A Class Apart: A Mexican American Civil Rights Story
2009, English. Directed by 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.
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A Class Apart: A Mexican American Civil Rights Story is streaming on PBS Documentaries in India.
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- Released
- 23 February 2009
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Carlos Sandoval
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A Class Apart: A Mexican American Civil Rights Story runs 60 minutes (1h 0m).
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A Class Apart: A Mexican American Civil Rights Story is streaming on PBS Documentaries in India. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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Who directed A Class Apart: A Mexican American Civil Rights Story?
A Class Apart: A Mexican American Civil Rights Story (2009) was directed by Carlos Sandoval and Peter Miller and stars Edward James Olmos.