A class apart

The Resource A class apart
Label
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
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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
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TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
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
Runtime
60
Technique
live action
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