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BY MONIQUE QUINTANA

It’s been twenty-one years since the film, Mi Vida Loca was released in 1994, and it’s still a shining moment amongst gangster girl films.

Its fashion has had an immeasurable impact of young Latina women.

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Historically, most gangster films are centered on men, with an occasional female character to provide a sense of glamour and romance. Mi Vida Loca was a pivotal film because it constantly challenged gender expectations and placed most of its value on the relationships between women.

The film is set in the Los Angeles’ Echo Park and explores, examines, and complicates the tumultuous lives of Mexican-American youth who find family and purpose in their neighborhood gang.

The film has a postern-modern timeline narrative, told in multiple point-of-view and events are relayed out of sequence. While we hear from the “Locos,” the male members of the gang, the female members, the “Locos” are the u