Walkout

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-03-18

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

110 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (1013 Reviews)

Director:

Edward James Olmos

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Alexa PenaVega Michael Peèa Yancey Arias Laura Harring

Writer:

Marcus DeLeon (teleplay)

Ernie Contreras (teleplay)

Timothy J. Sexton (teleplay)

Victor Villaseèor (story)

Fullplot:

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 high schools in 1968, to protest educational conditions and complain of anti-Mexican educational bias along with some 10,000 students. Paula Crisostomo (now Romo) is not Mexican- American--she is Filipina-American. She and her husband, then boyfriend were roommates of mine in college. We are very good friends and I see her often.

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