A class apart : a Mexican American civil rights story
(DVD)
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Published
[New York] : PBS Home Video, [2009].
Format
DVD
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
Main Library - Media
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DVD 323.1168 Cla
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Oliver La Farge - Media
DVD 323.1168 Cla
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DVD 323.1168 Cla
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Published
[New York] : PBS Home Video, [2009].
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
UPC
841887010412
Notes
General Note
Documentary.
General Note
Title from container.
General Note
Originally broadcast as part of the American experience television series.
General Note
Special features: "Making of" featurette with filmmaker, interviews, behind the scenes footage, and photos; a slideshow of photographer Russell Lee's iconic images of Mexican American life in the 1940's; bonus scenes; materials for educators.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Allen Moore ; editor, Aaron Vega ; original music, Steven Schoenberg.
Participants/Performers
Narrated by Edward James Olmos.
Description
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 of Mexican American lawyers who took their case all the way to the Supreme Court, where they challenged Jim Crow-style discrimination against Mexican Americans. Lawyers forged a daring legal strategy, arguing that Mexican Americans were "a class apart" from a legal system that recognized only blacks and whites.
System Details
DVD format, region 1; widescreen (enhanced for 16 x 9 televisions); Dolby Digital 5.1 surround; NTSC.
System Details
DVD-ROM drive and Adobe Acrobat Reader required for some special features.
Language
English or Spanish dialogue, Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Chicano movement.
Documentary films.
Documentary television programs.
Edna (Tex.) -- Race relations -- 20th century.
Hernández, Pete -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Mexican Americans -- Civil rights -- Texas -- History -- 20th century.
Mexican Americans -- Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Trials (Murder) -- Texas -- Edna.
United States -- Race relations -- 20th century.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings.
Documentary films.
Documentary television programs.
Edna (Tex.) -- Race relations -- 20th century.
Hernández, Pete -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Mexican Americans -- Civil rights -- Texas -- History -- 20th century.
Mexican Americans -- Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Trials (Murder) -- Texas -- Edna.
United States -- Race relations -- 20th century.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings.
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