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A teacher becomes a mentor to Chicano high-school students protesting injustices in schools in 1968.A teacher becomes a mentor to Chicano high-school students protesting injustices in schools in 1968.A teacher becomes a mentor to Chicano high-school students protesting injustices in schools in 1968.
- Awards
- 8 wins & 10 nominations
Alexa PenaVega
- Paula Crisostomo
- (as Alexa Vega)
Holmes Osborne
- Principal Ingles
- (as Holmes Osbourne)
Veronica Diaz Carranza
- Yoli Rios
- (as Veronica A. Diaz)
Marisol Romo
- Mita Cuaron
- (as Marisol Crisostomo-Romo)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaProducer Moctesuma Esparza was one of the persons arrested in the real-life 1968 walkout.
- GoofsWhen Robert drops off Paula at her home, Al is wearing a yellow shirt. In the next scene, inside the house, his shirt is blue.
- Quotes
Moctesuma Esparza: Boycott the schools?
Paula Crisostomo: Yes!
Harry Gamboa: That's not a good idea!
Moctesuma Esparza: Oh it isn't?
Harry Gamboa: No! You wanna know why? Because they don't give a *shit* if these kids go to school or not!
Moctesuma Esparza: Actually, they do! ADA - Average Daily Attendance!
Paula Crisostomo: They don't get paid if we don't go to school!
- ConnectionsReferenced in Strictly Background (2007)
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First of all, this is the first movie ever about the Chicano civil rights movement. And as many Latinos know, the Chicano civil rights movement created some better opportunity for our people.
The cast is almost entirely Chicano, which is amazing within itself, seeing that Latinos only make up 2% of Hollywood. It gives us a chance to play Characters, and not only the "Brown person".
A piece of history is being told, which has been totally written out of History by the mainstream media & educational institutions. All of the police beating scenes in this movie were re-creations of archived material from TV Stations, which were not allowed to broadcast in 1968.
The protagonist is a young woman who is half Filipina & Mexicana. This is great because revolutionary leaders are usually only seen as tough men. This also shows that oppression crosses all color lines, the issues come down to a class struggle, and this can be a catapult for different ethnicities working together on common issues.
I feel that we should embrace this movie, and create others also, with stories of our peoples struggle. There are several movies about the Jewish struggle, the African American movement for equal rights, women's rights, but this is so far, the only one speaking of the Chicano civil rights struggle.
The cast is almost entirely Chicano, which is amazing within itself, seeing that Latinos only make up 2% of Hollywood. It gives us a chance to play Characters, and not only the "Brown person".
A piece of history is being told, which has been totally written out of History by the mainstream media & educational institutions. All of the police beating scenes in this movie were re-creations of archived material from TV Stations, which were not allowed to broadcast in 1968.
The protagonist is a young woman who is half Filipina & Mexicana. This is great because revolutionary leaders are usually only seen as tough men. This also shows that oppression crosses all color lines, the issues come down to a class struggle, and this can be a catapult for different ethnicities working together on common issues.
I feel that we should embrace this movie, and create others also, with stories of our peoples struggle. There are several movies about the Jewish struggle, the African American movement for equal rights, women's rights, but this is so far, the only one speaking of the Chicano civil rights struggle.
- mike_dee102
- Mar 17, 2006
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- Studentski štrajk
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- Budget
- $9,500,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 50 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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