M.A.D Challenge Day 11: Walkout

The HBO film tells the ‘true to life’ story of a group of underprivileged Mexican American students who after constant discrimination and racism in their city and schools take to the books and learn of their heritage, and upon doing so decide to stand up to their authority figures.  The students led by their Latino take to their fellow neighboring schools and organize mass walkouts seeing as with the less students attending the less funding the schools receive and continue these walkout daily till riots begin and till the schools decide to finally take an ear to their students issues.

2.5 stars out of 5 

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