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.

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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.
Format: Video DVD Software

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