5.4Walk Proud · 1979
Walk Proud (1979) is a Drama / Romance film directed by Robert L. Collins, starring Robby Benson, Sarah Holcomb, Henry Darrow.
DramaRomance
5.4Overview
Emilio Mendez is a 17-year-old Chicano man in California comes to realize that the gang life is not what he really wants but doesn't know how to get out. Robby Benson plays a young gang member in Los Angeles who begins to question himself when Mendez meets and starts to fall for a White girl who encourages him to try and leave. Emilio, with great pride in his Native Mexican heritage, suffers a further identity crisis upon meeting his father, a European-American who got his Brown mother pregnant when she was just 16.
Cast
Robby Benson, Sarah Holcomb, Henry Darrow, Pepe Serna, Trinidad Silva, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Lawrence Pressman, Domingo Ambriz
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What is "Walk Proud" about?
Emilio Mendez is a 17-year-old Chicano man in California comes to realize that the gang life is not what he really wants but doesn't know how to get out. Robby Benson plays a young gang member in Los Angeles who begins to question himself when Mendez meets and starts to fall for a White girl who encourages him to try and leave. Emilio, with great pride in his Native Mexican heritage, suffers a further identity crisis upon meeting his father, a European-American who got his Brown mother pregnant when she was just 16.
When was "Walk Proud" released?
Walk Proud was released in 1979.
Who stars in "Walk Proud"?
The cast includes Robby Benson, Sarah Holcomb, Henry Darrow, Pepe Serna.
