A teacher becomes a mentor to Chicano high-school students protesting injustices in schools in 1968.

Tired of unequal treatment, Mexican-American student activist Paula Crisostomo (Vega) decides to take action and stage a walkout at five East Los Angeles high schools in 1968 to protest educational conditions and to complain of anti-Mexican educational bias along with some 10,000 students. Based on a true story.—Norma Schaffer

'Walkout' is the true story of young Mexican-American high-school teacher Sal Castro, who mentors a group of students in East Los Angeles who 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, this is a story of courage and the fight for justice and empowerment.—Shawn