Latino Screening Series: 'Blood In, Blood Out'

This rarely screened 1993 crime drama (released as “Bound by Honor”), and a personal favorite of Poitier Film School deputy director Peter Murrieta, gets the big-screen treatment it deserves. Directed by Taylor Hackford with a partly autobiographical screenplay by poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, “Blood In, Blood Out” follows the intertwining lives of three Chicano relatives - bound by blood, divided by fate - who join the East LA Vatos Locos gang. Starring Jesse Borrego, Benjamin Bratt, Enrique Castillo and Damian Chapa, “Blood In, Blood Out” is an epic and underappreciated work of ‘90s Los Angeles cinema. This event is part of The Poitier Film School Latino Screening Series, showcasing gems of Latino Cinema in partnership with Milagro Cinemas and the Mexican Consulate (Consulado General de México en Los Ángeles).