Precious Knowledge

This is a timely and important movie. We met emotional educators related to Mexican-American research programs with Tucson's problems, and many students who changed their lives because of their lives. Besides, directly from the central actor, we met a villain who tried to close the policy, and they packed their racial discrimination with opportunities, personal rights and the American language. The stars in the movie are young people who build new life relationships and learn through their classes and actions.

As one of the students said in class, "I started thinking" Oh, I am Tikana. I can not graduate. I make my child young. . . . Then I began to come to these courses, and I started to see why I believe it all? I should not believe it, I should change that. "The valuable knowledge raises questions to all educators.What can you talk with students more realistically during the course of the course? Martin Luther King was cited as follows Klan 0 - They can confront the bigots They closed the Mexican American Studies program and banned books This is an important movie about high school programs working on career development, teacher education, and racial justice.

Precious Knowledge is collaboration of Dos Vatos Productions, Independent Television Service (ITVS), Arizona Public Media, and Latin American Public Broadcasting, funded by Public Broadcasting Corporation (CPB).

Won the Best Documentary Division Award at Los Angeles Latin America International Film Festival 2011

"Apart from dignified remarks of anti-racial incentives and national headlines, Precious Knowledge provides students who are working hard to cope with the most troubling campus hunting in recent memories, Teachers and their communities.The mission and success of the program itself to mitigate the long-term performance gap between political roots and Latin American students is attractive rhythm and eyes It will surprise, stimulate and motivate the audience with valuable knowledge portraits that draws on this unique and powerful movie, after all, is one of the most misunderstood educational programs in the country There is a possibility to change the citizen's perception or policy about one. "- Jeff Biggs, Huffington Post, Read the full text

About the article on the Zinn Education Project Web site concerning preservation of Mexican-American research activities in Tucson

McGinnis also revealed the meaning behind the movie title in an interview with the journal American Multi-ethnic Literature Research Association (MELUS). "Valuable knowledge" refers to the concept of Maya, "Tezcatlipoca starts with action (Huitzilopochtli) and eventually transforms (Xipe Totec), looking for precious and beautiful knowledge (Quetzalcoatl)" It is written. Quetzalcoatl - precious knowledge - emphasizes what the activists in the film are fighting for. This focus and other highlights of this film's Aztec heritage reveal the filmmaker's intention to remind students about their own deep history and their ancestral ancestors. With this knowledge, Eren McGinnis supported these same Mexican-American students supported by Mexican-American research programs "not" outsiders "or" invaders "of the country" I want to do it

Precious Knowledge is a documentary released by Ari Luis Palos in 2011. The documentary focuses on the education of several students enrolled in the Mexican-American research program of Tucson High School, Arizona. After the program (Mexican American study), the graduation rate of Mexican American students has reached 100%, the previous dropout rate was 48%. "Now I learn more and become more important to me." When these students use their legacy to learn about others, they begin to be interested in their learning I will. I think this will lead to an improvement in the graduation rate. Students with a more closely related theme or personal affection tend to work hard to learn more. Although this is a good start, they should have more 'white' students in the classroom as they can learn the struggle of color people.