Walkout (TV 2006)

Based on a true story, student activist and Mexican-American Paula Crisostomo (Vega), tired of being treated unequally, decides to take action and stage a walkout at five East Los Angeles ... See full summary »

Director:

Edward James Olmos

Writers:

Marcus DeLeon (teleplay), Ernie Contreras (teleplay),

Stars:

Alexa Vega, Michael Peña, Yancey Arias

7 wins & 10 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Alexa Vega	...	Paula Crisostomo
Michael Peña	...	Sal Castro
Yancey Arias	...	Panfilo Crisostomo
Laura Harring	...	Francis Crisostomo
Efren Ramirez	...	Bobby Verdugo
David Warshofsky	...	Lloyd Hurley
Holmes Osborne	...	Principal Ingles (as Holmes Osbourne)
Tim DeKay	...	Mr. Peck
Tonantzin Esparza	...	Vickie Castro
Bodie Olmos	...	Moctesuma Esparza
Veronica Diaz-Carranza	...	Yoli Rios (as Veronica A. Diaz)
Jeremy Ray Valdez	...	Robert Avila
Jonathan Hernandez	...	Fernie Flores
Fidel Gomez	...	Carlos Montes
Douglas Spain	...	David Sanchez

Storyline

Based on a true story, student activist and Mexican-American Paula Crisostomo (Vega), tired of being treated unequally, decides to take action and stage a walkout at five East Los Angeles high schools in 1968, to protest educational conditions and complain of anti-Mexican educational bias along with some 10,000 students. Paula Crisostomo (now Romo) is not Mexican- American--she is Filipina-American. She and her husband, then boyfriend were roommates of mine in college. We are very good friends and I see her often.

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Plot Keywords:

based on true story

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Taglines:

Reading. Writing. Revolution.

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

HBO [us]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 March 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

Csakazértis csikánó!

Filming Locations:

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$9,500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Esparza / Katz Productions, Olmos Productions, HBO Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Producer Moctesuma Esparza was actually one of the persons arrested in the real life walkout of 1968.

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Goofs

In the scene where Robert drops off Paula at her home, Al is wearing a yellow shirt. In the next scene, inside the house, Al's shirt is blue.

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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?

User Reviews

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I liked the movie that I just saw. this movie makes me wonder why I did not or have not ever heard about this part of L.A's history. I grow up in L.A county and did not read this story or learn about this story from my school or from any of my friends/neighbors. Thank you for making a movie that it seems everyone else will not. It is called history for a reason. PLease make more of this movies so that I as well as others might be able to understand more about the true history of Los Angelos.I wish that people would fill more comfortable talking about the hardships that people had to go through. please make more movies that show our history.Thank you for the history