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.
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Stars: Bernard Nicolas, Peggy Skomal, Reginald Bruce, John Paspachel, Marie Contin, Michael Friend
Crew: Don Amis (Cinematography), Ben Caldwell (Cinematography), Bernard Nicolas (Director)
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studio: UCLA School of Film and Television
Runtime: 8 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Oct 10, 1980
IMDb: 10
