Chicano Legends and Superhero Icons: What’s Next for Latino Movies?

Boulevard Nights gave us the reflection of pain and pride under constraint. Blue Beetle gives us imagination unbound.

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When Boulevard Nights premiered in 1979, audiences saw something rare in Hollywood: a film centered on Chicano life in East Los Angeles.

Directed by Michael Pressman, the film told the story of two brothers: one trying to stay out of trouble, the other drawn into the all…