Writ writer / ITVS ; Latino Public Broadcasting ; produced by Susanne Mason ; narration adapted by Dagoberto Gilb ; directed by Susanne Mason ; a co-production of Susanne Mason and the Independent Television Service (ITVS), in association with Latino Public Broadcasting ; produced by Passage Productions.
Mason, Susanne, producer, director.; Gilb, Dagoberto, 1950- adapter.; Borrego, Jesse, 1962- actor.; Lewis, Deborah Eve, director of photography.; Rhodes, Gabe, composer.; Guzman, Joel, composer.; Turner, William Bennett.; Passage Productions.; Independent Television Service.; Latino Public Broadcasting (Firm); New Day Films.
2008
DVD 347 (Mapit)
Available at Reserve Collection
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Uniform Title
Writ writer (Documentary film : 2007)
Title
Writ writer / ITVS ; Latino Public Broadcasting ; produced by Susanne Mason ; narration adapted by Dagoberto Gilb ; directed by Susanne Mason ; a co-production of Susanne Mason and the Independent Television Service (ITVS), in association with Latino Public Broadcasting ; produced by Passage Productions.
Added Author
Mason, Susanne, producer, director.
Gilb, Dagoberto, 1950- adapter.
Borrego, Jesse, 1962- actor.
Lewis, Deborah Eve, director of photography.
Rhodes, Gabe, composer.
Guzman, Joel, composer.
Turner, William Bennett.
Gilb, Dagoberto, 1950- adapter.
Borrego, Jesse, 1962- actor.
Lewis, Deborah Eve, director of photography.
Rhodes, Gabe, composer.
Guzman, Joel, composer.
Turner, William Bennett.
Added Corporate Author
Passage Productions.
Independent Television Service.
Latino Public Broadcasting (Firm)
New Day Films.
Independent Television Service.
Latino Public Broadcasting (Firm)
New Day Films.
Variant Title
Subtitle on container: One man's journey for justice.
Imprint
[Harriman, N.Y.] : New Day Films, [2008]
Copyright
©2008
Description
1 videodisc (54 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Formatted Contents Note
Convicted
Agitator
Portia
Trial
Appeal
Credits.
Agitator
Portia
Trial
Appeal
Credits.
Summary
In 1960, Fred Arispe Cruz, a young man from San Antonio, Texas was arrested for robbery, convicted and sent to a state prison farm to pick cotton. Inspired by the civil rights movement, Cruz, a Mexican American with only an 8th grade education, became jailhouse lawyer-- writ writer in prison parlance-- and the catalyst of prison reform in Texas. Because he helped other prisoners with lawsuits, the Texas Department of Corrections classified Cruz as an agitator, transferred him to the Ellis Unit "the Alcatraz of Texas," and subjected him to long periods in solitary confinement. Cruz filed a case against George Beto, director of the TDC, which Cruz won in the Supreme Court. This led directly to the 1974 class action suit that found the TDC system unconstitutional. As told by wardens, convicts, and former prisoners who knew him, the film weaves contemporary and archival film footage to evoke the fascinating transformation of Fred Cruz from prisoner to activist, and a prison system still haunted by its past.
Note
Originally produced as an American documentary in 2007.
Voice of Fred Cruz, Jesse Borrego; commentators, John V. Martinez, Erasmo Mercado, Rudy Portillo, Paul Lucko, Benny Clewis, William Bennett Turner, Carl Robins, Floyd Patterson, Al Slayton, Carlos Alva, Billy Wayne McCarter, C.L. 'Beartracks' McAdams, Robert Barber, Steve Martin, Jacquie Jalet Gordon, Vanessa Jalet Stanescu, Robert Cousins.
Voice of Fred Cruz, Jesse Borrego; commentators, John V. Martinez, Erasmo Mercado, Rudy Portillo, Paul Lucko, Benny Clewis, William Bennett Turner, Carl Robins, Floyd Patterson, Al Slayton, Carlos Alva, Billy Wayne McCarter, C.L. 'Beartracks' McAdams, Robert Barber, Steve Martin, Jacquie Jalet Gordon, Vanessa Jalet Stanescu, Robert Cousins.
Language Note
Closed-captioned.
System Details Note
DVD ; NTSC, region 1.
Location
rsrvs
Linked Resources
Access provided by Berkeley Library
Alternate Title
The law in movies DVD collection.
Call Number
DVD 347
Language
English
Credits
Cinematography, Deborah Eve Lewis ; editing, Karen Skloss ... [et al.] ; original music, Gabe Rhodes and Joel Guzman ; consultant, John V. Martinez ; research, Susanne Mason, Robin Carter.
Audience
MPAA rating: Not rated.
ISBN
9781574482331
1574482335
1574482335
Record Appears in
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