The Significance Of Mexican-Americans In The Film End Of Watch

Mexican-Americans play a huge role in that of the criminal justice system and the many problems they endure. The film, End of Watch, shows the significance of the Mexican-American culture as they face issues in gangs, the drug cartel, and justice. It emphasizes the relevancy of respect in such a diverse setting and shows how this ties in real-life situations. In the film, Los Angeles Police Department partners, Brian Taylor, who is Caucasian, and Miguel Zavala, who is Mexican-American, are assigned to patrol the South Central area of Los Angeles, California, which is known to have some of the most dangerous neighborhoods in the city. During this time, there had been tension due to neighborhood claiming between the African-American and Latino gang members, known as the Bloods and the Curbside Gang. A drive-by by the Curbside gang initiated this. The two officers have run-ins with both gangs on

From the drug cartel and gangs, to the Mexican-American police officers like Officer Zavala and Officer Orozco, who is a policewoman that was once friends with female Curbside gang member, Lala. I loved that film was very much in touch with the Chicano culture, particularly in the scene where they were celebrating the quinceanera of Zavala’s younger sister. The film showed very descriptive features that also represent the Chicano culture, such as the scene where the man in the pickup truck picks up a pot of soup, from the mother of a Curbside gang member. Loud Mexican music is playing from the truck as the man is being apprehended. They soon discover that the pot of soup, or what looked like menudo, was used to hide large amounts of drug money. There were several other scenes that distinguished the differences from the Mexican-American culture and the American culture, like that in the scene where the two officers humorously discuss coffee and