A Class Apart: A Mexican American Civil Rights Story (2009)

Release Date: 2009-02-23
Runtime: 1h 0min
Directors: Carlos Sandoval , Peter Miller .

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.