 9) "Cholos" (mexican-americans sometimes referred to as gang members. Uncertain). 10) "Califas" (California; mexican-americans from or who live in California??). 11) "Vaqueros" (Spanish / Mexican cowboys; or the descendants thereof). Of course... I am uncertain of the deeper meanings of these various terms and/or how they do or do not apply (if at all). I suppose the better question I should be asking is how do mexican-americans themselves/ yourselves PREFER to use these terms (if at all)?? Any and all answers to my questions would be most appreciated. Gracias!!
Actually they all apply since the majority of Mexicans have European blood in them wether it be Spaniard, French, Italian, Polish etc etc. "Califas" is just an abbreviation to California really. "Where do you come from?" "Im from Califas". But at the end we just simply say we're Mexican or Mexican-American.
50%............................. well im not so sure but yes the indigenous make part of the majority whit the mestizos. mestizo and indigenous cause they have more mestizo in mexico
