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American Experience - Season 14 Episode 8

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Title: American Experience - Season 14 Episode 8
Genre: Documentary
Country: United States of America
Studio: PBS
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Alternative Titles: The American Experience
Keyword: biography, usa history, current affairs

Overview:"Zoot Suit Riots" recalls a week of violence that rocked Los Angeles in June 1943, pitting Mexican-Americans against Anglos, many of them servicemen. Hector Elizondo narrates the hour, which uses atmospheric re-creations and interviews with historians and people who lived through it to chart a year of steadily rising tension leading up to the riots. One key event: an August 1942 altercation in which a young Mexican-American man died. The defendants were also Mexican-American, but the circus trial at which they were convicted inflamed prejudices and on June 3, 1943, says Elizondo, "the city exploded."

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First Air Date: Oct 04, 1988 Last Air date: Aug 26, 2025 Season: 38 Season Episode: 397 Episode Runtime: 55:14 minutes Quality: HD IMDb: 3.6 / 10 by 36 users Popularity: 16.2243 Language: en

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