The Longoria affair
By: 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
Contributors: Plana, Tony, 1953-; WGBH Video (Firm); Independent Television Service; Latino Public Broadcasting (Firm); PBS Video
Publisher: PBS; Whittlesey house, McGraw-Hill book company, inc.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: [S.l.]
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 52
ISBN-13: 9781608833924
Subjects: Mexican American soldiers; Civil rights; Mexican Americans
Description: 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.
Notes: Title from container.

Special features: trailer; bonus video.

Editor, Merril Stern.

Narrator, Tony Plana.

DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; stereo.

English or Spanish dialogue.

Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.