Olmos, Edward James

Blade runner ( Visual )
23 editions published between 1992 and 2006 in English and held by 1,667 libraries worldwide
Rick Deckard prowls the steel-and-microchip jungle of 21st-century Los Angeles. He's a "blade runner" stalking genetically-made criminal replicants. His assignment: kill them. Their crime: wanting to be human. This new version omits Deckard's voiceover narration, develops in slightly greater detail the romance between Deckard and Rachel, and removes the "uplifting" finale.

Stand and deliver ( Visual )
4 editions published between 1995 and 2010 in English and Spanish and held by 1,469 libraries worldwide
Story of Jaime Escalante, a math teacher at East Los Angeles' Garfield High School, who pushes and inspires 18 inner-city Hispanic students who were struggling with math to become math whizzes.

Beverly Hills Chihuahua ( Visual )
4 editions published between 2009 and 2011 in English and held by 1,464 libraries worldwide
Chloe is a pampered Beverly Hills chihuahua who, while on vacation in Mexico with her owner's niece, Rachel, gets lost. She must rely on her new friends to help her get back home before she is caught by a dognapper who wants to ransom her. In the meantime, Papi, a male chihuahua who is in love with Chloe goes in pursuit of her. Papi's owner is a handsome young gardener for Rachel's aunt Viv. He slowly develops a romantic interest in Rachel. Chloe befriends Delgado, a lonely German Shepherd, who travels with her and protects her from Diablo, the evil Doberman, who wants to return her and her diamond collar to the dognapper.

Americanos : Latino life in the United States = La vida Latina en los Estados Unidos by Edward James Olmos ( Book )
2 editions published in 1999 in English and held by 1,234 libraries worldwide
"Americanos celebrates the diversity and energy of today's Latin-American community through a wealth of nationalities--Cuban, Panamanian, Puerto Rican, Mexican, Argentinean and others."--cover.

Stand and deliver ( Visual )
21 editions published between 1988 and 2003 in 3 languages and held by 1,194 libraries worldwide
Story of Jaime Escalante, a math teacher at East Los Angeles' Garfield High School, who refuses to write off his inner-city students as losers. Escalante pushes and inspires 18 students who were struggling with math to become math whizzes.

Blade runner ( Visual )
7 editions published between 2007 and 2010 in English and held by 1,183 libraries worldwide
"What does it mean to be human?" In Los Angeles, November 2019, it means depressed, alcoholic, hard-boiled cop Rick Deckard is hunting Replicants. Again. A group of Replicant escapees from off world is leaving bodies in their wake. Lethally cool ex-soldier Roy Batty leads the group of dim, brutal Leon, sexy Zhora, and gymnastic Pris, which is why they are so dangerous. On Earth illegally, Roy and Pris are in love, and desperate to find a way to circumvent their built-in four-year termination date. Deckard's job--to find them and 'retire' them--is complicated by the results of his inquiries with their creator at the Tyrell Corporation. There Deckard meets a young woman named Rachael who may be a replicant--and his next target.

The Green Hornet ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2011 in English and held by 1,181 libraries worldwide
Britt Reid is a rich playboy with a direction-less life. After his father dies, Britt inherits his vast media empire where he meets employee, Kato. The two realize that they have a chance to do something worthwhile with their lives by fighting crime, so Britt becomes the Green Hornet. With the help of Britt's secretary, the two begin hunting down Benjamin Chudnofsky, the man who controls LA's gritty underworld. But Chudnofsky has plans of his own: to swat down The Green Hornet once and for all.

My family Mi familia ( Visual )
6 editions published between 1995 and 2004 in English and held by 1,068 libraries worldwide
Presents the three-generation saga of the Sanchez family as told by the eldest son. From the beginnings of his father's journey from Mexico to California in the 1920s, to his brother Chucho's tragic rebellion of the 1950s, to the stark realities of modern day, the struggle to live the American dream is sometimes darkened but never diminished for Paco Sanchez and his family.

500 nations ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2004 in English and held by 964 libraries worldwide
500 Nations is an eight-part documentary that looks back at life in North America before the arrival of the Europeans, then follows the epic struggles of Indian Nations as the continent is reshaped by contact.

Selena ( Visual )
20 editions published between 1997 and 2007 in 4 languages and held by 954 libraries worldwide
The story of the Grammy Award-winning South Texas singer whose life tragically ended just as she was taking Tejano music where it had never gone -- into mainstream America.