Edition |
Widescreen. |
Description |
1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in. |
Note |
Documentary. |
System Details |
DVD, region 1, widescreen (enhanced for 16 x 9 televisions); Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, NTSC. |
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DVD-ROM drive and Adobe Acrobat Reader required for some special features. |
Language |
English or Spanish dialogue, Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned. |
Note |
Title from container. |
Performer |
Narrated by Edward James Olmos. |
Credits |
Director of photography, Allen Moore ; editor, Aaron Vega ; original music, Steven Schoenberg. |
Note |
Originally broadcast as part of the American experience television programs. |
Audience |
Not rated. |
Summary |
In the small town of Edna, Texas, in 1951, field hand Pete Hernandez 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 discriminiation 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. |
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. |
Subject |
Hernandez, Pete -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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Trials (Murder) -- Texas -- Edna.
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Mexican Americans -- Civil rights -- Texas -- History -- 20th century.
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Mexican Americans -- Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Chicano movement.
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Edna (Tex.) -- Race relations -- 20th century.
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United States -- Race relations -- 20th century.
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Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Documentary television programs.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Television series.
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Added Author |
Grimberg, Sharon.
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Sandoval, Carlos, 1956-
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Miller, Peter.
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Olmos, Edward James, 1947-
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Schoenberg, Steven, 1952-
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Camino Bluff Productions.
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Independent Television Service.
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Latino Public Broadcasting (Firm)
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WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
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PBS Home Video.
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Added Title |
Mexican American civil rights story |
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American experience (Television program)
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ISBN |
0793670403 |
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9780793670406 |
Standard No. |
841887010412 |
Music No. |
AMX62104 PBS Home Video |
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