By SSU News – News.Sonoma.edu – Photo Not Credited | “Boulevard Nights”
Photo: “Boulevard Nights” was be screened on campus at the Student Center, at Sonoma State University, on March 28.
Rohnert Park, California – Forty years ago this summer, Warner Bros released “Boulevard Nights,” a film that centers on a fatherless Mexican-American family living in East Los Angeles. The Avila family, two brothers and their hard-working mother face their greatest challenge when the younger brother, Chuco, is seduced by the gangster lifestyle while seeking acceptance and a sense of identity. For the past four decades, the film has been held in such high regard for its cultural importance that in 2017, “Boulevard Nights” was inducted into the National Film Registry, which recognizes films of “cultural, historical or aesthetic significance.”
