TITLE- BORN IN EAST L.A.
STARRING- CHEECH MARIN

PLOT SUMMARY-
"GIVE US YOUR TIRED AND POOR BUT KEEP CHEECH MARIN."
CHEECH MARIN WRITES, DIRECTS AND STARS IN BORN IN EAST L.A., A HIP, OUTRAGEOUS COMEDY THAT'S BASED ON HIS BEST-SELLING RECORD PARODY. THE STORY FOLLOWS RUDY (MARIN), AN AMERICAN OF HISPANIC DESCENT, WHOSE SOUTH-OF-THE-BORDER LOOKS SHOW HIM NO MERCY DURING AN IMMIGRATION RAID IN A MIGRANT WORKER FACTORY. AS HIS LUCK GOES, HE IS CAUGHT WITH NEITHER MONEY NOR HIS ID AND IS DEPORTED TO MEXICO - WITHOUT SPEAKING A WORD OF SPANISH! UNABLE TO CONTACT HIS VACATIONING FAMILY OR HIS NEWLY IMMIGRATED COUSIN (PLAYED BY COMEDIAN PAUL RODRIGUEZ), RUDY IS IN FOR A CRAZY RIDE AS HE TRIES EVERY LEGAL - AND ILLEGAL - SCHEME HE CAN THINK OF TO GET BACK HOME TO THE STATES. HE FINDS HIMSELF IN JAIL, IN LOVE, AND PRACTICALLY IN-SANE! TROUBLE FOLLOW HIM EVERYWHERE AS HE RUNS FROM LA MIGRA IN THIS CASE OF MISTAKEN - OR RATHER MISPLACED - IDENTITY.