Walkout

IMDb link: 0452703
IMDb rating: 6.8 (1,644 votes)
Genres: Drama, Biography
Director: Yancey Arias, Edward James Olmos
Cast: Michael Pena, Alexa PenaVega, Laura Harring and others

Release date: 18 Mar 2006
Release year: 2006
Runtime: 110 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: high school, high school english teacher, teenage boy, teenage girl, los angeles california, east los angeles california, protest, demonstration, year 1968, mexican american

Plot:

'Walkout' is the true story of young Mexican-American high-school teacher Sal Castro, who mentors a group of students in East Los Angeles who decide to stage a peaceful walkout to protest the injustices of the public-school system. Set against the background of the civil-rights movement of 1968, this is a story of courage and the fight for justice and empowerment.

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