Independent Lens : The Longoria Affair

Movie ID: 11927

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Genre: Documentary

Type: Documentary

Story:

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.

Starring: America Ferrera

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Translation: Yes (غير مترجم إلى اللغة العربية)

Year: 2011