The Longoria affair [videorecording] / written & directed by John L. Valadez ; produced by John L. Valadez ; a co-production of John J. Valadez, WGBH/Boston and the Independent Television Service in association with Latino Public Broadcasting.
DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen presentation; stereo.
Language
English or Spanish dialogue with optional English subtitles.
Credits
Editor, Merril Stern ; narrator, Tony Plana.
Note
Originally produced in 2010.
Summary
A documentary on the Mexican-American civil rights movement. The film tells the story of one key injustice, the refusal, by a small-town funeral home in Texas after World War II, to care for a dead soldier's body 'because the whites wouldn't like it,' and shows how the incident sparked outrage nationwide and contributed to the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
