Walkout
6.8
“Reading. Writing. Revolution.”
Walkout is the true story of a young Mexican American high school teacher, Sal Castro. He mentors a group of students in East Los Angeles, when the students decide to stage a peaceful walkout to protest the injustices of the public school system. Set against the background of the civil rights movement of 1968, it is a story of courage and the fight for justice and empowerment.
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19 people
Alexa PenaVega
Paula Crisostomo
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Michael Peña
Sal Castro
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Yancey Arias
Panfilo Crisostomo
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Laura Harring
Francis Crisostomo
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Efren Ramirez
Bobby Verdugo
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David Warshofsky
Lloyd Hurley
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Holmes Osborne
Principal Ingles
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Tim DeKay
Mr. Peck
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Jonathan Hernandez
Fernie Flores
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Douglas Spain
David Sanchez
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Jesse Garcia
Armando Lopez
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Bruce French
Chief Tom Reddin
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Edward James Olmos Director · Victor Villaseñor Story Donald M. Morgan Cinematographer
Budget $9.5M · United States release March 18, 2006 · Produced in United States
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Budget
$9,500,000
Production
Maya Pictures
Production
Esparza / Katz Productions
Production
Olmos Productions
Production
HBO Films
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Germany · March 18, 2006
Digital
United States · March 18, 2006
TV
Hungary
April 16, 2007 · Digital
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