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Movie Reviews of Walkout
Movie Review: Viva the viewers!
Summary: 5 Stars
Walkout not only came in perfect shape, with the plastic still over the cover, but is an excellent movie describing the conditions of certain low-classed students in a rundown part of the suburbs who were willing to stand up for their rights and freely protest the poor treatment given to them in their schools, which offered little hopes for their education, and future in general. I didn't much like the way the police came in and arrested many of these students, especially with them taking a few whacks at the underage minor kids as if they were terrorists of a sort, but in the end, even their parents came to help support them in their cause, and the movie has a moral to it: That every student in this country is entitled to a better education, despite their ethnic background and the color of their skin, or how their names sound.
I first watched Walkout on an HBO viewing three years ago, and ever since then, I had vowed to put that movie on my shelf that holds hundreds of other movies. If not for Amazon, I probably would have spent the next 20 years trying to find it in every store and rundown pawn shop, and probably failing. Watch this movie, and see it for yourself on your own perspective!
Movie Review: "Simplemente me encanto"
Summary: 5 Stars
La pelicula me encanto. Me esperaba algo muy bueno porque me encanta como trabaja Edward James Olmos y no me senti defraudada para nada, todo lo contrario.
Yo tengo apenas 5 años que llegue a vivir a este pais y debo reconocer que no conocia esta historia. Asi que me senti muy orgullosa al ver lo que hicieron.
El guion, las actuaciones, las caracterizaciones, la direccion, todo excelente. Felicidades a todos los que pariciparon haciendola.
Me encanto ver al final de la pelicula a los participantes de las manifestaciones contando su experincia. Sobre todo el ultimo, debo reconocer que me ganaron las lagrimas cuando vi al profesor decir que se sintio orgulloso de ser chicano.
Tengo hijos que llegaron aqui muy chiquitos y uno que nacio aqui, asi que quiero que ellos se sientan orgullosos de ser chicanos tambien.
Gracias a todos las personas que pusieron su granito de arena para que niños como ellos tengan acceso a la universidad, no sean golpeados por hablar español y gracias tambien por todas las demas cosas por las que lucharon.
Felicidades.
Movie Review: Wow...This brought back memories
Summary: 5 Stars
Great movie! It was very well done, I especially like the scene where the teacher is asking the student to read something from the textbook she'll never find - our part in the history of America! (American History! Native American History!)
I'm glad they mentioned the educational tracks. I know about the tracks, kind of like a "glass ceiling" only worse because it can hold a child back for the rest of their life. In my case, six years before this took place in east LA, they discouraged me from going to college for vocational school instead. (I am Pueblo & American-Mexican Indian)
This movie reminded me of the fear I felt back then of what the police would do and it brought back the tears of pride at what they accomplished. It was great to see the students at the end and what they are doing today.
When HBO releases movies on topics like this, respectfully done, it give me hope. Thank you HBO and Amazon.
Movie Review: Powerful lesson
Summary: 5 Stars
I began showing this to my Spanish classes as soon as it came out. In fact, one of my Mexican-American students told me about it (gracias Ian!). I teach in an urban school with a diverse population. Social justice is a huge issue in our building and community. I have been amazed at how much this film has impacted my students. They connected deeply with the students in the film. There are so many discussion topics that came out of the film: inequality, poverty, heritage languages, student activism, cultural chasms, the connection to the civil rights movement, I could go on. I urge everyone to watch this film. I encourage my fellow teachers to incorporate this film into their curriculum. And you don't have to be from an urban area to feel the power of the inequalities in the film or be Latino to feel the pride of these students. It gives me chills everytime I hear a student call "Walkout!" or "Viva la Raza" or "Chicano Power!"Movie Review: Inspiring and necessary!
Summary: 5 Stars
With so many negative role models in the media and real life for minority children, this film exposes society to a truly inspiring idea--the disenfranchised CAN succeed in mainstream America! "Walkout" is an amazing piece of history that should be required viewing for everyone, from Congress trying to legislate immigration reform to impoverished high school students who have never thought of a way up and out in life. Thank you, HBO, for championing this project and giving our society this authentic and moving testament to the power of education.
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