Preceded by short: Natives (Jesse Lerner, Scott Sterling, USA, 1992). Shot with an eye for irony, this is a stark look at the unabashed xenophobia of some white California residents along the U.S.-Mexican border in reaction to the influx of undocumented aliens. (28 mins, B&W, 3/4" Video, projected, From Filmmakers Library) In Zoot Suit, an energetic Brechtian musical, Luis Valdez makes no pretense to realism but aims at a true reflection of Chicano sensibilities. Valdez weaves a setting around Chicano myths and stereotypes-for men, the zoot-suited Pachuco and the '38 Chevy; for women, flowery, full-skirted, greeting-card romance and the '38 Chevy; for both, la familia. Edward James Olmos's El Pachuco is the sinister hero, all-around alter ego, and apotheosis of cool. The reality-based plot is set in the summer of '42 when wartime jingoism was at its height, and a murder at L.A.'s Sleepy Lagoon brought the arrest of 600 Pachucos, and life sentences for twelve. Among the latter is Henry Reyna whose story is coolly chronicled by Valdez: no more tears, it's time to analyze.