DALLAS MEGA-MARCH MOVIE April 9, 2006 (producer Bill Millet)

The real instigators of the now infamous 500,000 person Dallas MegaMarch of April 2006 were Hispanic students, who weeks earlier had walked out of area schools following a 12 hour text messaging and MySpace blitz by 16 year old student activist Gustavo Jimenez; aided by Hispanic radio DJs like Mauri Reynoso (aka. Mean Mauri). They were inspired by the Edward James Olmos WALKOUT MOVIE, and the Border Protection, Anti-terrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act (H.R. 4437) proposed by House of Representative member Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI). The Bill would have split Hispanic families apart, sending undocumented mothers and fathers back to Mexico and Central America, trapping their US born children like Gustavo back here in the US. This was the real fuel behind the Marches that took place across the country in the Spring of 2006.

As a member of LULAC, the national Hispanic organization that helped the students organize the Dallas MegaMarch, I had the vantage point of being involved with Gustavo and some of the Dallas LULAC leaders like Hector Flores and Domingo Garcia in the planning stages, giving me and a camera crew the front line position you will witness first hand in this production. The DALLAS MEGA-MARCH MOVIE centers around 2 of its most prominent figures; student leader Gustavo Jimenez and Hector Flores, who was then National President of LULAC. The Alejandro Escovedo soundtrack uniquely captures the spirit of the day, setting a somber framework underneath the stark Homeland Security & Dallas Police Dept. footage shot from the top floors in downtown office buildings. But clearly the larger perspective of this film centers around the Hispanic students and their immigrant families, the majority of whom walked for miles on Palm Sunday April 9, 2006 straight into what was basically an armed, military camp in downtown Dallas; a city still reckoning with its JFK legacy. But this was indeed a spiritual day, as the serene, almost Woodstock-era atmosphere deeply affected many of the grizzled news veterans, who watched in awe as the massive crowd of 500,000 surged peacefully through the streets of downtown Dallas, not far from were JKF was killed. There was not one arrest, no looting, breaking shop windows or turning over cars as crowds have done in the past during Dallas Cowboy victory parades. Clearly demostrating the social, conservative values of the Hispanic family. Enjoy.

Bill Millet (producer) www.billmillet.com
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[8D8Dmichelle8D8D]

@arizona95835 hahaha what color is your president??? white people are afraid of mexians cause we are getting educated, theres a greater number of hispanics graduatin from college every year, and what are you white people doing??oh i know what you are doing, drugs!! teen pregnancy, dropping out of school!! we are just taking back what was ours, God Bless America

[arizona95835]

wow I didnt know this happened in Dallas in 06.It looks like the hispanics are making it a race issue.I guess there trying to say white america doesnt want illegal hispanics in america,and they would be right.We can not get invaded by third world countries even if they are hard working people.I wish these mexicans would go to mexico and put this much effort into fixing there fucked up country.How awesome would this country be without blacks and mexicans.

[dallas21475208]

@utubecenseorstruth stfu u dont know what you are talking about.. u sound really ignorant

[utubecenseorstruth]

does anyone understand that illegal means illegal? I hate people talking about what america owes them. learning english might help the cause, also eveyoen makes this a race issue and i dont think it is. i wonder if there is some thought as to what most of those anchor babies cost the us tax payer? seems like there is more of a sense of entitlement in the hispanic community. if you are illegal get out.

[ryan19554]

cinco stars! :)