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Title The Longoria affair [DVD videorecording] / written, directed and produced by John L. Valadez ; a co-production of John J. Valadez, WGBH/Boston and the Independent Television Service in association with Latino Public Broadcasting.
Publication Info. [S.l.] : PBS, 2010.
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Library Central  DVD 323.1168 LON    Check Shelves
Description 1 videodisc (52 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; stereo.
Note English or Spanish dialogue.
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Title from container.
Performer Narrator, Tony Plana.
Credits Editor, Merril Stern.
Summary A documentary on the Mexican-American civil rights movement. The film tells the story of one key injustice, the refusal, by a small-town funeral home in Texas after World War II, to care for a dead soldier's body 'because the whites wouldn't like it,' and shows how the incident sparked outrage nationwide and contributed to the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Note Special features: trailer; bonus video.
Subject Mexican American soldiers -- Civil rights -- Texas.
Mexican Americans -- Civil rights -- Texas.
Genre Documentary films.
Added Author Valadez, John J.
Plana, Tony, 1953-
WGBH Video (Firm)
Independent Television Service.
Latino Public Broadcasting (Firm)
PBS Video.
ISBN 9781608833924 : $24.99
1608833925
Standard No. 841887013956
Music # INL61204 PBS
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