A Class Apart: A Mexican American Civil Rights Story

A Class Apart: A Mexican American Civil Rights Story

  • Overview
  • Cast
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 23, 2009

Runtime

1h 0m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

A Class Apart: A Mexican American Civil Rights Story

Production Companies

Camino Bluff Productions, ITVS, Latino Public Broadcasting

Director

Carlos Sandoval

Description

Built around the landmark 1954 legal case Hernandez v. Texas, the film interweaves the stories of its central characters with a broader story of the civil rights movement. It also brings to life the heroic post-World War II struggle of Mexican Americans fighting to dismantle the discrimination targeted against them.