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2. The character Big Worm (Faizon Love) in the 1995 film “
Friday,” Oriol notes, drives an orange 1961 convertible Impala. The real car is “called Fresh Squeezed,” he says. “I’ve shot it in Japan, I’ve shot it here. (Direct TV, Amazon Prime)
3. Though panned by some critics, the 2017 film “
Lowriders,” directed by Ricardo de Montreuil and starring Gabriel Chavarria and Demián Bichir, is a standout moment for the subculture in mass media, says Oriol. It should be noted that Oriol executive produced and consulted for the film. “We got a lot of what we wanted with the cars, the locations,” he says. (Amazon Prime, YouTube)