"Boulevard Nights" Premiere Protest

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Title

"Boulevard Nights" Premiere Protest

Creator

Unknown

Website

https://tessa.lapl.org/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/28150

Description

Mexican-American demonstrators converge at the Picwood Theatre on Pico Boulevard to protest the premiere of "Boulevard Nights," a film they say depicts Chicanos unfavorably. Photograph dated March 22, 1979.
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Subject

Crowds--California--Los Angeles
West Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Motion Pictures--Protest Movements--California--Los Angeles
Marquees--California--West Los Angeles (Los Angeles)
Pico Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Motion Picture Premieres--California--West Los Angeles (Los Angeles)
Boulevard Nights (Motion Picture)
Herald-Examiner Collection Photographs
Streets--California--West Los Angeles (Los Angeles)
Picwood Theatre (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Demonstrations--California--West Los Angeles (Los Angeles)
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner Photographs
Night Photographs
Motion Picture Theaters--California--West Los Angeles (Los Angeles)
Lost Architecture--California--West Los Angeles (Los Angeles)
Protest Movements--California--Los Angeles

Date

1979

Type

image

Format

Photographic prints

Source

Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection

Contributor

Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)

Image

https://calisphere.org/clip/500x500/f47732be8dfcaeb12e75856402ca3ab8

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