Precious knowledge / produced and directed by Ari Luis Palos ; produced by Eren Isabel McGinnis ; a co-production of Dos Vatos Productions and the Independent Television Service (ITVS) ; produced in association with Latino Public Broadcasting and Arizona Public Media.

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The film portrays the fight over Mexican American studies programs in Arizona public schools. The film interweaves the stories of several students enrolled in the Mexican American Studies Program at Tucson High School with interviews with teachers, parents, school officials, and the lawmakers who wi...

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Corporate Authors: Dos Vatos Productions (Production company)
Independent Television Service (Production company)
Latino Public Broadcasting (Firm) (Presenter)
Arizona Public Media (Presenter)
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Kanopy (Firm) (Film distributor)
Other Authors: Palos, Ari Luis (Film director, Film producer)
McGinnis, Eren (Film producer)
Fifer, Sally Jo (Film producer)
Bricca, Jacob (Editor of moving image work)
Amor, Naïm, 1969- (composer (expression))
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned.
Published: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, [2015]
Subjects:
Tucson High School (Tucson, Ariz.) > Curricula.
Multicultural education > Arizona > Tucson.
Education and state > Arizona > Tucson.
Discrimination in education > Arizona > Tucson.
Mexican Americans > Study and teaching (Secondary) > Arizona > Tucson.
Mexican American high school students > Arizona > Tucson.
Mexican Americans > Arizona > Ethnic identity.
Mexican Americans > Arizona > Social conditions.
Tucson (Ariz.) > Ethnic relations.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource via Kanopy - MSU authorized users (kanopy)
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 70 min.)) : sound, color.
Variant Title:
Fighting for Mexican American studies in Arizona schools
Format: Electronic Video
Description
Summary:
The film portrays the fight over Mexican American studies programs in Arizona public schools. The film interweaves the stories of several students enrolled in the Mexican American Studies Program at Tucson High School with interviews with teachers, parents, school officials, and the lawmakers who wish to outlaw the classes. While 48 percent of Mexican American students currently drop out of high school, Tucson High's Mexican American Studies Program has become a national model of educational success, with 93 percent of enrolled students, on average, graduating from high school and 85 percent going on to attend college. When Arizona lawmakers pass a bill giving unilateral power to the State Superintendent to abolish ethnic studies classes, teachers and student leaders fight to save the program using texts, Facebook, optimism, and a megaphone.
Note:Originally produced as a motion picture in 2011.
Electronic resource.
Call Number:LC1099.4.A6 P73 2015 Online
Awards:San Diego International Latino Film Festival, Audience Favorite; Los Angeles International Latino Film Festival, award winner; New York International Latino Film Festival, official selection.
Credits:Executive producer for ITVS, Sally Jo Fifer ; editor, Jacob Bricca ; composer, Naïm Amor. Co-production of Dos Vatos Productions and the Independent Television Service (ITVS) ; produced in association with Latino Public Broadcasting and Arizona Public Media ; funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Source of Description:
Online resource; title from end credits (viewed March 31, 2021)