Marrissa Aroy
Oakland, CA
This film tells the story of a group of Filipino farm workers who toiled under the yoke of racism for decades, then rose up as old men to fight for fair wages and humane work conditions. The manongs (uncles) instigated the Great Grape Strike of 1965, one of the finest hours of the American labor movement, which led to the formation of the United Farm Workers Union (UFW) and made Cesar Chavez a household name. Yet little is known about the manongs, who created one of the defining moments in Filipino-American history, under the leadership of Larry Itliong, co-founder of the UFW.
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