Walkout

Walkout is a 2006 Home Box Office film based on a true story of the 1968 East L.A. walkouts. It premiered March 18, 2006 on HBO. Student activist and Mexican-American Paula Crisostomo (played by Alexa 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-hispanic educational bias along with some 10,000 students. A gro... more

Walkout is a 2006 Home Box Office film based on a true story of the 1968 East L.A. walkouts. It premiered March 18, 2006 on HBO. Student activist and Mexican-American Paula Crisostomo (played by Alexa 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-hispanic educational bias along with some 10,000 students. A group of young Chicano activists battle parents, teachers, bureaucrats, the police and public opinion to make their point. Along the way, the students learn profound lessons about embracing their own identity and standing up for what they believe in. There were many social justice issues present in the video, the Latinos were highly discriminated against in the educational system. The students were not given the education or respect they deserved, they were treated unequally. The teachers and administrators put effort towards helping the talented... less