简介：Tovares’scaptivatingdocumentary,partofthe“AmericanExperience”seriesonPBS,exploreszootsuitculturethroughLA'sinfamous“SleepyLagoon”murder(1942).ThekillingofaboyatapartytriggeredaruthlesspolicemanhuntandthesubsequentshowtrialresultedintheconvictionandimprisonmentofagroupofyoungMexicanAmerican"zootsuiters"thatmany—includinghigh-profilefiguressuchasOrsonWelles—thoughttobeinnocent.Thesensationaltrialaddedtothegrowinganti-zootsuitandanti-MexicanfeelinginLA.Thebaggyattirewascondemnedasunpatriotic,andthosewhoworeitasignorantofthewareffort.Thissentimenteventuallyledtostreetbeatingsandritualstrippingsofboysasyoungas14.…