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Post your thoughts about the HBO Films production WALKOUT.
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9/30/06
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(50 of 50)
Sep 30, 2006 3:25 PM
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i am really glad that you gave a chab=nce for everyone to see a little of the history of latin americans.. again thank you and hope that there would be more that you would put out for us the viewers .. 
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9/17/06
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(49 of 50)
Sep 17, 2006 3:58 PM
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I absolutely LOVED this movie!! I've watched it about 5 times now and can't wait to buy it and show it to my students! Its great to finally have a movie about this side of the civil rights movement.
In response to a previous comment...I've thought about the fact that we love saying things like "Chicano Power" and "Viva la Raza." Things that do raise some hypocrisy, because i believe that if an anglo person was waving a sign that said White Power and Long live Anglos...We would think very differently. BUT!!! The fact of the matter remains that most anglo people in our country have never gone through the civil injustices that people of color have. We have had our culture and identity stripped and have had to fight and to find it once again. So is there a difference between Pride and Racism YES! And until you have been oppressed and made to feel subordinate you won't know what it is to want to exert who you are.
Thank You HBO for such an accurate portrayal of an amazing story.
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5/21/06
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(48 of 50)
May 21, 2006 2:34 PM
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Thank you HBO! Thanks for investing on such a great film!!! The education community can use MORE Films such as this one to empower the young genaration of today for the FUTURE! Perhaps the Life of Cesar Chavez.....NEXT???
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Edited by frankmontes at 05/21/2006 11:37 AM
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5/16/06
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(47 of 50)
May 16, 2006 4:50 PM
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It's like a civil war going on. I really want to see this movie. It's a true story of what people of this race can do to stop this crap from happening to them in that school.
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3/24/06
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(46 of 50)
Apr 30, 2006 9:35 PM
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STRIKE! WALK-OUT ON MAY 1!! The movement continues.
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4/10/06
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(45 of 50)
Apr 10, 2006 5:24 PM
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This was a great film. We are planning a community wide read of The Tortilla Curtain by TC Boyle. If you have not read this book you must after watching this show. It lends itself to the whole hot topic of immigration and the American Dream. I hope to find out how I can get the rights to show this movie to a large audience as it is a perfect extension of Boyle's book.
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4/9/06
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(44 of 50)
Apr 9, 2006 8:49 PM
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I'd like to buy this movie if possible.... Is it available for sale???? If so where? And none of that burned copy, $5 bucks a pop, pirateria stuff please...
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4/8/06
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(43 of 50)
Apr 8, 2006 9:04 PM
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Finally saw this film, it was interesting watching it with my mother who had just started college during this time, so it was great having a discussion with her about her own personal experience.
She loved the music in the film and I've been trying to track it down for her, can anyone help me out with this? It would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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3/22/06
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(42 of 50)
Apr 5, 2006 6:33 PM
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I have to correct something I said in my last post. The film is not a racist film. It dealt with racist issues.
aztecamama
paz y libertad
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3/22/06
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(41 of 50)
Apr 5, 2006 2:33 PM
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Dear American2006,
Did you see the movie all the way through? Did you get that these kids couldn't even go to the bathroom during lunch hour (when it's most needed)? Did you get that when kids had detention, they had to do janitorial service to the school with a teacher browbeating them? Did you get that they were corporally punished (that's physical punishment) just for speaking spanish, their mother tongue, in class, in front of everyone? Did you get that they were discouraged from applying for college because they were considered inferior?
The indignity you feel because you perceive this movie as racist is 1/2 of 1 percent of the indignity these children felt every day. You now have a precious gift. You know what it's like to feel that threat of racism. Imagine if your children felt that indignity every day, several times a day. Say for example that during Spanish class (or any language), your child was not allowed to speak English, and when (s)he slipped, was called up to the front of the room and paddled in front of the class.
Yes, I agree that the film was racist, but it wasn't the Mexicans being racist. It was the faculty of the schools and the powers that tried to subdue, by force, the movement to have basic human rights who were racist.
These children were so desperate to rise above the life they were being forced to lead. Would you want your child to be discriminated against because teachers see that child as poor white trash? Or can you imagine that your child would be told not to apply to college because he's just a stupid white kid? It's outrageous to even think about. No child, no matter what race/ethnic background should be denied the chance to go to college.
This was not about making any race better than the next. It was about making a good education and basic, simple human respect available to all races. Chicano Power was just the rallying cry. They were the ones who finally took a stand (as those schools were predominantly mexican), but I guarantee that that particular demonstration will now go down in history, alongside other protests of inequities from all races. Remember the statue of liberty? Remember what she once stood for?
Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me:
I lift my lamp beside the golden door.
When you see things, demonstrations, people marching for better rights, please try to imaging your own kin in that situation. God bless America and may God render her a better nation. aztecamama
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4/4/06
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(40 of 50)
Re: 'Walkout' is a racist movie.
Apr 4, 2006 12:22 PM
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The movie is not the hollywood wants to ashme us its that they want us to know what the histort was about.
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4/4/06
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(39 of 50)
'Walkout' is a racist movie.
Apr 4, 2006 12:49 AM
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Does the hypocrisy ever stop in Hollywood? “Walkout” is a movie that openly espouses "Chicano Power". Could you imagine the outrage that would follow a movie that openly encourage and celebrate "White Power".
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(38 of 50)
Apr 3, 2006 2:03 PM
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> Can someone help me??? Cant find it anywhere. Who is
> the actor who in the beginning is walking w/Sal and
> the principal down a ramp. They are carrying there
> lunches. It is 3 men. Sal, principal and this man....
> He has a very small role in movie and cant find his
> name anywhere! Driving my husband and I nuts because
> we know we have seen him before in other movies and
> just wondering who he is...
I think in the scene that you have in mind Sal is walking with "Mr. Peck," a guidance counselor played by Tim Dekay and "Mr. Hurley," a teacher/disciplinarian played by David Warshofsky.
If I've the wrong scene and there is another one that includes the principal, "Principal Ingles" is played by Holmes Osbourne.
If you "google" these names, you'll find sites with pictures and other credits.
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4/3/06
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(37 of 50)
Apr 3, 2006 1:56 PM
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What a powerful movie! I hadn't heard about this movie and just happened to flip the channel to HBO. Is it a coincidence that this is being aired right at the time when Latinos are taking to the streets protesting for their rights once again? Where I can buy this movie? I teach high school and I would love to show it to my students. Its very empowering and it definitely makes you want to protest!
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4/1/06
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(36 of 50)
Apr 1, 2006 12:10 PM
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Can someone help me??? Cant find it anywhere. Who is the actor who in the beginning is walking w/Sal and the principal down a ramp. They are carrying there lunches. It is 3 men. Sal, principal and this man.... He has a very small role in movie and cant find his name anywhere! Driving my husband and I nuts because we know we have seen him before in other movies and just wondering who he is...
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