Title A class apart : a Mexican American civil rights story / 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, Sharon Grimberg ; written by Carlos Sandoval ; produced and directed by Carlos Sandoval and Peter Miller.

Publication Info.	[New York,United States] : PBS Home Video, [2009]
	©2009

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Edition	Widescreen.
Description	1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details	DVD, region 1; widescreen (enhanced for 16 x 9 televisions); Dolby Digital 5.1 surround; NTSC.
Note	Documentary.
	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 series.
System Details	DVD-ROM drive and Adobe Acrobat Reader required for some special features.
Audience	Not rated.
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 ten 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.
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.
Language	English or Spanish dialogue, Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Note	GMD: videorecording.
Subject	Hernández, Pete -- Trials, litigation, etc.
	Trials (Murder) -- Texas -- Edna.
	Mexican Americans -- Civil rights -- Texas -- History -- 20th century.
	Mexican Americans -- Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Chicano movement.
	Edna (Tex.) -- Race relations -- 20th century.
	United States -- Race relations -- 20th century.
Genre/Form	Documentary films.
	Documentary television programs.
	Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
	Television series.
Added Author	Grimberg, Sharon.
	Sandoval, Carlos.
	Miller, Peter.
	Olmos, Edward James.
	Schoenberg, Steven.
	Camino Bluff Productions.
	Independent Television Service.
	Latino Public Broadcasting (Firm)
	WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
	PBS Home Video.
Added Title	Mexican American civil rights story
	American experience (Television program)
ISBN	0793670403
	9780793670406
Standard No.	841887010412
Music No.	AMX62104 PBS Home Video

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