Walkout

Resource Information

The work Walkout represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of San Diego Libraries. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Walkout

Statement of responsibility

HBO Films presents ; a Maya Pictures/Amicas Entertainment production ; with Y.O.Y. Productions ; an Edward James Olmos film ; directed by Edward James Olmos ; screenplay by Marcus De Leon and Ernie Contreras and Timothy J. Sexton ; story by Victor Villaseñor ; produced by Lisa Bruce ; an Esparza/Katz production ; in association with Olmos Productions, Inc

Contributor

• Amicas Entertainment (Firm)
• Esparza/Katz Productions (Firm)
• HBO Films
• HBO Video (Firm)
• Maya Pictures (Firm)
• Olmos Productions, Inc
• Y.O.Y. Productions
• Arias, Yancey
• Bruce, Lisa
• Contreras, Ernie
• De Leon, Marcus, 1958-
• Esparza, Moctesuma
• Garcia, Jesse, 1982-
• Gomez, Fidel
• Harring, Laura, 1964-
• Hernandez, Jonathan, 1983 May 8-
• Olmos, Edward James
• PenaVega, Alexa, 1988-
• Peña, Michael, 1976-
• Ramirez, Efren, 1973-
• Serrano, Rosino
• Sexton, Timothy J., 1959-
• Spain, Douglas, 1974-
• Valdez, Jeremy Ray, 1980-
• Villaseñor, Victor
• Warshofsky, David

Subject

• Biographical television programs
• Castro, Sal, 1933- -- Drama
• Chicano movement -- 20th century -- Drama
• Civil rights demonstrations -- California | East Los Angeles -- Drama
• Civil rights movements -- Drama
• Crisostomo, Paula -- Drama
• East Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Drama
• East Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History -- Drama
• East Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Social conditions -- Drama
• Feature films
• Feature films -- United States
• Historical television programs
• Made-for-TV movies
• Mexican Americans -- California | East Los Angeles -- History -- Drama
• Mexican Americans -- California | East Los Angeles -- Social conditions -- Drama
• Mexican Americans -- Civil rights -- Drama
• Mexican Americans -- History -- 20th century -- Drama
• Protest movements -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Genre

• Biographical television programs
• Drama
• Feature films
• Historical television programs
• Made-for-TV movies
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• spa
• eng
• eng
• spa
• fre
• eng

Summary

Based on a true story, the film describes how L.A.'s public schools treat Mexican-American students in 1968, with a mixture of negligence, apathy, and occasional cruelty. Graduation rates are low, students caught speaking Spanish in class are paddled on the spot, they are denied access to bathrooms at lunch. Paula Crisostomo is smart and gets good grades, but when she attends a student leadership conference at a wealthy Westside facility, she begins to see the bigger cultural picture. With inspiration from a sympathetic young teacher, Sal Castro, Paula becomes a major force in organizing huge walkouts from five East L.A. schools

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Donald M. Morgan ; editor, Michael McCusker ; music by Rosino Serrano ; production designer, Carlos Barbosa ; executive producers, Moctesuma Esparza, Robert Katz ; co-executive producers, Robert M. Young, Edward James Olmos

Intended audience

MPAA rating: TV-14

Language note

Closed-captioned. In English or dubbed Spanish with optional subtitles in English, Spanish, or French

PerformerNote

Alexa Vega, Michael Peña, Yancey Arias, Laura Harring, Efren Ramirez, David Warshofsky, Holmes Osbourne, Tim DeKay, Tonantzin Esparza, Bodie Olmos, Veronica A. Diaz, Jeremy Ray Valdez, Jonathan Hernandez, Fidel Gomez, Douglas Spain, Marisol Crisostomo-Romo, Germaine De Leon, Carmen Corral, David Devora, Jesse Garcia, Pablo Santos

Runtime

111

Technique

live action