A Class Apart: A Mexican American Civil Rights Story
MovieTitle | A Class Apart: A Mexican American Civil Rights Story |
User score | 0 |
Release date | Feb 23, 2009 |
Genre | Documentary |
Director | Peter Miller , Carlos Sandoval |
Production country | United States of America |
Production companies | Camino Bluff Productions, ITVS, Latino Public Broadcasting |
Run time | 60 min. |
Built around the landmark 1954 legal case Hernandez v. Texas, the film interweaves the stories of its central characters with a broader story of the civil rights movement. It also brings to life the heroic post-World War II struggle of Mexican Americans fighting to dismantle the discrimination targeted against them.