Everything Comes from the Streets (2014) Online

Everything Comes from the Streets (2014) Online

Everything Comes from the Streets traces the early roots and history of lowriding in San Diego, California, and the borderlands, featuring the men and women who pioneered and shaped the Mexican American movement defined by self-expression and cultural ingenuity. The film draws on intimate interviews, archival footage and rare old home movies and photographs unearthed in the making of the film to present an engaging and rich story covering nearly 30 years of lowriding from the 1950s to early 1980s. The story begins with the advent of social or "jacket" clubs in the early 1950s, when young Chicanos and Chicanas were organizing dances and community events while developing a collective identity. As jacket club members with cars began to modify them, a parallel movement was occurring in neighboring Tijuana, Mexico, and a distinct aesthetic emerged - cars built to be slow and low to the ground. Inspired by the organization and creativity of the era, the next generation of lowriders in the ...