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Precious Knowledge

When a highly successful Mexican American Studies program at a high school in Tucson comes under fire for teaching ethnic chauvinism, teachers and students fight back. This modern civil rights struggle is happening at the epicenter of the immigration debate in the age of identity politics.

Aired: May 17, 2012 Genre: DocumentaryCasts: Susan Sarandon Peter Coyote America Ferrera Maggie Gyllenhaal Stanley TucciDuration: 1h Rating: 0 Country: United States of America Production: ITVS

Episodes

01: Wham! Bam! Islam!02: Donor Unknown 03: Lives Worth Living 04: Deaf Jam 05: We Still Live Here -- as Nutayunean 06: The Woodmans 07: These Amazing Shadows 08: Have You Heard From Johannesburg: Road to Resistance 09: Have You Heard From Johannesburg: The New Generation 10: Have You Heard From Johannesburg: From Selma to Soweto 11: Have You Heard From Johannesburg: The Bottom Line 12: Have You Heard From Johannesburg: Free at Last 13: Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock 14: The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 15: More Than A Month 16: You're Looking at Me Like I Live Here and I Don't 17: Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey 18: When the Drum Is Beating 19: Revenge of the Electric Car 20: Facing the Storm: Story of the American Bison 21: Circo 22: Summer Pasture 23: Precious Knowledge 24: Left by the Ship 25: Hell and Back Again 26: We Were Here 27: Strong!