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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bento" data-source="post: 3404813" data-attributes="member: 36597">Searching Edward James Olmos...Here's two I can think of:"My Family/Mi Familia" (1995) - Traces over three generations an immigrant family's trials, tribulations, tragedies, and triumphs. Maria and Jose, the first generation, come to Los Angeles, meet, marry, face deportation all in the 1930's. They establish their family in East L.A., and their children Chucho, Paco, Memo, Irene, Toni, and Jimmy deal with youth culture and the L.A. police in the 50's. As the second generation become adults in the 60's, the focus shifts to Jimmy, his marriage to Isabel (a Salvadorian refugee), their son, and Jimmy's journey to becoming a responsible parent. (taken from imdb.com)"American Me" (1992) - This epic depiction of thirty years of Chicano gang life in Los Angeles focuses on a teen named Santana who, with his friends Mundo and the Caucasian-but-acting-Hispanic J.D., form their own gang and are soon arrested for a break-in. Santana gets into trouble again and goes straight from reform school to prison, spending eighteen year there, and becoming leader of a powerful gang, both inside and outside the prison, while there. When he is finally released, he tries to make sense of the violence in his life, in a world much changed from when last he was in it. (also from imdb.com) Takes place in the 1940s to 1960s.You can also do a "keyword" search on IMDB and they recognize both 1950s and Los Angeles.  Here's the link to combine both terms together - <a href="http://www.imdb.com/keyword/1950s/los-angeles-california/" target="_blank">http://www.imdb.com/keyword/1950s/los-angeles-california/</a>Otherwise, my best source for historical info for games is either the library or a used bookstore.  Good luck Hyp!</blockquote>

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