Walkout

Name: Walkout
Director: Edward James Olmos
Genre: Drama, TV Movie, History
Released: 2006-03-18
Duration: 1 h 50 min
Rating: 5.3
Cast: Alexa PenaVega, Michael Peña, Yancey Arias, Laura Harring, Efren Ramirez

Directed by Edward James Olmos

Drama TV Movie

History

20061h 50m5.3

Overview

Walkout is the true story of a young Mexican American high school teacher, Sal Castro. He mentors a group of students in East Los Angeles, when the students 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, it is a story of courage and the fight for justice and empowerment.