Edward James Olmos Movies

Elite college graduates commit perfect financial crimes though loopholes in the law during the 1950s.

The Egyptian executioner's wife tries to seduce Hebrew slave Joseph to fulfill a dream they are experiencing simultaneously.

After the birth of his first child, Roberto, a young Mexican man, slips across the border into the United States. Seeking work to support his family...

The story of three items left at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall: a pencil holder, a sheriff's badge, and an electric guitar. Each item connects...

Original and unpredictable thriller about a seasoned cop determined to bring down San Francisco's most notorious serial killer in the turbulent...

Lives in Hazard is a tough, uncompromising look at kids in gangs and the men they become in prison. Filmed in the barrios of east LA and in the...

Edward James Olmos narrates this multi-fest winner about an immigrant who recalls a vivid and momentous memory where he discovered his boundaries.

Built around the landmark 1954 legal case Hernandez v. Texas, the film interweaves the stories of its central characters with a broader story of the...

Roz Abrams hosts a special report on youth violence.

Gallo Morales is the proud patriach returning home after a seven-year stint for manslaughter. Seeking to re-establish his legendary status as a...

After the death of their brilliant but emotionally distant mother, two estranged siblings inherit her final invention: an AI built from her...

The journey of the thousands of people from Central America and Mexico who leave their homes and families and suffer extraordinary brutality -or loss...

Along the eastern edge of the Peruvian Andes runs a river called the Manu, the heart of one of the world's largest and most pristine rain forest...

From early Hollywood stereotypes and erasure to today’s authentic voices, this documentary traces a century-long struggle for Latino...

AGAVE IS LIFE is an exploration of the history of the agave plant in the cultures of Mexico and the American Southwest. Starting thousands of years...

An exploration of the faces and spaces of Lieutenant Martin Castillo, as portrayed by Edward James Olmos, on the television series Miami Vice.

"Zapatista" is the definitive look at the uprising in Chiapas. It is the story of a Mayan peasant rebellion armed with sticks and their word against...

The September 11th attacks began a decade-long period of anti-immigrant policies in the United States. As a consequence, the US began the...

A special regarding the possibility that the world was on the verge of extinction. Many predictions are examined, including some eerie ones regarding...

Exploration of prejudice and culture clash that a group of Laotian Buddhist refugees must endure in Rockford, Illinois.