Willie Velasquez: Your Vote is Your Voice

Hector Galán | Documentary

2016 | 60 minutes | United States

Willie Vleasquez examines obstacles Latinos had to overcome to obtain representation and addresses issues facing Latinos today.

History Sociology Culture + Identity Race + Ethnicity Political Science

DIRECTOR: Hector Galán

NATIONALITY: United States

YEAR: 2016

GENRE: Documentary

LANGUAGE: English

COLOR / B&W: Color

GRADE LEVEL: Middle School, High School, College, Adults

SUBTITLE/CC: AVAILABLE

AUDIO DESCRIPTION: NOT AVAILABLE

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