A class apart : a Mexican American civil rights story / a co-production of Camino Bluff Productions, Inc. and the Independent Television Service (ITVS), in association with Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB) for American experience ; American experience is a production of WGBH Boston ; senior producer, Sharon Grimberg ; written by Carlos Sandoval ; produced and directed by Carlos Sandoval and Peter Miller.

In the small town of Edna, Texas, in 1951, field hand Pete Hernández killed a tenant farmer after exchanging words in a cantina. From this murder emerged a landmark civil rights case that would change the lives and legal standing of ten of millions of Americans. Tells the story of an underdog band o...

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Corporate Authors:	Camino Bluff Productions, Independent Television Service, Latino Public Broadcasting (Firm), WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), PBS Home Video
Other Authors:	Grimberg, Sharon, Sandoval, Carlos (Producer and director), Miller, Peter, 1961-, Olmos, Edward James, Schoenberg, Steven
Language:	English Spanish
Language of the Original:	English
Language and/or Writing System:	English or Spanish dialogue, Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Published:	[New York,United States] : PBS Home Video, [2009], ©2009.
Series:	Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:	Hernández, Pete > Trials, litigation, etc. Trials (Murder) > Texas > Edna. Mexican Americans > Civil rights > Texas > History > 20th century. Mexican Americans > Civil rights > United States > History > 20th century. Chicano movement. Edna (Tex.) > Race relations > 20th century. United States > Race relations > 20th century. Documentary films. Documentary television programs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Television series.
Genre:	Trials, litigation, etc. Documentary films. Documentary television programs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Television series.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:	Mexican American civil rights story.
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