Gidget Meets Hondo

19808mNo ratings yet

Overview

Filmed in response to the LAPD’s shooting of Eulia Love in 1979, Gidget Meets Hondo opens with stills taken by Bernard Nicolas of a demonstration against Love’s killing. Nicolas’ Gidget is a self-absorbed young white woman who remains clueless to the violence erupting around her, ultimately to her own peril. The film asks whether such police brutality would be tolerated if the victim were a middle-class white woman.

Keywords

los angeles
california
police brutality
black lives matter
l.a. rebellion
police shooting
los angeles, california

Details

Status: Released
Release date: October 10, 1980
Original language: English
Spoken languages: English
Countries: United States of America
Production: UCLA School of Film and Television
Cast: John Paspachel,Peggy Skomal,Marie Contin,Bernard Nicolas,Reginald Bruce,Michael Friend
Director: Bernard Nicolas
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
Homepage: Official site
IMDb: tt2075189