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A teacher becomes a mentor to Chicano high-school students protesting injustices in schools in 1968.A teacher becomes a mentor to Chicano high-school students protesting injustices in schools in 1968.A teacher becomes a mentor to Chicano high-school students protesting injustices in schools in 1968.
- Awards
- 8 wins & 10 nominations
Alexa PenaVega
- Paula Crisostomo
- (as Alexa Vega)
Holmes Osborne
- Principal Ingles
- (as Holmes Osbourne)
Veronica Diaz Carranza
- Yoli Rios
- (as Veronica A. Diaz)
Marisol Romo
- Mita Cuaron
- (as Marisol Crisostomo-Romo)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaProducer Moctesuma Esparza was one of the persons arrested in the real-life 1968 walkout.
- GoofsWhen Robert drops off Paula at her home, Al is wearing a yellow shirt. In the next scene, inside the house, his shirt is blue.
- Quotes
Moctesuma Esparza: Boycott the schools?
Paula Crisostomo: Yes!
Harry Gamboa: That's not a good idea!
Moctesuma Esparza: Oh it isn't?
Harry Gamboa: No! You wanna know why? Because they don't give a *shit* if these kids go to school or not!
Moctesuma Esparza: Actually, they do! ADA - Average Daily Attendance!
Paula Crisostomo: They don't get paid if we don't go to school!
- ConnectionsReferenced in Strictly Background (2007)
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...meaning her father is Filipino and her mother is a Chicana? Or is she full-blooded Filipina, because the real Paula looked totally Malay to me?
BTW...There are Filipinos of Mexican(Indios and Meztisos)ancestry so having a Latino looking Filipino father is not so far off...how you say? Nueva Espana(Mexico) governed the Philippines for over 300 years with most of the colonizers from Mexico. Philippines culture has a distinctly Mexican flavor...The Virgen De Guadalupe is the Philippine's Patron Saint... Filipino language is peppered with Nahuatl words...customs and traditions are Mexican/Spanish in origin (Dia De Los Muertos, e.g.)
I give the actor credit with the somewhat Filipino accent ("I'm prum the Peeleepeens")
I enjoyed the movie, even though it was kinda fluffy. It should have been more gritty and blood-spattered(come on, they were hit with batons on the head!)
Over all, it was a stirring movie that made me want to go out protest something!
BTW...There are Filipinos of Mexican(Indios and Meztisos)ancestry so having a Latino looking Filipino father is not so far off...how you say? Nueva Espana(Mexico) governed the Philippines for over 300 years with most of the colonizers from Mexico. Philippines culture has a distinctly Mexican flavor...The Virgen De Guadalupe is the Philippine's Patron Saint... Filipino language is peppered with Nahuatl words...customs and traditions are Mexican/Spanish in origin (Dia De Los Muertos, e.g.)
I give the actor credit with the somewhat Filipino accent ("I'm prum the Peeleepeens")
I enjoyed the movie, even though it was kinda fluffy. It should have been more gritty and blood-spattered(come on, they were hit with batons on the head!)
Over all, it was a stirring movie that made me want to go out protest something!
- rangelbabys
- Mar 27, 2006
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- Studentski štrajk
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- $9,500,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 50 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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