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Product Detail

A Class Apart
A Class Apart
Series: American Experience
Closed captioned: Yes
60 min on 1 DVD

Expected Availability: 12/16/2009
List $24.95
Member $21.21
 
Built around the landmark 1954 legal case Hernandez v. Texas, the film interweaves the stories of its central characters with a broader story of the civil rights movement. It also brings to life the heroic post-World War II struggle of Mexican Americans fighting to dismantle the discrimination targeted against them.

Features
- Interview with the filmmakers, intercut with "making of" behind the scenes footage and photos
- Deleted scenes
- A "slideshow" of legendary photographer Russell Lee's photos of Mexican American life in the Southwest in the late 1940s.
- Discussion guide
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Item # WG4586
2009

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