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The Resource A class apart, produced and directed by Carlos Sandoval and Peter Miller ; written by Carlos Sandoval ; 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 [for the series], Sharon Grimberg, (DVD)

A class apart, produced and directed by Carlos Sandoval and Peter Miller ; written by Carlos Sandoval ; 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 [for the series], Sharon Grimberg, (DVD)

Label
A class apart
Title
A class apart
Statement of responsibility
produced and directed by Carlos Sandoval and Peter Miller ; written by Carlos Sandoval ; 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 [for the series], Sharon Grimberg
Title variation
Mexican American civil rights story
Contributor
Cinematographer
Composer
Film director
Film editor
Film producer
Narrator
Screenwriter
Television producer
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • spa
  • eng
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
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 tens 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
Member of
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/collectionName
American experience (Television program)
Credits note
Director of photography, Allen Moore ; editor, Aaron Vega ; original music, Steven Schoenberg
Dewey number
  • 323.119/6872/073
  • 323.1168
Intended audience
Not rated
Language note
English or Spanish dialogue subtitled in English; optional Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned
LC call number
F395.M5
LC item number
C53 2009
PerformerNote
Narrated by Edward James Olmos
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1961-
  • 1952-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Miller, Peter
  • Sandoval, Carlos
  • Grimberg, Sharon
  • Olmos, Edward James
  • Moore, Allen
  • Vega, Aaron
  • Schoenberg, Steven
  • Camino Bluff Productions
  • Independent Television Service
  • Latino Public Broadcasting (Firm)
  • WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
  • PBS Home Video
  • PBS Distribution (Firm)
Runtime
60
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  • Hernández, Pete
  • Hernández, Pete
  • Trials (Murder)
  • Mexican Americans
  • Mexican Americans
  • Chicano movement
  • Edna (Tex.)
  • United States
  • Texas
  • Texas
  • United States
  • Spanish dialog
  • Spanish subtitles
Technique
live action
Label
A class apart, produced and directed by Carlos Sandoval and Peter Miller ; written by Carlos Sandoval ; 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 [for the series], Sharon Grimberg, (DVD)
Link
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/teachers-resources/class-teachers-guide/
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Videodisc release of the 2009 television program
  • Originally broadcast as part of the American experience television series
  • Documentary
  • 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
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
mixed
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction to Hernandez v. Texas (2:31) -- Life in the 1950s (1:15) -- History of Discrimination (1:22) -- Racial Categories (0:27) -- Segregation (3:01) -- World War II (1:29) -- Private Felix Longoria: A War Hero Denied (1:53) -- Uphill Battle: Fighting for Equal Rights (1:55) -- The Murder of Pedro Hernandez (2:02) -- Gus Garcia (3:03) -- Trial of Pete Hernandez (2:30) -- A Civil Rights Case (3:37) -- Fight for Identity (2:32) -- Appeal Denied (1:16) -- Case Goes to Supreme Court (2:52) -- Gus Garcia's Problem (4:58) -- Supreme Court (3:45) -- Ruling Announced (2:47) -- Effects of Hernandez v. Texas (3:06)
Control code
ocn317411909
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Widescreen.
Extent
1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.)
Isbn
9780793670406
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
841887010412
Other physical details
sound, color and black and white
Publisher number
AMX62104
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)317411909
System details
DVD; NTSC, region 1; widescreen (enhanced for 16 x 9 televisions); Dolby Digital 5.1 surround
Video recording format
DVD
Label
A class apart, produced and directed by Carlos Sandoval and Peter Miller ; written by Carlos Sandoval ; 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 [for the series], Sharon Grimberg, (DVD)
Link
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/teachers-resources/class-teachers-guide/
Publication
Note
  • Videodisc release of the 2009 television program
  • Originally broadcast as part of the American experience television series
  • Documentary
  • 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
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
mixed
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction to Hernandez v. Texas (2:31) -- Life in the 1950s (1:15) -- History of Discrimination (1:22) -- Racial Categories (0:27) -- Segregation (3:01) -- World War II (1:29) -- Private Felix Longoria: A War Hero Denied (1:53) -- Uphill Battle: Fighting for Equal Rights (1:55) -- The Murder of Pedro Hernandez (2:02) -- Gus Garcia (3:03) -- Trial of Pete Hernandez (2:30) -- A Civil Rights Case (3:37) -- Fight for Identity (2:32) -- Appeal Denied (1:16) -- Case Goes to Supreme Court (2:52) -- Gus Garcia's Problem (4:58) -- Supreme Court (3:45) -- Ruling Announced (2:47) -- Effects of Hernandez v. Texas (3:06)
Control code
ocn317411909
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Widescreen.
Extent
1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.)
Isbn
9780793670406
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
841887010412
Other physical details
sound, color and black and white
Publisher number
AMX62104
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)317411909
System details
DVD; NTSC, region 1; widescreen (enhanced for 16 x 9 televisions); Dolby Digital 5.1 surround
Video recording format
DVD

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