Walkout

Edward James Olmos ("American Me") directs this fact-based social drama set in 1968 East Los Angeles, as civil rights issues roil the Mexican-American population. Thousands of high school students rally around an honor student activist (Alexa Vega) and a teacher (Michael Pena) as they organize a mass walkout at five area schools in order to call attention to poor educational conditions and racial bias. Laura Harring, Efren Ramirez also star. 111 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English.