Walkout
Based on a true story, student activist and Mexican-American Paula Crisostomo (Vega), tired of being treated unequally, decides to take action and stage a walkout at five East Los Angeles high schools in 1968, to protest educational conditions and complain of anti-Mexican educational bias along with some 10,000 students. Paula Crisostomo (now Romo) is not Mexican- American--she is Filipina-American. She and her husband, then boyfriend were roommates of mine in college. We are very good friends and I see her often.
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HD
Drama
2006
110 min
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Movie Info:
- Full Name : Walkout
- Duration : 110 min
- Languages : English
- Writers : Marcus DeLeon (teleplay), Ernie Contreras (teleplay), Timothy J. Sexton (teleplay), Victor Villaseèor (story)
- Directors : Edward James Olmos min
- Imdb : 7.1 (1013 votes)
- Tomatoes : 4 (1049 votes)
- Actors : Alexa PenaVega, Michael Peèa, Yancey Arias, Laura Harring
Movie Storyline
Based on a true story, student activist and Mexican-American Paula Crisostomo (Vega), tired of being treated unequally, decides to take action and stage a walkout at five East Los Angeles high schools in 1968, to protest educational conditions and complain of anti-Mexican educational bias along with some 10,000 students. Paula Crisostomo (now Romo) is not Mexican- American--she is Filipina-American. She and her husband, then boyfriend were roommates of mine in college. We are very good friends and I see her often.