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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Bibliographic Details
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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