Q 01/05

Who directed Blood In Blood Out?

A) Edward James Olmos

B) Taylor Hackford

C) Allison Anders

D) Gregory Nava

Answer · why

B) Taylor Hackford

He took over after his company New Visions Pictures folded, seeing a chance to make a hard-edged prison film in the tradition of White Heat.

Q 02/05

Under what alternate title was the film released in 1993?

A) Bound by Honor

B) Vatos Locos

C) Brothers in Arms

D) American Me

Answer · why

A) Bound by Honor

The studio changed the name after a theater fistfight at a Las Vegas screening, fearing the original title might incite violence.

Q 03/05

The screenplay is partly autobiographical, drawn from the life of which poet?

A) Luis J. Rodriguez

B) Francisco X. Alarcón

C) Lorna Dee Cervantes

D) Jimmy Santiago Baca

Answer · why

D) Jimmy Santiago Baca

Hackford credits him with most of the final story; he also cameos as an inmate on the La Onda council.

Q 04/05

The film follows three Chicano relatives over which span of years?

A) 1972 to 1984

B) 1980 to 1992

C) 1968 to 1992

D) 1965 to 1977

Answer · why

A) 1972 to 1984

They begin as members of a street gang in East Los Angeles and end up on very different sides of the law.

Q 05/05

What does the phrase 'blood in, blood out' refer to?

A) Donating blood for parole

B) Kill to join, die to leave

C) A prison tattoo code

D) A blood-brother oath

Answer · why

B) Kill to join, die to leave

It is also the motto of La Onda in the film.