Arrived in great condition. I applaud these kids for walking out of their class rooms, I sympathize for those who were injured, and arrested when the cops showed up but, these kids were protesting for their Education. With Matt Bomer, Josh Wiggins, Bill Pullman, Alex Neustaedter. An urban teenager journeys to Montana to hunt big game with his estranged father. I urge everyone to watch this film.
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Alexa Vega is pretty enough and dresses cute enough she could be one of the popular girls at Westerburg High School. Walkout not only came in perfect shape, with the plastic still over the cover, but is an excellent movie describing the conditions of certain low-classed students in a rundown part of the suburbs who were willing to stand up for their rights and freely protest the poor treatment given to them in their schools, which offered little hopes for their education, and future in general.
I encourage my fellow teachers to incorporate this film into their curriculum. If you are interested in civil rights of the 60's it a good movie to watch. Made for cable, Walkout is the true story of a little-known but profoundly significant moment in the history of the Latino community in East Los Angeles. Starring Alexa Vega, Efren Ramirez and Michael Peña, the film was directed by Edward James Olmos. it's an interesting bit of history that time as forgotten. I use this movie to expose my Spanish students to some of the past discrimination experienced by Latinos that history classes seem to neglect to mention. With Alexa PenaVega, Michael Peña, Yancey Arias, Laura Harring. Walkout. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Based on a true story, student activist and Mexican-American Paula Crisostomo (Vega), tired of being treated unequally, decides to take action and stage a walkout at five East Los Angeles ... There was no appearance whatsoever of drugs, gangs, barrio crime, violence other than by the police, or even high school kids drinking and smoking. Walkout not only came in perfect shape, with the plastic still over the cover, but is an excellent movie describing the conditions of certain low-classed students in a rundown part of the suburbs who were willing to stand up for their rights and freely protest the poor treatment given to them in their schools, which offered little hopes for their education, and future in general. Great movie. They wanted to be treated Equally, with respect, they had to get swated and paddled just for speaking spanish? Social justice is a huge issue in our building and community. There has been a mid-air collision involving a passenger jet and a cargo flight, killing everyone aboard the two planes. The kids at the CYLC make it seem like the singular goal of every Chicano in East LA was just to get into UCLA. The film was skillfully directed by Edward James Olmos, who presents the story in a simple, direct way. The film itself is great-- I bought it to use as part of my activism curriculum (I'm a high school teacher). The model takes into account factors including the age of a rating, whether the ratings are from verified purchasers, and factors that establish reviewer trustworthiness.Sorry, we failed to record your vote. 2006 110 min TV14 Drama, Docudrama, History TV Movie. A drama centered on the relationship between Phil Spector and defense attorney Linda Kenney Baden while the music business legend was on trial for the murder of Lana Clarkson.
The stirring true story of Chicano students who staged a walkout to protest injustices in the high-school system in 1968 Los Angeles.
I didn't much like the way the police came in and arrested many of these students, especially with them taking a few whacks at the underage minor kids as if they were terrorists of a sort, but in the end, even their parents came to help support them in their cause, and the movie has a moral to it: That every student in this country is entitled to a better education, despite their ethnic background and the color of their skin, or how their names sound.