Dollar a day, ten cents a dance : a historic portrait of Filipino farmworkers in America / executive producer, George Ow, Jr. ; produced by Geoffrey Dunn & Mark Schwartz ; photographed, directed & edited by Mark Schwartz ; directed & written by Geoffrey Dunn.

Presents a portrait of Filipino farm laborers who came to the United States in the 1920s and 1930s expecting a more prosperous life-style. Voicing their recollections these now elderly men reveal the poverty and social and cultural difficulties they experienced. Because few Filipino women settled in...

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Corporate Authors: Bayanihan Dance Company, Impact Productions, Cinema Guild
Other Authors: Dunn, Geoffrey, Schwartz, Mark, Golez, T. C., La Questa, Celedonio, Sequig, Jacinto, Ow, George, Maliga, Jose, Arnold, Linda, 1952-, Reid, Bob
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : The Cinema Guild, Inc., [2007], ©2007.
Subjects:
Filipino Americans > Social life and customs.
Filipino Americans > California > Social life and customs.
Agricultural laborers, Foreign > United States.
Agricultural laborers, Foreign > California > History > 20th century.
Farm life > United States > History > 20th century.
Farm life > California > History > 20th century.
Documentary films.
Historical films.
Short films.
California > Social life and customs > 20th century.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (30 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
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Presents a portrait of Filipino farm laborers who came to the United States in the 1920s and 1930s expecting a more prosperous life-style. Voicing their recollections these now elderly men reveal the poverty and social and cultural difficulties they experienced. Because few Filipino women settled in the United States the social life of the men centered around common law marriages, athletic clubs, illegal cock fights and dance halls.
Note:Originally produced by Impact Productions in 1984.
Videorecording.
Call Number:E184.F4 D658 2007 VideoDVD
Credits:Executive producer, George Ow, Jr. ; music, Pinoy sa America by Jose Maliga, Linda Arnold, Bob Reid, Bayanihan Dance Company.
System Details:DVD.
Cast:
Narrated by T.C. Golez; Celedonio La Questa, Jacinto Sequig.