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Mi Vida Loca
Title: Mi Vida Loca
Category: Arts & Humanities
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Mi Vida Loca
Mi Vida Loca
Mi Vida Loca means “my crazy life (as a girl).” The movie documents the phenomenon of female gangs in the early nineties in Los Angeles. It is written and directed by Allison Anders, who grew up in Los Angeles and went to UCLA. She uses personal experiences to help influence her story writing. In Echo Park, a group of young Mexican-Americans show what it means to live in the inner city. The
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friend who took care of her baby demonstrates independence, strength, and intelligence by living on her own and becoming mature. Also, at the end Little Sleepy is shot by one of El Duran’s girls. Her taking the initiative and resorting to murder goes against the female gender role.
Works Cited
Anders, Allison. Mi Vida Loca. Cineville Inc. 1993.
French, Marilyn. “Gender Roles.” One World, Many Cultures. Ed. Stuart Hirschberg. 2nd ed. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1995. 143-152.
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